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A rocket sled with an ape moves on a track at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States.

A rocket sled ride at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A rocket powered Aero Med Lab high speed sled carrying an ape primate in a protective suit and helmet moves on a track at high speed. It leaves behind heavy columns of black smoke. The sled equipped with a Mega-boom rocket engine is seen moving fast on the track and the helmet comes off of the ape test subject, before the sled decelerates with the aid of water brakes, and completes its run.

Date: 1958, March 12
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065057
Ground-level, side view as a rocket sled moves along a track at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States.

A rocket sled test with an ape primate subject on board at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A rocket sled parked at a track with an ape strapped to the front in protective gear and helmet. The sled equipped with a Mega-boom rocket engine starts and moves along the track. Heavy smoke trails are left behind by the sled. Footage shot from camera at ground level to the side of the track.

Date: 1958, March 12
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065058
An ape seated on a rocket sled during a biodynamics test at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States.

A rocket sled ride at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. An ape primate subject on a rocket sled equipped with an on-board camera. The ape in protective clothing and helmet is fixed with belts. The sled moves along a sled track powered by a Mega-boom rocket engine, in a test focused on the biodynamics of space flight. Camera is pointed toward the ape subject. The helmet tears off of the ape due to wind blast during the run, which appears to break the neck of the ape.

Date: 1958, March 12
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065061
Mike Todd passes away in a plane crash, New Mexico, United States.

Impresario Mike Todd passes away in New Mexico, United States. He dies of a plane crash. Mike Todd with his wife actress Elizabeth Taylor. People greet them. Airplane on the ground. Mike Todd boards the plane. Buildings in the background. The parts of the crashed plane.

Date: 1958, March 29
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028656
1958 midterm elections conclude and parties prepare for the Presidential election of 1960 in the United States.

Preparations for the 1960 Presidential elections in the United States. Clair Engle and Governor of California Pat Brown on a podium during a Democratic Party celebration after democrats swept the 1958 election. Republican Senator William Knowland, who lost the election, is seen in a polling place signing a document. California Governor Goodwin Knight, who also lost, is seen. Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy in a large crowd. In New York people celebrate the victory of Republican Nelson Rockefeller over Governor Averill Harriman. Several views of Nelson Rockefeller.

Date: 1958, November
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057795
Ernie Pyle reports in newspaper about why he likes Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Tribute to war correspondent, Ernie Pyle in New Mexico. Newspaper column by Ernie Pyle, called "The ROVING REPORTER." In it Pyle mentions many places he could live, including the Pacific Northwest, New England, the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Key West, California, and Honolulu. Images of these places are shown. Farmers loading hay in the Northwest; A church in New England; A paddle wheeler ship on the Mississippi River; A seaplane coming in to land on the water at Key West, Florida; Aerial glimpse of Golden Gate Bridge; the Diamond Head mountain in Honolulu. But Pyle chose to live in Albuquerque New Mexico. View of a passenger train arriving at station in Albuquerque. The street and house where Ernie Pyle lived A woman on the porch of the house petting Pyle's dog Cheetah. Inside the house are views of his study, books, and photographic memorabilia. View of Pyle with American soldiers in World War 2. American troops marching in war zone. Troops trying to keep warm in snowy conditions, and advancing in street fighting and other places, firing at hidden enemies Scene shifts back to Pyle’s study at home and focuses on a map of New Mexico. Glimpse of Santa Fe and its Capitol building, and its old Palace of the Governors. Persons on horseback riding in the town of Taos, and views of its Pueblo village. Gravestone of famous Frontier Scout, Kit Carson. Coal being moved in open rail cars from a mine in New Mexico. Street scene in Roswell and the New Mexico Military Institute with cadets marching in a field. View of Silver City, and of various metal ores being mined. Carlsbad Caverns, seen with visitors on a walkway in front of a huge opening and views inside the caverns where visiting children are singing the hymn, Rock of Ages. Views, back again to Ernie Pyle’s home, its study and living room, with his dog Cheetah sitting on one of the chairs.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028197