Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A high altitude view of the area. A balloon floats in air. A dummy in a gondola before ejection. The dummy ejects out of the gondola. View from a dummy borne camera. View of the planet Earth and atmospheric scenes. View of the descent of the dummy.
Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A dummy in the gondola of a balloon. A high altitude view of the area. View of another dummy in the gondola. The dummies are fastened with belts in the balloon.
Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. View from a dummy borne camera. View of the planet Earth and atmospheric scenes. View of the descent of the dummy.
Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. View from a dummy borne camera. View of the planet Earth. View of an equipment.
Members of medical emergency defense units gather in a building in New York, United States. Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri introduces United States Secretary of Defense George Marshall to administer the loyalty oath to the Medical Emergency Division of the Defense Volunteers. The members seated in chairs. Secretary of Defense Marshall addresses the members. He swears in the members that they will work for the defense of the country.
Opening scene shows office door of the New York Adult Education Council, (at 254 Fourth Avenue, in Manhattan, New York City). Next, two middle aged men dressed in older fashion style European shirts and ties, are seen sitting at a table and conversing with a man and a young woman (who appears to be an interpreter). Scene shifts to about a dozen people in a reading room. Several are consulting a large wall map of the United States. Others are reading brochures about the United States. Closeup of a woman engrossed in her reading material. A woman writes notes on a pad, as she peruses a book. A man, next to her reads a book about U.S. Presidents. Another man is seen reading a book about Gettysburg with an image of Abraham Lincoln on its cover. Three persons are discussing the wall map of America that is drawn to illustrate the manufacturing, farming, mining, ranching and myriad other characteristics and activities associated with various parts of America. Across the top of the map a label reads: "America - A Nation of One People from many Countries." A woman looks at a copy of the Declaration of Independence displayed on another wall. An employee, or volunteer, selects several small brochures from a shelf and gives them to a woman as she explains them to her. Closeups of people looking at books. Closeup of book shelf containing biographies of Daniel Webster; Abraham Lincoln; Lafayettte; Monroe; Theodore Roosevelt; Daniel Boone; and others. A woman's hand reaches for a copy of "Patriotic Songs of America" and a brochure on George Washington.
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