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T-33A aircraft review during a project activity in United States.

Views of T-33A Shooting Star in flight. Three T-33A airplanes parked at an air base in United States. A film on Lockheed activity report covering T-33A improvements during 1955 which included cockpit changes, design and safety features in escape system. Pilot in cockpit demonstrating correct position in the escape system of the aircraft. An instructor demonstrates the system.

Date: 1955
Duration: 6 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032725
U.S. Army conducts exercise Desert Rock VI, as the "Apple 2" atomic explosive test shot is fired at the Nevada test site

U.S. Army troops silhouetted against sky at dawn as they step from trucks and then proceed to their protected positions in area of ground zero prior to the "Apple II" atomic explosive test shot, "Apple Two," associated with the Army exercise Desert Rock 6. They enter sand-bagged trenches. A briefing officer in a trench issues final instructions that are broadcast over a loudspeaker. View of desert dry lake bed, beyond which is ground zero (detonation site) about 5 miles away. Soldiers are seen foxholes and trenches. An M48 Patton tank, of Task Force Razor is seen, with a tank commander speaking to his group by radio. He instructs them to shut down engines, close all hatches and turn turrets to the rear. Views of tank crew members inside their tanks. The Commander goes down closing his hatch behind him. Other tank crews do likewise. Two Soldiers seen waiting in a trench. One smokes a cigarette. Others standing in their trench. At H-Hour minus two minutes, a siren blows and all begin taking protected positions deep within their trenches and foxholes, as instructed over the loudspeaker. Views of some soldiers in their positions. Glimpse of jeep and of B-45 bomber sitting unprotected on the desert. View of P-47 aircraft in protected positions. Several trees in a line. White flash fills screen as the atomic device is detonated. The explosion seen through camera filming through a porthole. A building flashes into flame and then is blown over by blast wave or shock wave. Interior of house containing mannequins seen, as windows burst in flames and then blast destroys it. Other buildings being swept away. A steel tower bending but remaining upright. Troops out of their trenches moving forward toward ground zero, as the mushroom cloud forms in the distance, and a helicopter flies overhead. Patton tanks of Task Force Razor move toward ground zero, "fighting" their way through obstacles. [Note: According to the U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, from February 18 to May 15, 1955, the United States conducted Operation Teapot, a nuclear test series at Yucca Flat and Frenchman Flat on the Nevada Test Site in the continental United States. During the test period 14 nuclear shots and 1 non-nuclear shot were detonated. Several thousand scientific, military (army, air force, navy, marines), and civilian contract personnel participated in the organization, planning, and execution of the test series. Military exercises undertaken during and following the shots took place under the name Desert Rock 6.]

Date: 1955
Duration: 4 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073529
1955 models of Chrysler Corporatiion automobiles on display outdoors . Imperial Four door sedan and New Yorker Deluxe

An exhibit of 1955 models of Chryslet Corporation automobiles held outdoors on the grounds of a museum. Visitors view new models of the cars. Some are identified as Imperial four door sedan and New Yorker Deluxe models.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037651
45th Infantry division moves to its new headquarters in Abilene in Texas from Fort Sill in Oklahoma

10,000 soldiers of United States 45th Infantry Division load their baggage into military trucks and bid good bye as they leave Fort Sill in Oklahoma. Troops move in trucks over a bridge as a plane flies overhead. People turn out in large numbers on streets to welcome the troops at their new headquarters in Abilene in Texas. Soldiers move to their tents. (World War II period).

Date: 1941, March 4
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037914
Men work in the production of a material in an oil factory in Oklahoma.

An oil factory in Oklahoma, United States. Interior of the factory. Men work on a machine. A material drops down from the machine. The men place the material in bags and seal the bags with the help of a machine.

Date: 1947
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062210
FBI agents rescue millionaire Charles F Urschel from the kidnappers in Oklahoma.

Release of Charles F. Urschel by the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Oklahoma, United States. A map locate areas. The map illustrates activities and developments in millionaire Charles F. Urschel' s kidnapping case. Men seated in a court room. A federal judge gives verdict for the kidnapping case. An airplane parked at an air base. 'American Airways' written on the airplane. Exterior of a building. FBI agents walk on the street in front of the building. Guns and rifles placed outside the building to display. Men gather outside the building.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062632