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Exterior of Jet propulsion laboratory at Pasadena, California.

In an exterior view of Jet propulsion laboratory at Pasadena, California, sign board and buildings are shown. Mountain ranges in the background and white painted buildings are seen. Name of the laboratory is written on a sign board.

Date: 1958, February 24
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023671
Swank Hollywood Film Colony is destroyed by the raging forest fire in Malibu,California.

A forest fire at Malibu,California. Swank Hollywood Film Colony is destructed as a result of a massive forest fire. Huge clouds of smoke rises. Civilians watch the destruction. Firemen douse fire with water hoses. Burnt cars and demolished buildings. Men remove the debris.

Date: 1958, December 4
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055665
The static test of rocket powered aircraft X-15 and technician works on the engine at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Static test number 1043 of XLR-11 engine for X-15, on January 12, 1959,at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Engine in test stand.

Date: 1958, December 23
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021335
A speech by U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon at the roll out of the X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, United States.

A speech by U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in the United States. Vice President Richard Nixon and Mrs. Nixon arrive at a speaker stand at Edwards Air Force Base, California. They are escorted by other dignitaries. A flag of United States. People seated for the speech. Dignitaries on the stage. Vice President Nixon climbs up the steps of the stage and shakes hands with the dignitaries. Men take pictures. People seated on chairs at the base. Mr. Nixon; Mr. Kindelberger, President of North America; Mr. Horner, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development make speechs. The dignitaries stand and applaud. X-15 is towed by a tug and is rolled out of a hangar. Insignia of United States. Dignitaries on either side of the X-15.

Date: 1958, October 15
Duration: 5 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021475
Demonstration of military free fall parachuting at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California.

Recon Marines from 1st Force Reconnaissance Company Test Unit 1 demonstrate free fall parachuting. A sign identifies the Auxiliary Landing Field at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California. (Narrator refers to the marines as para-scouts of the 1st Marine Division.) The marines, wearing back and chest parachute packs, board a U.S. Navy Grumman S2F aircraft with tail code "RZ" and number 136777. It taxis on the ramp and is next seen taking off from the runway. Two helicopters are parked on the airfield ramp. Next, viewed from the aircraft, a marine is seen in free fall. Soon he appears as only a speck , approaching the ground. Next, he is seen, from the ground, as his chute finally opens, and he lands, and begins to spill air from his billowing chute on the ground.

Date: 1958
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027978
Sled tests being conducted with the help of dummies at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States.

Sled tests conducted at Edwards Air Force Base, California. North American test Pilot Al White dons X-15 pressure and space suit. Wind blast tests being conducted on rocket sled with the help of a dummy. Rocket sled run with dummy wearing an X-15 space suit testing the ejection escape system. Dummy inside X-15 nose section during another test. Pilot jumps with a parachute in case of an emergency. Fabrication and assembling of X-15 at North American Aviation Company. Technicians operate control panel. Engineers check the aircraft parts at the center. Pilot Scott Crossfield undergoes training seated inside whirling centrifuge.

Date: 1958
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063963