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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
U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon gives speech during roll out ceremony of X-15 at the Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Roll out ceremony of American X-15 aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. United States Vice President Richard Nixon gives a speech during roll out ceremony of X-15. American X-15 comes out of the hangar. Photographers take pictures. Pilot wearing space suit gets into the cockpit of the aircraft. Technicians and engineers check the aircraft and take readings on instruments.

Date: 1958, October 15
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063964
Training film 'The Recon Marine' shows U.S. Marines running obstacle courses as part of their training.

U.S. training film 'The Recon Marine' shows United States Marine Corps undergoing training in the United States. Glimpse of a U.S. Marine Corps M48 Patton tank moving past camera. A Landing Vehicle Tracked, LVT(A)1, armed with machine gun and fitted with the turret of a 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8. It is moving through surf, away from shore. Fleeting glimpse of U.S. marine Corps jet fighter aircraft in flight. Major Richard S Stark ,U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, talks about the aspects of Marines training program. The American flag in the background. Battle scenes of Marines advancing amidst heavy firing. Marines in training, using ropes to cross a a concrete pool filled with water. (One falls into the pool.) Marines training in unarmed hand-to-hand combat and running an obstacle course. Marines marching in formation.

Date: 1958
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064397
Major Richard S Stark and Sergeant Henry Barber talk about role of Non-Commissioned Officers in the U.S. Marine Corps

Non-Commissioned Officers in the United States Marine Corps. Major Richard S Stark of the USMC talks about the role of NCOs. He introduces a Sergeant Henry Barber from the United States Marine Corps, who.talks about team work, discipline, hard work, self confidence, adaptability and initiative being the fundamentals of United States Marine Corp. Board of officers reviews personal record book of a Marine, containing details of his personal and training.. The board members interview the Marine. Marines, being reassigned, carry their duffel bags while moving into different quarters. They run towards their quarters. Board reads 'Second Force Reconnaissance Company Force Troops, FMF Atlantic'.(Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic). At this Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, marines are seen doing pullups and pushups to assess their physical condition.

Date: 1958
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064398
United States Marines attend Army Airborne School (AKA Jump School) at Fort Benning, Georgia.

United States Marine Corps Recon unit personnel undergoing training at the United States Army Airborne School (AKA Jump School), Fort Benning, Georgia. The course is three weeks long and consists of three phases: "Ground Week", "Tower Week" and "Jump Week". Marines jumping from a low platform, learning how to safely fall, during phase one. Marines climbing a ower, during phase two, and sliding along a cable, while suspended from parachute risers. Next, they are seen in controlled parachute descents from a tall tower. A closeup of one hitting the ground. Marines seated with full parachute gear, in an airplane during the third (Jump week) phase of their training. They stand and move toware the jump door, with their chutes hooked to a static line. View from below, of open parachutes descending. Marine receiving his parachute wings, upon graduation from Jump School.

Date: 1958
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064399
U.S. Marine Corps Recon Unit personnel undergo underwater training at United States Naval Submarine School,New London, Groton, connecticut

U.S. Reconnaissance Unit marines receiving underwater training at the U.S. Navy submarine school, New London, Groton, Connecticut. Inside the Buoyant Ascent, Submarine Escape Training Tower, marines equipped with breathing apparatus and flotation collars, are seen rising to the surface of the tank. Glimpse of a submarine on surface of water. Inside the submarine, marines in a platoon, assigned to a team, are briefed by an officer. Then the NCO in charge, carrying his swimming flippers, leads his team into the escape trunk, for their first training mission. View of the marines as water rises around them. Then they are seen making buoyant ascents from the submarine, with bubbles trailing as they rise. View at surface as the team members reach it. The team swims toward shore, pulling their equipment in waterproof bags. They land on a beach, and sweep away any landing marks in the sand. Inland, a team member removes a submachine gun from its waterproof bag. He gives the gun to another marine, fully dressed in camouflage fatigues,

Date: 1958
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064400