1352nd Photo Squadron film titled 'Tactical hospitals prove mobility'. Base Operations at Ashiya Air Base in Japan. Tactical hospital set up after moving 600 miles by air. C-130 Hercules aircraft taxiing on runway. C-130 Hercules unloaded. Hospital tanks erected. Men set at work in the field hospital. Doctors and technicians working in tent hospital. Patients lie on hospital beds. Patients are examined. Doctors and nurses during a surgery operation.
Life in oasis village. A man cuts meat while another keeps flies away by waving a flag-like fan. Women and children watch. People gather to fill water containers at community pump. Some carry filled containers home on their heads. A man showers from a bucket at the pump.
Oxen plowing agriculture field in Iran. Native men threshing grains and removing chaff of grains. An ancient Persian stone lookout tower or watch tower. A soldier passes by the watch tower. (World War II period).
General Hugh L. Scott, General Frederick Funston and General Alvaro Obregon after a conference in El Paso in Texas. The conference held to arrange co-operation of troops against Mexican leader Pancho Villa's raids. Jeep and horses seen on field. War planes seen. Men firing artillery pieces. Explosions and smoke seen.
Speed test runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car at Edwards Air Force Base at California. The 3-wheeled land vehicle is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. Speed is 702 mph. Images recorded on camera number 748. Smoke at start, then acceleration trailing exhaust until surroundings blur as top speeds are attained. Drag chute seen trailing vehicle as it coasts to a stop.
Speed test runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car at Edwards Air Force Base at California. Men stand near vehicles. The 3-wheeled land vehicle is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. It is powered by a rocket engine. This run is made at 690 miles per hour and recorded on camera number 748. Begins with puff of smoke as rocket ignites and vehicle accelerates rapidly, appearing as a smoky blur, until it begins to slow down. A drag chute trails as it comes to a stop.
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