United States B-29 Superfortress in flight. Square P tail code identifies it as belonging to 314th Bomb Wing, 39th Bomb Group, stationed at Guam. Aerial view of the air base. View of the island and runway.
United States Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress displaying Plain T tail code of 498th Bomb Group, taxis behind a follow-me jeep, after landing on Saipan. Ground crewman assists parking. Crew of the B-29 seen on the parking ramp as they offload their baggage and climb aboard a truck. Other aircraft displaying Plain A tail codes of the 497th Bomb Group are seen parked on field. (World War II period).
Prospective NASA Project Mercury astronaut, Harold W Christian undergoes Harvard step and tilt table test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Doctor checks subject's pulse and blood pressure. Subject steps 20 inches to a platform once every two seconds for five minutes. He also lies on steeply inclined table for 25 minutes to measure ability of the heart to compensate for body in an unusual position for an extended time.
United States Army troops of Battery "A," 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion, 40th Artillery Group (Redstone), in New Mexico. They launch Redstone Missile from White Sands in their Annual Service Practice (ASP) firing. View of gantry crane around Redstone Missile. Floor compartments open and gantry crane rolls back leaving missile on launch pad.
United States Army support troops of 209th Artillery Group (Redstone), prepare Redstone Missile for launch from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. They fuel a Redstone missile. Two soldiers stand at base of the Missile holding fuel hoses. View of gantry crane with its floor compartments. Army personnel come down the ladder after fueling missile.
United States Army troops fuel Redstone Missile prior to launch from White Sands, New Mexico. View of Redstone Missile, gantry crane and army trucks at White Sands Missile Range. United States 209th Artillery Group (Redstone) from Fort Sill, fuel Redstone missile with hoses from fueling trucks. Troops stand next to base of Redstone Missile.
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