Army Material Command (AMC) logistic support of Air Force X-15 project in United States. X-15 is towed with tug and taken out from a hangar. Insignia of United States. X-15 parked on flight line. Two men stand near X-15. X-15 parked at revetment. A pilot walks in near the nose of X-15. An aircraft in the background. Three officer walk towards the X-15. They stand and talk. One of the officer stands near the nose of X-15 and poses. Two officers stand and talk. The nose of X-15 with a landing gear under the nose. X-15 towed with a tug is taken out from a hangar. The tail of X-15.
Formation of U.S. Army Air Forces B-17s is seen in flight with clouds behind. Narrator speaks of salvaging them and similar older aircraft. . B-24 bombers landing at Davis- Monthan Airfield, to be placed in storage for preservation or salvaging. A sign reading, "Bone yard." B-24 taxiing into a Bone Yard filled with other aircraft. Among aircraft seen in the yard are those named: 'Double Trouble;' 'Gentle Annie;' and 'Boobie Trap.' Crews salvaging aircraft wheels and tires. Men removing an airplane wing, with a derrick. Aircraft being de-militarized. Plexi-Glass is replaced with aluminum skin. . Workers steam blast and paint aircraft that will be re-used for non-combat missions.
United States Marine Corp drives a forklift, moving C-130 Hercules aircraft engine. Marine Corp seated atop sandbag wall checks rifle. Another Marine seated atop sandbags with cigarette in hand. Group of Marines converse and relax next to a large sandbag walls. (Vietnam War period).
Group of United States Army soldiers engaged in bayonet exercise and rifle drills on training ground in the United States. The soldiers exercise with rifles in hand.
Sign board reads 'Hydrogen-No Smoking' in Sierra Greenland. Working in stiff winds outdoors on frozen landscape, U.S. Army personnel mix calcium-hydride in can to generate gas for weather balloons.
NASA Project Mercury astronaut candidate Captain Donald K "Deke" Slayton, USAF, undergoes Equilibrium and Vibration test. Subject seated on a chair which rotates simultaneously on two axes. He maintains the chair on an even keel by means of a control stick with and without vibration, normally and blindfolded.
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