Exteriors of United States Air Force hospital at Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod. Sign reads “U.S.A.F. Hospital” with direction arrow pointing to the right. President John F. Kennedy with his sister, Mrs. Jean Kennedy Smith comes out of hospital and gets into a car. View outside Boston's Children Hospital (300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, U.S.) where President Kennedy's premature child, son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, is kept under intensive care. President entering the hospital and passing through corridor. View of crowd at hospital.
'The Story of Wright Air Development Center' shows various activities at WADC in United States. Aircraft parked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Narration outlines the purpose of Wright Air Development Center. The Wright Flyer aircraft manually pulled out of a hangar. Two men climb into aircraft. A plane is catapulted by means of weight. Crowd stands in the foreground. The flight took place at Ft. Myer, Virginia. (This footage is a mix of 1909 footage where the aircraft shows two half-rounds of canvas in the front elevator at removal from the hangar, and 1908 footage, from the rear taking off, where the aircraft has a single half-round of canvas in the front elevator.) A Wright Brother Development Center. Wright field shows Massie Wind Tunnel, Aero-Med Lab, hangars etc. A book entitled 'Wright Air Development Center'. Hands turn back showing forward mission to complete research and development of aircraft, guided missiles, weapons, components and associated equipment etc. A technician pushes instrument on cart down hallway-interested along hallway are various types of gaging instruments. Technician opens vault door and places instruments in chamber. Entrance of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Two technicians work in office building.
Aircraft undergo various tests at the Wright Air Development Center of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Testing of magnesium burner attached to an aircraft flying at night for night photography. A static lightning test is done on a model of a F-84 Thunderjet aircraft, for the study of interference. A technician seated at an electron microscope instrument panel adjusts dials. Image of a highly magnified particle is shown. Two technicians work with an early computer (referred to as an"electronic brain" by the narrator) as they use it to solve calculations before an aircraft is built. Another technician is shown working on a computer instrument referred to as a "polynomial evaluator" by the narrator. A test subject in an "aero-medical" chamber is seen wearing flight clothing and oxygen mask. A technician seated at control outside chamber. Test subject in chamber and various instruments kept in side. Instrument records the altitude, pressure release valve punctured. Test shows pressurized quit inflating. A brake lining is tested an an aircraft tire, simulating a high stress, rapid stop. A human subject seated in an ejection seat experience an ejection seat test, rising rapidly upward on a twin rail system. Aerial view of air-to-air refueling of KC-97 Stratotanker and B-50 Superfortress aircraft. A pilot in cockpit as he maneuvers in for refueling. Refueling of B-50 from KC-97.
U.S. Air Force Arctic Survival School training and practice at Goose Air Base in Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada (near Goose Bay). Shows an aerial view of SOS stamped out in snow. Survival class instructor points out to cold weather gear that includes gloves, coat,socks and boots. He demonstrates construction of shelters, animal snares and traps with the help of model. Students strap on necessary equipment and get into snowshoes. U.S. Air Force personnel go into field for survival training. They construct parachute tent, fell trees to be used for firewood, Air Force personnel ice fishing with weighted net. They build fire signals and stamp SOS on snow covered open field.
Japanese Air show at Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041, Japan) or Haneda Air Force Base. View of Japanese and American airplanes. Miscellaneous airplanes are on display. Personnel attending the air show. C-54 'Skymaster' parked in hardstand. Four sets of three, training airplanes of the National Safety Force, possibly L5's and L-16's. Crowd watching the air show. Some Japanese men and children stand along edge or marked off area. Model airplane meet is held. Airplanes on display include Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw, Grumman SA-16A amphibian, Martin B-26 Marauder, Curtiss C-46 Commando, Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, and Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. Man operates model airplane. Contestants give last minute checks to their model airplane. Personnel push model gliders out on ramp prior to launch. Written on top of the glider wing 'JA-0067'. A formation of eight F-80's airplanes fly over area. F-84 makes pass over area. A formation of three sets of four P-84's airplanes fly over the area.
Discussion of United States Air Force (USAF) Aerobic physical fitness programs and its benefits in the United States. U.S. air force pilots scramble at air base and are seen running to their Convair F-102 Delta Dagger aircraft parked in a line. The pilots quickly enter the aircraft. Dramatization of Air Force pilot landing in jungle with parachute and evading capture due to good physical fitness condition. Off duty situations involving physical exertion: Two men pushing a stalled car. A man in front yard of house in suburban neighorhood is shoveling sand and lifting a heavy sand bag. Depiction at night of phone ringing and man wakes up and talks on phone. Cars drive on highway. An exhausted man suffering heart attack is sitting in car. Heart attack patients lying on beds in a ward of a hospital. A nurse assists a patient with recovery and therapy. Two women ride bicycles and men swim in a swimming pool for exercise. People exercise in a gym and use weight lifting equipment and exercise machines. A man running and playing tennis. Personnel doing aerobic exercises like walking, running, cycling, swimming, stationary running, playing hand ball, tennis, basketball and squash for physical fitness.
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