A speech by U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in the United States. Vice President Richard Nixon and Mrs. Nixon arrive at a speaker stand at Edwards Air Force Base, California. They are escorted by other dignitaries. A flag of United States. People seated for the speech. Dignitaries on the stage. Vice President Nixon climbs up the steps of the stage and shakes hands with the dignitaries. Men take pictures. People seated on chairs at the base. Mr. Nixon; Mr. Kindelberger, President of North America; Mr. Horner, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development make speechs. The dignitaries stand and applaud. X-15 is towed by a tug and is rolled out of a hangar. Insignia of United States. Dignitaries on either side of the X-15.
D-558-2 Skyrocket with a B-29 Superfortress in flight over Muroc Air Force Base (soon after renamed Edwards Air Force Base). A B-29 Superfortress in flight. A Skyrocket is attached to the belly of B-29. Insignia of United States. A chase plane flies on the left side of the B-29. The posterior part of D-558-2 and B-29. Jet is turned on and the Skyrocket is still attached to B-29. Vapor comes out from the jet line. U.S. Navy Skyrocket emits much vapor while still attached to B-29. The Skyrocket with B-29 in flight. The Skyrocket detaches from B-29 mother ship and is in flight. It flies over the mountains. The Skyrocket makes pass from the landing field. (Note: the Superfortress bomber seen here has the big WASP Major engines. So it is probably a B-50 - perhaps XB-50.)
Convair B-36 Peacemaker in flight with Thule Air Force Base visible on ground. The Aircraft taxis out of hangar. Pilots seated inside locker room relax at Thule Air Force Base, Greenland.
Convair B-36 Peacemaker takes off from Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico. The aircrafts taxis into parking area. Convair B-36 Peacemaker aircrafts parked at Walker Air Force Base.
NASA Mercury Astronauts during weightlessness training at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Astronaut Scott Carpenter seated inside a jet cockpit. Aircraft in flight over Edwards Air Force Base.
NASA Project Mercury Astronaut during weightlessness training at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom, seated inside a jet cockpit. Aircraft in flight over Edwards Air Force Base. (Other astronauts in the Project Mercury program included Alan Sheppard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Donald Slayton, Gordon Cooper, and Wally Schirra.)
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