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.
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. Speed on this run is 690 miles per hour and recorded on camera number 747. The run starts with a puff of smoke and then the car accelerates in a blur of smoke. It is seen against the blurred background, as it moves past at high speed and becomes more clearly discernable as it slows. Drag chute seen behind 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. Mountain ranges in the background. The 3-wheeled land vehicle is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. It is powered by a rocket engine. This run is the fastest in the series, being clocked at 731 miles per hour and recorded on camera number 745. Heavy cloud of smoke erupts. Then nothing. A while later, another burst of smoke and the rocket car accelerates rapidly. Suddenly, it emits a burst of white hot flames that burns for a few seconds as it passes the camera. The car disappears in mist and fog (local weather condition).
Speed test runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car at Edwards Air Force Base at California. Men standing near vehicles. Mountain ranges in the background. The 3-wheeled land vehicle is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. It is powered by a rocket engine. This run is at 731 mph and recorded on camera number 747. Big puff of smoke seen, and then it dissipates. Another puff of smoke from which the car is seen moving very fast. Then, suddenly, white flame is seen behind the car which lasts a few seconds as it passes by the camera position and disappears in local ground fog and haze.
Tests of GB-4 bombs (precision guided munition) in the United States during World War II. Three technicians operate a GB-4 television receiver and test equipment at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
WB-29A of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters) returning from a mission. The aircraft seen flying between smooth cloud layers. It banks to the left and descends. View of the WB-29 flying over part of Bermuda. Inside the aircraft, crew member fastens down equipment in preparation for landing. View from the ground as the WB-29 passes overhead. Another from the ground, of the aircraft touching down, bouncing up gently, and then staying down on the Kindley Air Force Base runway. (Note: During World War II, this B-29, tail number 42-94047, named the City of Jamestown, belonged to the 330th Bombardment Group, 459th Bomb Squadron stationed on Guam. On April 24, 1945,it was ditched near the shore of Japan, while returning from a bombing mission against the Hitachi aircraft factory in Tachikawa, Japan. Obviously, it was recovered and placed back in service after the war ended.)
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