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Demonstration of rocket belt flight by pilot Harold Graham at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia

Bell Aerosystems Test Pilot Harold Graham demonstrates Rocket Belt Flight backpack (Small Rocket Lifting Device, SRLD) on grounds of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, United States. Man removes cover from the device kept on a table. Military personnel, Pentagon workers, and civilians gathered to watch the flight. Fire brigade along the flight area. Men, women and children stand behind barricaded area. Assistants strap Bell Aerosystems test pilot Harold Graham to the rocket belt flight device. He wears the rocket pack (some might call it a jet pack) on his back like a backpack and grips control handles that extend around to the front from the sides. He takes off from the ground. Two men dressed in traditional American colonial military costumes stand beside the pilot. Photographers take pictures.

Location: Arlington Virginia USA
Date: 1961, June 16
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063979
Early attempts to fly various heavier than air contraptions. Later use of rockets for propulsion; GE jet engines circa 1951.

Early history of flight with various ornithopters and flying contraptions. A bicycle-powered 8-winged airplane collapses in front of a hangar during takeoff attempt. Man wearing a set of wings, and a tail, tries to fly by running and also by jumping off a large rock. The so-called Pitt Sky Car in action. A car equipped with an umbrella-like rotor intended for vertical takeoff. It simply jumps up and down. A man riding a bicycle being propelled in part by a pack of rockets burning behind his seat. It gets too hot and he abandons the bicycle just before the rocket pack explodes. Animated discussion of Newton's 3rd law of motion and its relevance to the jet airplane engine. Diagrams and illustrations. A Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star aircraft taking off, and in flight, with its speed brake extended. View of General Electric jet engine, circa 1951, that delivers over 5800 pounds of thrust. These engines being produced in the GE plant at Lynn, Massachusetts and the new (1951) GE plant at Lockland Ohio.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063987
General Electric plant and operations at Lockland, Ohio. Advances in jet propulsion. Jet airplanes of the early 1950s.

Animated illustration of rapid improvements in GE jet engine designs. Views of the GE plant at Lockland, Ohio. Interior of a jet passenger liner airplane, as envisioned in 1951. View of flight attendant or stewardess in uniform, delivering tray of food to a passenger in the cabin of an aircraft in flight. View of Dr. Sanford A. Moss, standing in front of the Collier Trophy, looking at his award certificate, in 1941. The trophy was awarded to him and the U.S. Army Air Corps for development of the aircraft engine supercharger. Discussion of Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. Air Force, General Electric and Convair ideas about building an atomic powered airplane. Views of the GE gas turbine laboratory. Montage of jet aircraft of the early 1950s. Among those seen are: Convair SF-92 delta wing fighter plane; The Chase XCG-20A 4-engine cargo plane; North American F-86 sabrejet; Grumman F9F panther; F-89 Scorpion; and B-36 bomber, plus several unidentified experimental aircraft. Several scenes of B-47s in rocket assisted takeoffs.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1952
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063989
M61 Gatling gun being fired from USAF B-52G during firing test in the United States.

Progress report of United States Air Force B-52G and B-52H in the United States. M61 Gatling gun being lowered from beneath aircraft mockup. The M61 Gatling gun displayed on a table. Two engineers check M-61 mockup. Dual radar antennas move back and forth. A sign reads 'Danger, Live Ammunition Being Discharged'. The Gatling gun fires on target board in front during a firing test. The USAF B-52G aircraft in flight.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1960
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063995
Joseph J Nazzaro meets the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron and 4th Special Operation Squadron at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam.

United States Air Force General Joseph J Nazzaro visits Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Colonel Roberts briefs General Joseph J Nazzaro in front of F-4E hangar. General Nazzaro and party leave in staff cars. The General meets members of the 20th TASS (Tactical Air Support Squadron) and 4th SOS (Special Operation Squadron). (Vietnam War period).

Location: Vietnam
Date: 1969, June 7
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064028
USAF General Joseph J Nazzaro shakes hands with Vietnamese airmen o f the 41st Wing at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam.

United States Air Force General Joseph J Nazzaro visits Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Ordnance display with Vietnamese Air Force Cessna A-37A. General Nazzaro reads sign that reads 'Welcome to the 41st Wing. Vietnamese airmen stand in front of O-1E and Cessna A-37A aircraft. General Joseph Nazzaro being greeted by Vietnamese Lieutenant Colonel Khanh. The General shakes hands with Vietnamese airmen and crew of A-37A.

Location: Vietnam
Date: 1969, June 7
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064029
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