1365th photo squadron film titled 'Missiles boost B-52 effectiveness'. GAM-77 Hounddog and GAM-72 Quail missiles tested. Hounddog being loaded into U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. B-52 Stratofortress in flight. Quail dropped from B-52 Stratofortress. Men on plotting screen in air tracking station.
Edward Mandell House (Colonel House), principal advisor to President Wilson, wearing a hat and a warm coat. stands and speaks. A boundary wall and buildings in background. He comes out of his house and closes the door. He climbs down the stairs. Colonel House carries an umbrella.
Speed runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car. The car is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett at Edwards Air Force Base. Speed is 246 miles per hour, recorded from camera number 743. The vehicle and background buildings, aircraft, hangers, and such, are reflected in surface beneath the car. Lines from a drag chute appear behind the car, but chute, itself, is not visible when it stops.
Speed runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car. The car is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett at U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base. Speed on this run is 246 miles per hour, and event is recorded on camera number 747, The vehicle image and background objects are reflected in the road bed. Hangars, airplanes and other aspects of the Air Base are seen behind the rocket car as it passes. Drag chute deploys, but only lines from it are seen behind the vehicle, after the run.
Speed runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car at Edwards Air Force Base. The car is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. Speed is 246 miles per hour and viewed from camera number 748. rocket car is reflected, along with background objects, in roadbed during the run. Drag chute deploys. But only lines from it are visible after vehicle stops.
Edwards Air Force Base at California. Speed runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car. The car is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. Speed on this run is 546 ( plus a fraction) miles per hour and recorded on camera number 747. At this great speed, the images are blurred and features mostly indistinguishable until the car slows down in a long coast to stop. Another motion picture camera and photographer is seen near the end of run. Bright points of reflected sunlight appear on front and top of car. The roadbed reflects images during the filming.
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