The X-15 Rocket Powered Aircraft
Starting with Scott Crossfiled's first powered flight in Spetember 1959, this film tells the story of the incredible X-15. The aricraft set both speed and altitude records. Three X-15s were built in all, and they made a total of 199 test flights, the last one on 24 October 1968. The North American X-15 rocket-powered aircraft was part of the USAF/NASA/USN X-series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set numerous speed and altitude records in the early 1960s, reaching the edge of space and bringing back valuable data that was used in the design of later aircraft and spacecraft. It could be considered the first manned suborbital spacecraft ever flown.
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"The Town"
A documentary showing the idyllic 1950s American Town -- Madison, Wisconsin...
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Inside the Strategic Air Command (SAC) in the Early 1960s as Minuteman Missiles and B-52s Stand Ready
Shows Missilemen and B-52 Bomb Crews on alert. Also shown is the SAC airborne command post which for years flew at 30,000 feet 24 hours a day. Tells the story of how SAC keeps its resources, including KC-135 refueling tankers, on a high state of readiness in the height of the cold war. Positive control procedures for missile control crews are shown. Looks like this was done around 1964. Any better guess?
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WWII US Propaganda Film - Know Your Enemy - Japan
An American propaganda film produced on behalf of the U.S. War Department in 1945 as a training film for American soldiers preparing to fight in the Pacific during World War II. Directed by Frank Capra, the hour-long film sought to educate American soldiers about their adversary's history and society, particularly the course up to the Pacific War, and the totalitarian nature of the Japanese state. Today, it's used to show the influence of images and sound over narration, and the portrayal of the Japanese people during World War II. Shows the Bataan Death March in brutal detail.
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THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION (Airmobile) IN VIETNAM
THE BIG PICTURE tv show tells the story of the First Air Cavalry Division (Airmobile), in Vietnam and how they proved the relatively new theories of Air Mobile Warfare in the worst of all circumstances - under fire in combat. Features the CH-47, medical evacuations, search and destroy missions and more.
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KNOW YOUR ALLY - BRITAIN
On the war activities and the esprit de corps of the British, pointing out similarities to Americans, rectifying differences, and replying to accusations of German propagandists.
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Secret OSS Report - THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF JAPAN
Secret briefing film describes Japan's textile and lumber resources. Cotton and silk fabrics are woven. Cotton fields and mulberry plantations are cultivated. Shows bamboo, cypress, and coniferous forests. Trees are felled and transported. How rice is planted, cultivated, and harvested. Tea is picked. Shows surf and deep-sea fishing. Fish is processed on a floating cannery. Iron ore is mined and smelted. Copper bauxite, manganese, and coal are mined. Shows hydro-electric installations. Analyzes Japan's ability to wage modern war.
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