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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221651-08
Color: Colour
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1958
Country: USA
Location: Holloman AFB Base,New Mexico
TC Begins: 11:10:00
TC Ends: 11:27:01
Duration: 00:17:01
Daisy Track Decelerator Tests, Jan-Mar58 R3 of ? Overhead of dummy on seat to stop, head comes off. 11:10:34 Slate: 05Feb58 Dummy. Men adjusting two-stage tubes on sled. End of run, dummy’s head flies off. 06Feb58 nearly vertical seated dummy, head comes off. Run seen towards stop, head comes off. 11:12:58 Dummy in reclining position towards camera. 13Feb58 Spine 60 degrees dummy towards camera. 11:14:08 Slates: 13-14Feb58 Various shots of dummy & runs. 11:18:09 Slate 17Feb58 runs by Beeding, Mosely Spine 70 degrees from several angles. Also 18Feb Enfield, Martinez, others. 11:24:25 Slate 04Mar58 Bear put into sled, strapped in, given gas or ?? Technicians hold bear while strapping in. Attach wires. Overhead shot of bear deceleration; medics checking & giving oxygen. Acceleration; Daisy Track Deceleration; Military Medical Testing; Human Subjects; NASA Aerospace Program; Animal Testing; Oddities; NOTE: Air powered, water cushioned short track used from 1955 to 1958. All persons repeat same routine.