RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN AERO MEDICAL RESEARCH Part 2

Description

Summary: Depicts glimpses of Aero Medical research illustrating how Aero Medicine, backward in development at start of World War II, has forged ahead. (Shot list to follow.) 1) EXT LS camera panning with P-47 aircraft in flight. 2) CU 3/4 FV P-47 in flight. 3) INT Pilots compartment showing face of pilot. 4) MS interior Aero Med Lab showing centrifuge test being initiated. 5) CU test subject lying on table, doctor fastening recording instrument to test subject. 6) ECU test subject showing doctor examining eyes, placing test subject on fixed platform. 7) MCU of test subject making strenuous effort to breathe. 8) EXT CU face of test subject -- test subject turns head back and forth so you can see facial structure. 9) EXT CU of the eye of the test subject. 10) EXT CU same test subject with swollen face. 11) EXT of eye, eyelid pulled down. 12) CU taken of test subject on turntable within the centrifuge chamber during test. 13) CU of test subject sitting in ejection seat. 14) CU test subject putting on pressurized suit. Test subject pointing to various parts of suit. 15) Animation showing operation of pressurized suit. 16) EXT CU of helmet. Test subject pointing to various parts of helmet. 17) CU of test subject in high-altitude test chamber showing connecting suits, engineer leaves test chamber. 18) EXT CU showing fastening of portable oxygen equipment to suit. 19) Engineer closes door to PRESSURE chamber. 20) INT test chamber showing test subject. CU showing breakage of instrument in test chamber causing RAPID DECOMPRESSION. 21) CU test subject showing pressure inflated immediately -- water in glass beside test subject spills out. 22) Test subject walks around in test chamber, moving arms and legs very freely. 23) EXT CU of test subject delaying pressurizing his suit. 24) CU of test subject motioning for engineers to raise pressure in chamber. Too sudden change in pressure causes ears to block. 25) MCU 3/4 view of T-33 being pulled out of hangar with a tug at Hamilton AFB. 26) EXT CU showing pilot climbing into aircraft with high pressure suit on. 27) Aerial upshot of two T-33s in flight. 28) MS pilot ejection test. 29) Camera pans with test subject, shows opening of parachute, test subject goes down to ground. MS of another test. Camera follows test subject. 30) LS of parachute descending to ground. 31) CU test subject, two men assisting him at Holloman AFB. 32) CU showing fastening of instrument onto test subject. 33) CU strapping parachute onto test subject. 34) CU nose section of B-17. 35) CU underneath B-17 showing men installing ejection seat in thru bomb bay. 36) EXT LS B-17 in flight. 37) LS ejection test thru bomb bays of B-17s, test subject and parachute descending to ground. 38) CU doctor testing pulse of test subject. 39) R-5 helicopter in bg. Following tests were taken at Edwards AFB, showing test subject sitting in deceleration sled. 40) EXT CU test subject being strapped into deceleration sled. 41) CU preparations made prior to deceleration test. 42) MS test. Camera pans with sled. 43) Slow motion pictures taken of test subject on sled, showing position of test subject during test. Test No. 3 showing pictures taken, direct front view of test subject -- camera is on sled. 44) MS of test subject taking exercises after test. Slow motion shots of test subject on sled during test. 45) EXT CU of dummy sitting in sled, strapped in seat unprotected. Shield in front of dummy with a three inch wood shield. 46) MS test showing dummy thrown out of sled, camera pans back to three inch wood shield showing point where dummy went thru the shield. 47) CU dummy lying between tracks. The following fire-fiighting tests were made at WPAFB. 48) CU fire-fighting equipment. 49) MS six test subjects in protective clothing. 50) MSU showing six test subjects walking very close to blaze, showing steam coming off of suits. 51) EXT CU protective suit. 52) CU test subjects walking thru fire with protective suit on. Test subjects remain in flames for 118 seconds. 53) MCU XB-51 in flight. Good (Basic: Orig Koda, 16mm)

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities