DOCUMENTARY COVERAGE OF X-3 Part 5

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Summary: 1) CU EXT SV of X-3 showing the word "X-3" written on side of nose. 2) MCU EXT SV of the X-3--civilian test pilot is standing beside the nose of the aircraft. 3) Shots of the X-3, which is covered, on a semi-tractor trailer being hauled up the bucktop road into the gate at Edwards APB. The truck is accompanied by Security Police. 4) Series of shots as the tarpaulins are removed from the X-3 on the semi-trailer, which is parked on the flight line in front of a hangar. 5) Series of shots of workmen removing the wooden framework built over the X-3 on the trailer. 6) Several shots of the X-3 as it is wheeled off the trailer and backed into the hangar. 7) CU 3/4 RV of the X-3 on the thrust stand at Edwards AFB--several engineers are standing on the opposite side of the aircraft during a thrust test run. 8) LS to CU to LS camera pans left with the X-3 making a high-speed taxi on the lake bed at Edwards AFB. SLATE: EDWARDS AFB. X-3 TAXI. CAMERAMAN: KITELY. 24 FPS. 27 SEPTEMBER 1952. 9) Several pan shots of the X-3 during high-speed taxi runs. SLATE: X-3 TAXI TEST. 2 OCTOBER 1952. 10) CU EXT of the twin exhaust nozzles of the X-3. 11) MS EXT 3/4 SV of the rear half of the X-3. 12) MCU EXT SV of the left wing and mid-section of the X-3. 13) MS EXT SV of the degree of attitude change capable of the leading edge of the wing of the X-3. 14) MS EXT 3/4 FV demonstration of the rudder movement of the left horizontal stabilizer swiveling up and down. 15) MS EXT SV showing the dive brakes opening and closing on the left wing and the degree of aileron movement up and down. 16) MS EXT 3/4 FV as a Douglas technician enters from camera right and seats himself in the extended seat of the X-3 which he raises up into the cockpit of the aircraft --two men enter from left bg and fasten the seat opening hatch shut. 17) MS EXT 3/4 FV of the wind screen extended and retracted. (This is used to protect the pilot in the event of an in-flight ejection.) 18) MCU 3/4 FV of the X-3--a man, seated in the cockpit, opens and closes the left air inlet duct louver. MS EXT SV of a technician seated in cockpit of X-3--he opens the seat hatch and lowers the seat to its extended position then he steps out and walks toward and past camera left. 20) MS SV of "X-3 Douglas" on the side of the nose of the X-3. 21) Series of identification shots of the X-3. 22) MS EXT of a tug towing the X-3 out of hangar toward camera. 23) MCU EXT looking through side window of X-3 into cockpit at the instrument panel. 24) MS EXT of X-3 being towed in a half-circle on ramp area in front of hangar. 25) Several shots of the data recording telemetering and camera equipment built into the nose of the X-3. SLATE: X-3 TAXI TEST CAMERAMAN: LITTLE. 24 FPS. 5 OCTOBER 1952. EDWARDS AFB. 26) LS EXT camera pans right with the X-3 taxiing and taking off. A number of camera crews can be seen photographing the X-3. 27) Several high angle MS's of the X-3 being towed on ramp area in front of hangar. 28) Several EXT shots of the X-3 during testing on the thrust stand including CU's of the twin exhausts. SLATE: PROJECT X-3 (MX-656). 18 SEPTEMBER 1952. 29) Several views of the X-3 being tested on the thrust stand. 30) MCU EXT 3/4 view of the main landing gear and the nose gear during testings of the X-3 on the thrust stand. 31) MS 3/4 FV of the mid-section and cockpit of the X-3 in the thrust stand. 32) MS EXT SV of five technicians--three have clipboards and are kneeling beneath the fuselage of the X-3: one is working inside an access hatch in the fuselage of the X-3. 33) MS EXT SV of Douglas technician extending the X-3 seat, getting out of it and walking out scene left--the aircraft is in the thrust stand. SLATE: EDWARDS AFB. X-3. 18 SEPTEMBER 1952. 34) MCU EXT of a number of Douglas technicians around an instrument panel set up in the thrust stand area. 35) MCU EXT SV of one of the Douglas technicians in the cockpit of the X-3 as it is tested on the thrust stand. 36) CU SV of the right exhaust nozzle. 37) MCU EXT of two technicians working under the fuselage of the X-3 in the thrust stand--they let the seat cover drop open, then crawl out from underneath. 38) MS EXT 3/4 FV of one of the technicians seated in the pilot's seat of the X-3 as it is raised up into the cockpit. 39) LS EXT FV of the X-3 during high-speed taxi test--aircraft is moving toward camera. A camera car parallels the path of the X-3. 40) MCU SV of the right side and tail section of the X-3. 41) MS EXT 3/4 view of the mid-section and main landing gear of the X-3. 42) MS EXT SV of the cockpit and air inlet duct. 43) MS EXT SV of the nose, on the side of which is written: X-3 DOUGLAS. 44) CU EXT FV low angle of the X-3. (Camera is situated almost directly under the nose of the aircraft.) 45) MCU EXT SV of the AF insignia in mid-section of the fuselage of the X-3. 46) 3/4 and full RV of the twin exhausts of the X-3. 47) MCU of "X-3 DOUGLAS" on side of aircraft. 48) MS EXT SV and FV of the X-3. 49) MS EXT 3/4 view of the horizontal stabilizer on the X-3 swiveling up and down. 50) CU EXT 3/4 view low angle of the parachute compartment doors on the tail of the aircraft as they snap open. 51) MS EXT RV low angle of the parachute compartment and open parachute compartment doors on the tail of the X-3. 52) MS EXT high angle, camera pans right with the X-3 being towed on ramp area in front of hangar. 53) LS to MS to LS camera pans right with the X-3 during a high-speed taxi run. Good

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities