News in Brief: Escape Capsule Tested.
News in Brief: Escape Capsule Tested.
Clip: 363348_1_1
Year Shot: 1960
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1668
Original Film: 033-010-03
HD: N/A
Location: Lake Erie
Timecode: 00:09:23 - 00:10:09
Image quality is not the best. News in Brief: Escape Capsule Tested. An Air Force volunteer rides a supersonic jet bomber's escape capsule for 72 frigid, storm-tossed hours in Lake Erie, and emerges from the cramped chamber in good physical shape, indicating solution of a new and vital survival problem. Men in wetsuits push a capsule through water. Men lift the capsule out of water and open it, revealing man inside. Man sitting on a bunk gets blood pressure cuff strapped on (medical examination). Airman waves to camera.