Click the links below to view rare MPG video footage of the X-15.

  • Ground crew polish and prepare the X-15A-2 and coat with ablative heat-resistant paint.
  • Roll-out of white X-15A-2 and ground crew service.
  • X-15A-2 is fired on test stand and then attached to B-52 pylon.
  • Pete Knight boards and B-52/X-15A-2 combo taxi for take-off.
  • B-52 take-off and pre-launch preparations.
  • X-15A-2 launch on speed record flight with Pete Knight.
  • X-15A-2 lands, Knight disembarks, media scrum and ground crew checks.
  • X-15A-2 is returned to hangar and damage is inspected.
  • Silent promotional footage of X-15 pilots John McKay, Joseph Walker, Forrest Petersen, Neil Armstrong, Robert White and Robert Rushworth
  • Silent footage of NAA pilot Scott Crossfield's first flight of the X-15 with XLR-99 engine.
  • Silent footage of NASA pilot Neil Armstrong's final flight of the X-15 before joining the astronaut corps.
  • X-15 United States film report 15 September 1961.
  • X-15 NAA promo film. Part One
  • X-15 NAA promo film. Part Two.

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  • hispeed1.mpg through hispeed8.mpg, doc1.mpg, doc2.mpg, doc3.mpg, 30210.mpg, 29215.mpg, 30132.mpg

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