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X-15 (film), the Glossary

X-15 is a 1961 American aviation drama film that presents a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket aircraft program, the test pilots who flew the aircraft, and the associated NASA community that supported the program.^[1]

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1961 directorial debut films
Films about test pilots
Films directed by Richard Donner
Films scored by Nathan Scott (composer)

Air Force Reserve Command

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Air gunner

An air gunner or aerial gunner is a member of a military aircrew who operates flexible-mount or turret-mounted machine guns or autocannons in an aircraft.

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Anamorphic widescreen

Anamorphic widescreen (also called full-height anamorphic or FHA) is a process by which a comparatively wide widescreen image is horizontally compressed to fit into a storage medium (photographic film or MPEG-2 standard-definition frame, for example) with a narrower aspect ratio, reducing the horizontal resolution of the image while keeping its full original vertical resolution.

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Armstrong Flight Research Center

The NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA.

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Aviation

Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry.

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Bell X-1

The Bell X-1 (Bell Model 44) is a rocket engine–powered aircraft, designated originally as the XS-1, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics–U.S. Army Air Forces–U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by Bell Aircraft.

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Bell X-2

The Bell X-2 (nicknamed "Starbuster") was an X-plane research aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2–3 range.

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Bob Hope

Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours.

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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber.

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Brad Dexter

Brad Dexter (born Boris Michel Soso; April 9, 1917 – December 12, 2002) was an American actor and film producer.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Carl E. Guthrie

Carl E. Guthrie (15 October 1905, St. Louis, Missouri - 23 April 1967, Los Angeles, California) was an American cinematographer.

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Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor.

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Chase plane

A chase plane is an aircraft that "chases" a "subject" aircraft, spacecraft or rocket, for the purposes of making real-time observations and taking air-to-air photographs and video of the subject vehicle during flight.

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Cinema of the United States

The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known metonymously as Hollywood) along with some independent films, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century.

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David McLean (actor)

David McLean (May 19, 1922 in Akron, Ohio – October 12, 1995 in Culver City, California) was an American film and television actor, best known for appearing in many Marlboro television and print advertisements beginning in the early 1960s.

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Drama (film and television)

In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone.

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Edwards Air Force Base

Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in California.

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Fiction

Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary or in ways that are imaginary.

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Film editing

Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.

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James Gregory (actor)

James Gregory (December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002) was an American character actor known for his deep, gravelly voice, and playing brash roles such as Schaffer in Al Capone (1959), the McCarthy-like Sen.

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James Stewart

James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor.

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James Warner Bellah

James Warner Bellah (September 14, 1899 – September 22, 1976) was an American Western author from the 1930s to the 1950s.

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Kenneth Tobey

Jesse Kenneth Tobey (March 23, 1917 – December 22, 2002) was an American actor active from the early 1940s into the 1990s, with over 200 credits in film, theatre, and television.

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Lincoln, Nebraska

Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County.

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List of American films of 1961

A list of American films released in 1961.

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List of directorial debuts

This is a list of film directorial debuts in chronological order.

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List of X-planes

The X-planes are a series of experimental United States aircraft and rockets, used to test and evaluate new technologies and aerodynamic concepts.

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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Lucille Ball

Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive.

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Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, producer, and social advocate.

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A media scrum is an improvised press conference, often held immediately outside an event such as a legislative session or meeting.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM), is an American media company specializing in film and television production and distribution based in Beverly Hills, California.

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Michael J. Adams

Michael James Adams (May 5, 1930 – November 15, 1967) (Maj USAF) was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, and USAF astronaut.

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Milton Orville Thompson

Milton Orville Thompson (May 4, 1926 – August 6, 1993), (Lt Cmdr, USNR), better known as Milt Thompson, was an American naval officer, aviator, engineer, and NASA research pilot.

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Mother ship

A mother ship, mothership or mother-ship is a large vehicle that leads, serves, or carries other smaller vehicles.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Nathan Scott (composer)

Nathan Scott (May 11, 1915 – February 27, 2010) was an American film score and television composer.

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North American Aviation

North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft.

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North American F-100 Super Sabre

The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer North American Aviation.

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North American X-15

The North American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft.

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Patricia Owens

Patricia Molly Owens (January 17, 1925 – August 31, 2000) was a Canadian actress, working in Hollywood.

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Piasecki H-21

The Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee is an American helicopter, the fourth of a line of tandem rotor helicopters designed and built by Piasecki Helicopter (later Boeing Vertol).

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Pitch-up

In aerodynamics, pitch-up is an uncommanded nose-upwards rotation of an aircraft.

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Ralph Taeger

Ralph Taeger (July 30, 1936 – March 11, 2015) was an American actor who starred in three short-lived television series during the 1960s: Klondike (1960–61), Acapulco (1961) and Hondo (1967–68).

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Richard Donner

Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) was an American film director and producer.

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Rocket-powered aircraft

A rocket-powered aircraft or rocket plane is an aircraft that uses a rocket engine for propulsion, sometimes in addition to airbreathing jet engines.

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Stanley Livingston

Stanley Bernard Livingston (born November 24, 1950) is an American actor.

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Stanley Rabjohn

Stanley E. Rabjohn (October 6, 1914 – July 21, 2001) was an American film editor.

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Technicolor

Technicolor is a series of color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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United Artists

United Artists (UA) is an American film production company owned by Amazon MGM Studios.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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University of Nebraska Press

The University of Nebraska Press (UNP) was founded in 1941 and is an academic publisher of scholarly and general-interest books.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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X-15 Flight 3-65-97

X-15 Flight 3-65-97, also known as X-15 Flight 191 (being the 191st free flight of the X-15), was a sub-orbital spaceflight of the North American X-15 experimental spaceplane, carrying seven experiments to a peak altitude of, above NASA's definition of the start of space at but below the Kármán line definition at.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-15_(film)

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X-15 (film), the Glossary

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See also

1961 directorial debut films

Films about test pilots

Films directed by Richard Donner

Films scored by Nathan Scott (composer)

References