Navy Chief [first name unknown] Miller in space suit opens visor
Jack Brooks introduces the program: The United States' entry into the space age and technical problems of space travel for humans
Brooks introduces Navy Captain Dr. Charles F. Gell, of the Navy Medical Core and Special Assistance for Medical and Allied Sciences, Office of Naval Research
Brief history of Gell's Naval history
Brief history of Gell's work in aviation/space medicine
On bioastronautics
On acceleration problems, which were helped by the Navy's Johnsville centrifuge
Model of Johnsville centrifuge
On acceleration [g-force] limits for humans
Supine seat
On Navy developments for extreme g-force stress
Iron maiden
On training program for astronauts (called spaceonauts)
Photo of astronaut in training
On creating a livable atmosphere for humans in space
Photo: Bio Astronautical Test Facility, from Air Crew Equipment Laboratory, Naval Air Material Center, Philadelphia
Space suit description and demonstration
Chief Miller in space suit
Oxygen and helmet
Origins of suit, as protective and escape for high-altitude aviators
On sending monkeys to the moon
Photo of monkey Baker [aka Miss Baker]
Brooks comments on Baker's excessive lipstick, with Gell adding that it looks like "female exorbitance"
On younger generation of potential scientists. Brooks mentions previous talk with Hyman G. Rickover, father of the nuclear submarine (aka atomic submarine)