Set of 4 VHS Video Tapes, Each Approximately 45 Minutes Long

The Human Bullet - Ejecting from a supersonic airplane is the like hitting a rock wall at 600 miles per hour.   Knowing that, how could a pilot survive?  The answer came from a series of stunning human tests in a rock powered sleds culminating in the historic 82 G impact.  This is the story of G-forces and the human tests that made sudden acceleration and deceleration survivable.

Beyond Human Tolerance - Pilots are thrown every curve known to man and the laws of physics - and yet, little was truly known about adapting the human body to the many extremes.  The answers only came from subjecting animals and humans to violet impacts, sudden decompressions, extremes of heat, cold and radiation - the more.  After years of tests, these are the results.

Nuclear Effects - For all the power of the atomic bomb, military planners knew it was, after all, just another weapon.  How, though, did you convince troops that they could actually survive a nuclear attack?  The answer came about through a series of tests that actually put soldiers at ground zero.  The results are documented in this remarkable episode - Nuclear Effects.

The Human Rock - In the 1950's, jet engines pushed flight into the vast reaches of the upper atmosphere - but the problems were many and no one knew if pilots could survive emergencies at these extreme altitudes.  This is the story of high altitude escape systems, and the human tests necessary to develop them, culminating in the incredible 14 mile drop that saw a man fly through the sound barrier with just a thermal suit and parachute.