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The First U.S. Air Force film report about the Strategic Air Command made in January 1960.

Film opens with still portrait of U.S. Strategic Air (SAC) Commander in Chief, General Thomas S. Power., who is heard saying "Peace is Our Profession." Signs outside SAC headquarters, bearing the same message. Glimpse of entry gate to the headquarters. View of Atlas missile displayed on the headquarters grounds. Closeups of the missile, at top and bottom. Air Force personnel manning phones in SAC Control Center, underground,at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Others are seen walking near extremely large wall displays. View of the main Control Center with officers at their respective stations. View of person entering past guards into the underground facility. A briefing officer climbs onto a moving platform that elevates him so he can brief the center personnel, while referring to one of the large wall displays. View of teletype machines receiving messages in the Center. Digital clocks show times in places like Guam and Alaska. The famous "Red Telephone" from which it is possible to launch the entire SAC strike force, all over the world, within seconds after warning of an enemy attack has been received at SAC Headquarters. B-47 bombers taxiing on a base. Closeups of some taxiing. A B-47 bomber taking off and flying high above the camera. Extreme closeup from outside of crew members in cockpit of B-47 in flight. Flight of three B-47s flying in formation.

Date: 1960, January
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047102
The ADC-SAC teams participate in the William Tell II competition from various Air Force bases in Florida, United States

The Aerospace Defense Command and Strategic Air Command exams in Florida, United States. Planes stationed at the Tyndall Air Force Base. The Aerospace Defense Command (ADC) teams in William Tell II competition at the Tyndall Air Force Base. The Martin B-26 Marauder takes off. Teams in U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and Convair F-102 Delta Dagger fire missiles and rockets at Q-2A targets. View of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombing. The various squadrons being awarded for their performances. The U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet and B-52 Stratofortress stationed at the McCoy Air Force Base. The planes take off. Navigation and refueling competition with B-47 Stratojet and B-52 Stratofortress crews from McCoy Air Force Base. Pilots in the aircraft. Aircraft in flight. The U.S. Air Force KC-47 aircraft and the KC-135 Stratotanker crews from Homestead Air Force Base. Aerial view of the KC-135 Stratotanker inject refueling the KC-47 aircraft. Insignia of the Strategic Air Command wing. View of the trophy. Commander Thomas F. Hall gives the trophy to the winner, Commander of the 307th Bomb wing. Members of the squadrons receive the trophies.

Date: 1960
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067042
A parade down Fremont Street in Las Vegas Nevada for the crew of the Memphis Belle.

A parade held on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The parade held for the crew of the B-17 "Memphis Belle." Men on horses. A man riding a horse holds a U.S. flag. The crew rides in a jeep in the parade. Landmark buildings in Las Vegas before the "glitter gulch" days are seen, including Bank of Nevada; the Jack Pot Casino with a small amount of neon lighting; the Boulder Club with somewhat more neon lighting; the Apache Lounge, Cafe, and Hotel with its art deco signage at the Corner of Fremont and Second, and the El Portal Theatre at 310 Fremont Street which was the city's first movie theater; a directional arrow sign for the Hotel Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backwards). After the parade on Fremont Street, the crew moves on to Las Vegas Army Airfield (today it is Nellis Air Force Base). They gather on a raised speaker's stand near the nose of the B-17 Memphis Belle. Troops assembled on the airfield, B-17, and crew of the Memphis Belle. The crew is introduced and the Memphis Belle crew members address the gathered soldiers. A United States Army Air Force band plays. A crowd around the Memphis Belle after the ceremonies. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046288
USAF C-119 aircraft and crews practice space capsule recovery in the Discoverer program

Several C-119J aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 6593rd Test Squadron (Special) take off in succession from Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii, on missions to develop and test capability to snag space capsules parachuting to earth from satellites in orbit. (Note: The mission of the 6593rd Test Squadron was to recover film capsules returning to earth from orbiting Corona photoreconnaissance satellites, during the 1960s. Their JC-119s had "beavertail" doors that could be opened in flight [unlike clamshell doors that had to be left behind for open-door operations in other C-119s]. All American Engineering Company installed the special recovery equipment in the squadron's aircraft. The 6593rd Squadron accomplished the first successful mid-air recovery of an object from an orbiting satellite, on 19 August 1960, when they captured a film capsule released in the Corona Discoverer 14 Satellite mission.)

Date: 1959, November
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032474
Atomic bomb scenes WWII; atomic testing at U.S. Army atomic experiment station 'Camp Desert Rock' in Nevada, United States

Episode of "The Big Picture", a U.S. Army series of news release programs. U.S. Army cameraman recording Nike missile launch. Atomic cannon fires shell creating atomic explosion and classic mushroom cloud.. Army troops spill out of Sikorsky YH-19 helicopters. U.S. Army infantry soldiers ascend hill firing their rifles. Atomic experiments at Camp Desert Rock in Nevada, United States. U.S. Army Master Sergeant Stuart Queen seated at a desk in his office. He speaks about a series of atomic experiments ("Desert Rock 6") held in barren lands of Nevada at Camp Desert Rock. Celebrating victory in Europe, during World War 2, American troops parade down the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, with the Arch of Triumph behind them. Happy Parisians watch the parade. War scenes in Japan: footage of explosion and mushroom cloud rising after atomic bomb blast over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Barren land on the ground in Hiroshima after the August 6, 1945 atomic blast there . B-29 bombers in flight. Atomic bomb test detonation. Atomic artillery gun M65, also called the Atomic Cannon or Atomic Annie, fires and creates nuclear explosion on distant target.Viking missile launch. U.S. soldiers on parade. Headquarters sign at U.S. Army atomic experiment station at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, displaying 6-pointed star with "A" in center.. Several atomic test explosions. Soldiers on hillside witness a non-nuclear explosion. Buses carry troops along a road past a sign warning of radiation hazard. Army captain, instructor, briefing troops before the start of atomic maneuvers.. Maps of planned maneuvers. Engineer surveyors lay out ground zero target. View of the ground zero area which is the target area for testing. Signal men lay communication lines to receive and transmit teletype messages. Men operate machinery and dig trenches in which troops will take cover. Other men cover them with sand. [Note: According to the U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, from February 18 to May 15, 1955, the United States conducted Operation Teapot, a nuclear test series at Yucca Flat and Frenchman Flat on the Nevada Test Site in the continental United States. During the test period 14 nuclear shots and 1 non-nuclear shot were detonated. Several thousand scientific, military (army, air force, navy, marines), and civilian contract personnel participated in the organization, planning, and execution of the test series. Military exercises undertaken during and following the shots took place under the name Desert Rock 6.]

Date: 1955
Duration: 6 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073522
Men work on an aircraft and install several devices into it in Kansas, United States.

The coverage of the Boeing 1960 Progress Report covering the development and production of U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress G and H models. A B-52 aircraft parked on an air base. Men work on the aircraft. The engine of the aircraft being worked on. A map of the United States. Men work and install a GAM-77 missile in the aircraft. Ground support equipment developed for the aircraft. A QEC test stand with turbo fan engines on the air base. An engine cowling on the ground as the workmen remove flange. The QEC test stand permits the testing and the calibration of engines and accessories before their installation in the aircraft.

Date: 1960
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077281