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Air Sea Rescue readiness and routine operations of 1389th Air Force Base Unit at Kindley Field, Bermuda

Activities in Bermuda of USAF Air Transport Command, Atlantic Division units. An air-sea rescue boat is secured under the fuselage of a USAF SB-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, of the 7th Air Rescue Squadron, at Kindley Field. "ASR 578" is painted on the B-17 fuselage. Air-sea rescue equipment displayed on a ramp, including rations, Gibson girl hand-cranked emergency radio, signal flares and smoke, etc. Very pistols and emergency rockets are also shown. Several kits of such emergency equipment with parachutes, ready for air drop. Scene changes to routine USAFoperations at the base. A USAF technical Sergeant enters information about a C-54 aircraft on the Kindley Field blackboard log of transient aircraft. Several other entries already appear on the blackboard. An Air Force Captain marks up a flight control tag for a transient aircraft..

Date: 1947
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070536
A Unites States Navy PBM-3 Mariner aircraft takes off from the waters of the U.S.Naval Operating Base, Bermuda

A tractor tug eases a U.S. Navy PBM-3 Mariner flying boat down a ramp into water at the U.S. Navy Operating Base, Bermuda. View as the PBM heads toward the camera on a rocket assisted takeoff (RATO). As the rockets ignite, the PBM accelerates and takes off at a high angle of attack leaving a trail of white smoke behind. The rockets burn out and the aircraft levels at about two thousand feet, continuing on its way.

Date: 1947
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070543
Sailors release balloon with radiosonde equipment at U.S. Naval Station Bermuda.

A Control tower and beach at U.S. Naval Air Station Bermuda. Two U.S. sailors are seen on the beach. (A Military Air Transport Service-MATS- C-97 Stratofreighter is parked on a ramp in background.) One sailor is launching a large inflated balloon. Closeup of manual "Radiosonde, Type AN AMQ 10." The balloon in the air tethered to radiosonde equipment held by sailor. He releases it and the sailors pay out line as balloon ascends.

Date: 1951
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076415
WB-29A weather reconnaissance aircraft parked at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda.

Several WB-29A Weather Reconnaissance aircraft of the 53rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters). Their unique sampling fixture is seen atop their fuselages. These are stationed at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. The unit belongs to the Air Weather Service of the Military Air Transport Service (MATS). Aside from the aircraft, a few of their Squadron facilities are seen on the ramp.

Date: 1951
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076417
WB-29A of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters) taxis out at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda

Pilot of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters) getting last minute briefing at Squadron operations, in Bermuda. A WB-29A of the Squadron, with unit logo and "Hurricane Hunters,"painted on its fuselage. The logo depicts a pilot on a flying carpet, with weather instruments, holding a crystal ball and an umbrella. It also includes a Lightning flash and clouds and rain drops. As the aircraft taxis slowly past the camera, the seal of the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) can be seen below its tail. Scene shifts to Dade County, Florida, where a uniformed Red Cross woman helps two women into her station wagon.

Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076420
A WB-29A Hurricane Hunter aircraft returns and lands at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda

WB-29A of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters) returning from a mission. The aircraft seen flying between smooth cloud layers. It banks to the left and descends. View of the WB-29 flying over part of Bermuda. Inside the aircraft, crew member fastens down equipment in preparation for landing. View from the ground as the WB-29 passes overhead. Another from the ground, of the aircraft touching down, bouncing up gently, and then staying down on the Kindley Air Force Base runway. (Note: During World War II, this B-29, tail number 42-94047, named the City of Jamestown, belonged to the 330th Bombardment Group, 459th Bomb Squadron stationed on Guam. On April 24, 1945,it was ditched near the shore of Japan, while returning from a bombing mission against the Hitachi aircraft factory in Tachikawa, Japan. Obviously, it was recovered and placed back in service after the war ended.)

Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076421