Convair B-36 aircraft of the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) with engines running at Walker Air Force Base. B-36 landing. Air crew members in a room discussing a mission. (Three field grade officers in the crew.)
Airmen with their luggage boarding C-124A Globemaster II. Before repeating the event for the camera, they pose smiling. They board again, walking up the aircraft ramps beneath the open clam-shell doors.
Interior of a hangar number 8 at Thule Air Force Base, Greenland. Air Force mechanics perform general maintenance work on Convair B-36 aircraft of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 6th Bomb Wing, home-based at Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, New Mexico. The mechanics pull an auxiliary heater up on to the wing and start it.
Crew member dressed in heavy flying equipment, wearing back-pack parachute, looking into a scope.View of C-124 starting an engine. Momentary glimpse of C-124 on taxiway. (Appears to be C-124C, with nose radar, but wingtip heaters are not evident.) Views of Walker Air Force Base from C-124 taking off. B-36s parked on the airfield.
Sign 'Thule Air Base, Greenland, Base Operations' can be seen. Views of Thule Air Base, the northern most USAF (United States Air Force) base in Greenland. Base surrounded by high hills. Some snow on the ground. Aircrews inside a building doing flight planning. Navigators and pilots using E6B flight computers, and referring to fuel consumption tables. Crew members computing weight and balance with slide rules.
Gear of B-36 peacemaker lowered as plane lets down for landing. Crew unloads equipment from Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-36, into a waiting truck.