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U.S. Air Force film about the Military Airlift Command (MAC)

Opening scene shows a C-130 aircraft on final approach, and about to land on an airfield, at dusk. Next, a MAC Lockheed C-141 Starlifter aircraft is seen flying over a body of water. Its tail number is 63-8075. (Nicknamed "Petunia Pig," it was flown in accelerated operations beginning in 1964, and eventually logging about 15 hours a day in regular service, to provide the Air Force advance information about the operational capabilities of this type aircraft.) The next airplane shown is a MAC Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, about to land. Its unique 28-wheel landing gear is clearly visible as it approaches and touches down. Scene shifts to the MAC Command and Control Center, at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, where Air Force controllers are monitoring MAC worldwide operations. The wall in the background is covered by a map of the world showing numerous MAC air routes. A civilian narrator speaks about the Military Airlift Command. Camera pans over the Command Center wall map, showing North and South America and associated MAC routes and then across the Atlantic to Europe and Africa. Bucolic scenes of farmland and fields in the vicinity of Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Next, three large jet transport aircraft are seen on an airfield ramp. Suddenly, one explodes and is destroyed in fire and smoke. Rescuers carry and injured person on a stretcher. Another scene shows a bus and cars consumed in flames.

Date: 1976
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021073
Petra Burka, Alain Calmat and Ethan Allen perform at World Figure Skating Championship in Colorado.

World Figure Skating Championship in Colorado. The greatest performers in the figure skating world compete for Champions at Colorado Springs. Petra Burka of Canada gives her outstanding performance and awarded with first position. Spectators clap. 16 Year old Ethan Allen of New Jersey takes second place in the men's event. Alain Calmat of France, second in the 1964 Olympics gives flawless performance to wind up King of the Ice.

Date: 1965, March 8
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021208
Students in the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California

A group of experienced military aviator students work at classroom desks in the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School. They wear shirts and ties, but no badges of rank or ratings. Closeup of one is followed by camera panning across the room. One student sits next to a celestial globe with a geopolitical globe of the world in its center.. The student refers to the model as he works. Scene is interrupted by a slate and picks up again for a retake at beginning of the film. A brief slate is followed by view of students performing calculations and charting data points on graph paper.

Date: 1963, December 19
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021291
In-flight views of a U.S. Air Force Convair F-106A Delta Dart aircraft from the Air Force Flight Test Center, at Edwards Air Force Base California

Closeup of pilot in a U.S. Air Force Convair F-106A Delta Dart aircraft, in flight, as seen from another aircraft nearby. The aircraft displays the logo of the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center, at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The pilot, in helmet and oxygen mask, turns, briefly, toward the camera. View from a little further away shows the entire F-106A and its tail number: 57-0238. The aircraft continues in flight above a white cloud layer below. Blue sky prevails above. Near the end of the film, the pilot is seen again in a closeup from the camera airplane.

Date: 1963, November 20
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021296
Demonstration of F-104A Starfighter during unveiling ceremony at Palmdale airport in California.

Unveiling Ceremony of the world's fastest jet at Palmdale airport in California. A demonstration of F-104 Starfighter. People at airport. Fly-by runway to the left of F-104A Starfighter at the Lockheed Palmdale Plant. F-104A Starfighter taxis and takes off. People on runway watch the aircraft fly. F-104A in flight. F-104A along with a chase plane. F-104A leaves the chase plane. F-104A in flight low over runway and makes a vertical climb out of frame. The aircraft lands on runway. A man checks the speed. A drogue parachute is deployed after touch down. Newsreel men lined up along the runway

Date: 1956, April 11
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021298
U.S. Air Force F-104A Starfighter in flight and takes a barrel roll at Palmdale airport in California.

Unveiling Ceremony of the world's fastest jet at Palmdale airport in California. A demonstration of F-104 Starfighter. F-104A Starfighter taxis and takes off. People stand near runway. Aircraft climb rapidly into distance. Aircraft in flight. F-104A rolls up from back in a steep climbing turn and out in the upper right hand corner of frame. F-104A makes a high speed fly-by over runway and climbs out in the distance. Aircraft executes a barrel roll and goes out upper frame. Aircraft returns to fly into the distance and takes a sweep turn towards left.

Date: 1956, April 11
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021299