An F-86 sabrejet of the U.S. 8th Fighter-bomber Wing at Suw0n Air Base (K-13). South Korea, during the Korean War. The pilot seated in the cockpit. 'FU 491' written beside the tail of the aircraft. The F-86 taxiing on the runway. The bombs seen in position under each wing of the aircraft. Another F-86 in the background on the runway. The F-86 Sabre preparing for take-off. Airfield covered with pierced steel plank.
An F-86F pilot of the U.S. 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing, Suwon Air Base, South Korea, prepares for a mission. A USAF Lieutenant briefs a Captain (pilot) standing beside a USAF F-86F Sabrejet .The officer takes the chart away. An airman checking under one of the wings of the aircraft. Another pilot climbs down from the cockpit, shakes hands with the the pilot who had just been briefed.(Both pilots are wearing back-pack parachutes) The pilot, just briefed, climbs into the aircraft cockpit, placing his helmet on windshield in front of him. Crew chief helps him strap in, and the pilot puts on his helmet.
Activities at U.S. 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing, Suwon AB (K-13), South Korea, during the Korean War. An F-86F Sabre, number FU-367, on the ramp. The F-86 belongs to the 36th Fighter-Bomber Squadron. A few 1000-pound bombs on a truck. An airman atop the truck beside the bombs. The bombs being lifted out of the truck on hooks. Two airmen standing beside the truck. A few men directing the bomb to a wheel cart. The wheel cart rolled away with the bomb. The ground is covered in pierced steel plank.
Telephone lines laid in the United States. A man at work on a telephone post. View of telephone cables laid over head. A tractor used to pull telephone cables beside a field. A ladder on the tractor. A man operating an equipment. A few men at work beside a man hole. The men unrolling a heavy duty cable from a huge holder. A tractor with equipment parked beside the men. A man at work with telephone wires beside a wall. The telephone wires kept in rolls. View of pipes along the walls.
Old versus modern (now vintage) telephone trucks in the United States. A truck trailer loaded with telephone poles driven through a wooded region. Two men on the truck. A few men unloading a telephone cable from a wheel cart. A truck with telephone line laying equipment in a wooded region. Men on the truck. A man beside the truck. Trees on both sides of the road. A modern updated telephone truck of the mid 1920's with mechanical devices fitted on to it be used in laying lines.
Animated representation of signals sent to communications satellite Telstar 1 from the ground station at Andover, Minnesota. Telstar communication satellite at a ground station in Andover. Technicians checking the satellite before launch. View of Telstar rotating within a lit box as the sapphire coated solar cells on its surface are explained by narrator: Solar energy collected by the solar panel cells powers the sattelite's operation. View of the satellite with the equipment that receives data and amplifies and retransmits the data. Telstar prepared to be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Telstar satellite aboard a Thor-Delta rocket takes off from Cape Canaveral. Officers at the station tracking the satellite. The rocket with the satellite on its path. Animation shows signals sent from from the station to the satellite. Officers tracking the path of the satellite Telstar. The first picture sent by the satellite are of the dome of the station at Andover with the U.S. flag beside the dome of the station. Animation shows future network of satellites that will someday encircle the globe.
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