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Pre inspection of a B-47 Stratojet by Col. Kunkle and Colonel Greer before it takes off from Brize-Norton Air Force Base.

Activities at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft stationary at an air strip. The engine starts. Operations being performed on the aircraft. An auxiliary power unit in front of the aircraft. Ground crewmen perform preflight inspection of the B-47 before starting the engines. Colonel Kunkle, crew member of the B-47 writes information on a flight plan form. Colonel Greer peers into a section of the engine. Preflight inspection. Col. Kunkle makes a visual check of the wings and all components parts of the aircraft. A ground crew operates the auxiliary power unit control panel for starting the engine of the B-47. He checks the rocket assist unit. Airmen make adjustments on the release nozzle of the rocket assist unit. The colonel reads information on a check sheet. A ground crewmen holds hands over the auxiliary power unit. A staff car drives up a taxi strip. Water covers the taxi strip. Heavy rainfall and no aircraft visible. Col. Kunkle, Colonel Greer and Major Richards get off from the car and walk. The crew donning flight equipment stands near the nose of the B-47 prior to boarding it. The Col. and the crew converse before boarding the aircraft. Men check each other's personal equipment. The B-47 stationary at the air strip. The engine starting unit with the auxiliary power unit in the nose. The B-47 taxis over the water covered runway. A jet blast blows a spray behind the aircraft. A ground crewman gives signal to the aircraft taxiing in the parking area. A ground radio control unit in a half ton truck. The operator of the truck talks over a radio phone. The rocket unit is set in. Rocket assisted takes off.

Date: 1953, November 1
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068763
Refueling of a B-47 Stratojet while in flight from Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom.

Refueling of a U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft while in flight from Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. The B-47 Stratojet nose section approaches for an air to air refueling hook up. It makes connections and then breaks the connections. The B-47 in flight at high altitude over scattered cumulus cloud formation. Insignia of the United States.

Date: 1953, October 28
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068766
USAF Aviation Cadets attend classes in Preflight school at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

View of Aviation Cadet barracks at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.. Two soft drink machines near the front entrance have a sign on them reading: "Top Tigers." A two-blade propeller tops a vertical steel shaft protruding from an aircraft propeller hub set on the lawn. A single prop blade also sticks up from the lawn. Cadets double-time out of the barracks and along the walkways. They are followed by eight Cadet officers who walk in a single line, led by their Cadet Colonel. The cadet officers take up positions at the head of the other .cadets who are in a block formation according to height, with the tallest in the front rank and shortest in the rear. The cadet colonel gives marching orders to the group and leads them in a march to a training building.The cadets then enter the building in single file, removing their hats as they come under cover. Next they are seen seated in a classroom where an Air Force Lieutenant, instructor, describes an aircraft radial engine, with the help of a cutaway training aid. Another group of cadets is seen in a classroom where an Air Force officer is pointing at a map of China. An instructor places silhouettes of a Soviet MIG 15 fighter aircraft on a projection glass. A cartoon about preventing oversupply is seen on projection plate of an overhead projector. Other charts projected deal with: Components of Air Power; the M1911A1 45 caliber semi-automatic pistol; and personal characteristics. Closeups of cadets, including a foreign exchange cadet from Belgium, who steps to the front of the room to speak to the cadets. One cadet stands to ask a question.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077920
U.S. Air Force munitions handlers installing fuses and tail assemblies on M-117 general purpose bombs.in storage facility at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand

Film opens showing front of an M117 general purpose bomb with receptacle for fuse. Gloved hand of a munitions handler is then seen screwing fuses in two such bombs. Next, a team of munitions handlers is seen fastening tail assemblies onto bombs. One handler uses a pneumatic power tool to fasten the tail sections. Boxes of fuses are opened and some fuses taken out. Fused bombs are laid out with tags on their fuses. An airman installs a tagged fuse into a bomb.

Date: 1969, April 23
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039072
Major General Joseph J Nazzaro and part of his staff inspecting barracks at U-Tapao Air Base Thailand.

Major General Joseph J Nazzaro and part of his staff inspecting barracks. KC-135A's and camouflaged B-52's on flight line. Travel shot on flight line of Royal Thai Air Force UH-34 taxiing.

Date: 1967, April 12
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034394
F-106 Delta Dart takes off from Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida and pilot coordinates with officials in control room.

Board reads 'Tyndall Norad Control Center 678th Air Defense GP' in Florida. View of a radar antenna at the Aerospace Defense Command base. A U.S. Air Force F-106 Delta Dart aircraft takes off from runway. Pilot coordinates with the officials in control room through communication system. Pilot seated in cockpit of the aircraft. Woman Air Force controller speaks over mouthpiece and operates controls in the control room.

Date: 1978
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023545