THE MCDONNEL XF-85 - MUROC FIELD, MUROC, CALIFORNIA Part 3

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 7249 ADC 7249 SOURCE: AFCF (AF Newsreel Release #21 R2) FILM: ARCH & APC MP 716' ea Silent RG 111 Accession III_NAV_210 THE MC DONNELL XF-85 - Muroc Field, Muroc, California 23 August 1948 AV, B-29 in flight with the XF-85 suspended underneath. Cutin to pilot's compartment in B-29. The pilot moves up to control board, moves lever. Cut to the plane in flight. Pan, B-29 with XF-85 still attached, landing on airstrip. FS, B-29 with XF-85 attached taking off. Shot, B-29 with parasite plane suspended underneath in flight. Cut inside of B-29: Pilot lowering himself into the XF-85. The pilot in cockpit of XF-85 adjusting oxygen mask, etc. CU, B-29 in flight. The XF-85 is lowered thru bomb bay doors. The plane is released and drops. AV, the XF-85 zooming through the air. MS, XF-85 in flight. The parasite fighter jockeying into position underneath B-29 in effort to hook onto trapeze. (The hook up not shown). ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave, LIC 1, NY ERBS/mle

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities