BERLIN AIRLIFT, RHEIN MAIN AB, FRANKFURT AND WIESBADEN, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 7366-1 ADC 7366 SOURCE: AFCF (M=3043) Card 1 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 827' ea Silent RG 111 MUNICH 787 Accession III-NAV-210 BERLIN AIRLIFT Rhein Main AB, Frankfurt & Wiesbaden, Germany 24 September 1948 MLS, soldier mechanics working on C-54. Slow pan along length of plane to mechanic in pilot's seat looking out window. CU₂ mechanic working on engine. VSs, men working on engine, C=54. Pilot and co-pilot getting aboard plane at Rhein Main. Int., plane as door is closed; man in fg. waving. Inside, plane, RV₉ showing pilot and co-pilot at controls as they take off. Soldier putting measuring stick in oil tank, checking, passing info to soldier clerk. MS, attendant putting hose into tank. LS, AF gasoline truck as attendant finishes filling up. Giant gasoline truck pulling out after being loaded. At railhead at Rhein Main: Truck backing up to boxcar and DPs starting to load bags of flour on truck. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/me Signal Corps 111 ADC 7366-2 ADC 7366 SOURCE: AFCF (M=3043) Card 2 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 827' ea Silent RG 111 MUNICH 787 (Cont) BERLIN AIRLIFT (Cont) Accession III-NAV-210 Rhein Main AB, Frankfurt & Wiesbaden, Germany (Cont) 24 September 1948 (Cont) CU, Sgt making entries. Soldier making notes on clipboard. Soldier walking to Negro soldier, pointing to some notes on board, then walking to driver of truck. Scene in Rhein Main Control Tower; in bg plane coming in. Int., control tower: planes on field; plane taking off. Ground-control-approach radar station at Rhein Main. CU, antenna traversing. FS, C-54s taking off in rapid succession. LS, from ground, RV, as planes come in one after another. Acute angle Rhein Main terminal bldg. LS, German building framed by the wheels of a plane on strip. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/me Signal Corps 111 ADC 7366-3 ADC 7366 SOURCE: AFCF (M-3043) Card 3 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 827' ea Silent RG 111 MUNICH 787 (Cont) BERLIN AIRLIFT (Cont) Accession III-NAV-210 Rhein Main AB, Frankfurt & Wiesbaden, Germany (Cont) 24 September 1948 (Cont) CUs, Scandanavian line; British Airways; Pan American World Airways. Inside of freight car: two soldier checking clipboard. MS, Negro soldier looking at inscription on bag of grain. LS, dusk on airfield, several planes standing in fg. Plane taking off and low over the horizon, the setting sun. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/me

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities