AMPHIBIOUS MANEUVERS AT VIEQUES ISLAND, EAST OF PUERTO RICO ; YB-49 FLYING WING ON CROSS COUNTRY TEST FLIGHT, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AREA Part 3

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 7425-1 ADC 7425 SOURCE: AFCF Card 1 of 2 FILM: Arch & APC MP 942'ea Silent RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 AMPHIBIOUS MANEUVERS AT VIEQUES ISLAND East of Puerto Rico - 2 Mar 49 (H=1-49) MSF, soldier crawling on ground and carrying MG. Medics assembling at point in jungle; wounded man is removed from ambo-jeep. MSs&CU as wounded man is questioned. MS, Aggressor forces officer observer in wood. Group of American officers walking thru rather dense foliage, then pausing and checking their position. A few infantrymen wearing branches in their helmets, moving carefully thru woods, dropping and then moving forward. Aggressor Force broadcasting unit comes upon officer in field. Officer confers. Unidentified Maj Gen in conference with other officers in field. Aggressor officers around map. Short shot unloading supplies at beach. Mine detector team sweeping beach; mine is dug up. MS, 2 unidentified US Navy admirals standing on beach looking thru binoculars. M = 4 tank moving by; some men moving along hill. NOTE: Coverage poor, some scenes very brief. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTERj 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/10 Signal Corps 111 ADC ADC 7425 7425 2 SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 942'ea Silent RG 111 Accession III NAV-210 YB-49 FLYING WING ON CROSS COUNTRY TEST FLIGHT San Francisco, California Area - Feb 9 1949 (AF News Release) ECU, pilot bending down, looking toward camera and smiling. ECU, Co-pilot. AV, Golden Gate bridge and the San Francisco area. The YB-49 Flying Wing, jet powered, taking off. LS from ground plane flying away from camera. Flying Wing flying low over field and over camera. LS from ground, RV, plane in flight. MS, CU, silhouette of pilot at control. Camera pans, terrain can be seen from the pilot compartment. AVs, ground from pilot's compartment. Rear vapor trails scene from blister on top of plane. CUs, profile view, Flying Wing in flight, CU, plane in flight from 1 to r , terrain below. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY ERBS/10

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities