US AIR FORCE FIRST ANNUAL GUNNERY MEET, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 7548-1 ADC 7548 SOURCE: AFCF (NME Newsreel Release) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 852° ea Comp (Push- Pull) RG 111 US AIR FORCE FIRST ANNUAL GUNNERY MEET Accession III-NAV-210 Las Vegas, Nevada = 25 May 1949- (USAF Cameramen) CU, sign, "Las Vegas US Air Force". MS, Air Corps MP saluting car as it passes by. MS, spectators, some dressed in western costumes. CU, cowboy looking skyward. CU, little boy drinking soda. Several F=51s taking off. FS, jet fighter plane taking off and gaining altitude. LS, from ground, four fighters stunting in air. Two AF technicians, one looking thru finder as the other speaks over radiophone. Jet taking off. Fighter planes stunting in skyo Three jet planes flying low over field. Two planes with twin-fuselages in flight. F = 4 7 flying low over field. Short shot, Negro soldier working on engine. Another soldier, (white) looks on. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35=11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/10 Signal Corps 111 ADC 7548-2 ADC 7548 SOURCE : AFCF (NME Newsreel Release) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 852° ea Comp (Push-Pull) - RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 US AIR FORCE FIRST ANNUAL GUNNERY MEET (cont'd) Las Vegas, Nevada = 25 May 1949 = (USAF Cameramen) (cont'd) Negro ground crew seated on wing of plane watching show. Row of fighter planes warming up Three fighers planes taking off. Air Force observers in truck. One is firing a Very pistolo Targets on field are staffed by low=flying planes. (Jets) (NOTE: Jets are F=80s and F=84s. Only sound is roar of jets.) 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