WADC AIRCRAFT IN 0PERATION RED WING Part 5

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Summary: A WADC report on their part in Operation Red Wing, which is a joint project of the Army, Navy and Air Force, including scenes of the preparation for H-hour, aircraft taking off for Bikini and returning after thermonuclear explosion, aircraft being checked for radioactivity and damage and the debriefing of the pilots and crews. WRIGHT AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER AIRCRAFT LABORATORY PRESENTS: WADC AIRCRAFT IN 0PERATION RED WING, MARSHALL ISLANDS, 1956. 26': ELS of atomic bomb burst. 35': ELS to CU of B-52 landing. (Eniwetok, March 1956) 48': ELS to CU to MS of B-47 landing. 62': ELS to CU to ELS of B-66 landing. 73': ELS to CU of B-57 landing -- aircraft taxis out of frame left. 90': CU & MS of aircraft carrier, Badoeng Strait. 105': F-84F on ramp camera pans left to an F-101, B-52 and B-36. 120' ECU FV and right FV of B-52. 136': CU of No.5 and No. 6 engines. 144': ECU of nose and wing section of F-101 and men working on aircraft -- camera pans to the left to the rear section. 152': CU man working on the F-101 electronics equi~inent, opening nose dome to reveal photo panel radiation gauges -- airman removes motion picture camera from the nose. 180': CU left FV of a B-57. 189': ECU & MS of tail section of B-66 -- technician removes dust for radiation sample. 217': CU of nose section of D-47. 229': CU of B-47 tail section -- men working on the horizontal stabilizer. 242': MS chief approaching. 245': AV of the raydist site. (HF & MF relay stations) 265': AV of aircraft carrier, Badoeng Strait. 278': CU of trailer on end of aircraft carrier. 283': MS of radar trailers. 296': CU low angle, man checking radar antenna on top of trailer. 305': AV of shoreline radar installations and living quarters -- low flyover of the area shows the aircraft that participated in Project Red Wing. 337': LS to CU to LS of B-52 takeoff to the left. (D. Day) 360': LS to CU to LS of B-47 takeoff to the right. 369': LS to MS to LS of B-66 RATO to the left. 389': CU pilot being assisted into an F-84F cockpit and seated in cockpit wearing a helmet. 406': CU left FV of F-84F on ramp with pitot tube in nose section -- F-84F taxiing out of parking area in bg. 415': CU left FV of F-84F taxiing out of parking area. 425': CU RV of F-101 taxiing. 432': MS to ELS of F-101 taking off to the left. (Wet runway) 446': AV right FV hgh angle of B-52 in flight. 456': CU right SV of B-66 in flight. 464': MS right SV high angle of B-47 in-flight. 474': CU right SV of F-84F in flight. 488': Blank footage. 494': AV of atomic bomb burst. 526': CU right SV of F-101 in flight. 532': CU right SV silhouette shot of a B-57 flying over on wing and long altitude. 541': ELS to CU of a B-52 landing. 562': CU of man checking over B-57 with a geiger counter with two men seated in cockpit -- name on nose of aircraft The Prowler. 568': CU as the canopy is raised and pilot alights from aircraft. 586': MS of F-101 on ramp -- ground personnel in fg. 590': CU left FV of F-101 on ramp and pilot alighting from aircraft. 599': CU of cameraman on his back on ramp taking a low angle still photo of aircraft damage -- camera pans up to F-101 on ramp. 606': CU of B-66 cockpit with name on nosed "Hell's Fuzzy." 610': ELS to MS to LS of a formation of seven aircraft -- two B-66's, one B-47, two F-84F's and one F-101 -- cameras pans down to hangar. 625': TITLE COPIES OF THIS WADC ANALYSIS FILM ARE NOT AYAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION. 637': THE END. Good (Basic: Mas koda)

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities