SAC OPERATIONS Part 1

Description

Summary: Coverage of SAC operations at Oxnard AFB during B-47 deployment to the base during the Cuban Crisis. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 844': 1) Scenes of security officer observing flight line activities, talking to AP's and other officers. 2) Oxnard AFB fireman being briefed on B-47 rescue procedures by fireman from March AFB. 3) B-47 crew members in BOQ room on alert status, reading. 4) B-47 being pulled onto steel plates on flight line, to distribute weight on concrete. Reel 2, 721': 1) B-47 crew members giving aircraft preflight check. 2) Sign at Oxnard AFB. 3) Series of scenes of airmen performing flight line maintenance of B-47's. 4) B-47 navigator inspecting bomb bay. 5) Ground crew servicing B-47 with liquid oxygen. Fair (Basic: Orig color)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities