GUIDED MISSILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Part 1

Description

Summary: 1)LS Several scenes of V-2 firing in Germany. 2) ADS W.F. section of W.P.A.F.B. 3)LS Main entrance AMC Hq bldg. W.P.A.F.B. 4) MS Cars parked near bldg. 5) MS Administration bldg Aero Med Lab. 6) MS Bldg. 7) MS Administration bldg, Hilltop, Area B. 8) MS Supply and test bldg Area B. 9) Int. CU Officers (USAF) & civilians at meeting in above bldg. 10) CU Officer points out item on chart of air to air missile. 11) CU Several scenes of above. 12) CU Animated chart on MX-904 missile. 13) CU Officers and civilians at meeting. 14) CU MX-606 missile. Same as scene 12. 15) CU MX-794 missile. Same as scene 12. 16) CU Officer pointing to chart on air to surface missile. 17) CU MX-776 missiles same as scene 12. 18) CU Same as scene 13. 19) CU MX-771 surface to surface missile animated chart. 20) CU MX-770 same as scene 19. 21) CU MX-775A, Same as scene 19. 22) CU Sign "Holloman AFB, Alamogordo N. Mex. 23) CU Animated map of. N.M showing location of cities and Holloman A.F.B. 24) MS EM unload and place model of aircraft OQ-19 target aircraft, on launcher. 25) CU Sergeants work on parachute in craft. 26) CU Fixing JATO bottle to launcher. 27) CU Fixing starting device to aircraft. 28) CU EM adjust carburetor. 29) LS Aircraft on launcher. 30) LS Aircraft launches and in flight. 31) CU Civilian and EM watch officer fly aircraft by hand control. 32) CU Aircraft falling by means of parachute. 33) CU EM working on a VB-13 tarzon bomb. 34) CU Same. 35) LS Boeing GAPA project bldg at H.A.F.B. 36) LS Test rocket firing. 37) LS Firing 601 model rocket, camera follows flight. 38) CU Tracking rocket, phototheodolite. 39) CU Radar tracking. 40) MS Rocket firing. 41) LS Tug hauling 602 model missile to launcher. 42) LS Concrete block control house. 43) LS Placing 602 in launcher. 44) LS Smoke flare signal on control house. 45) LS Missile and flame from exhaust. 46) LS Missile misfires. 47) MS Martin Matador #3 missile 771 as crew prepares to launch it. 48) MS Control truck, civilian and military spectators, Capt McGovern and crew string wire. 49) MS Martin Matador #3 missile 771. 50) MS Flare on signal truck. 51) MS Man signaling. 52) MS Missile firing, JATO bottle drops off. Good

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities