DEVELOPMENTS OF AIR-TO-AIR REFUELING Part 1

Description

Summary: 1) ES B-29 base, long row of B-29s on taxi strip. 2) ECU B-17 engine, props turning. 3) MS pan R to L B-17s taxiing and taking off. 4) LS Long row of B-24s on taxi strip. 5) US control tower operator firing signal flare. 6) LS B-24 taxiing. 7) LS B-24 take off. 8) MS B-24 stationary. 9) MCS B-24 taxiing. 10) MLS B-24 take off over camera. 11) CU Name "Dauntless Dotty" on nose of B-29 12) MS B-29 taxiing. 13) MS B-29 take off. 14) AS B-29 in flight. 15) AS B-29 in formation (3 planes). 16) AS B-29 in formation (6 planes). 17) AS flight of B-29s pass over camera plane. 18) AS Two B-29s maneuver for refueling. 19) LS B-29 stationary, wing tanks on trailers beneath wing. 20) MS same. 21) CU Int. Aircraft showing refueling equipment and control panel. 22) CU Int. Crew members operating refueling equipment. 23) CU Tail connections coupling. 24) CU Same as scene 22. 25) MS Same as scene 19. 26) CU Int. Cold room at Boeing plant, testing refueling equipment. 27) Int CU Cold room testing of refueling equipment at Boeing Aircraft plant. 28) CU Operator of cold room and control panel. 29) CU recording device. 30) A Two B-29's maneuver for refueling. 31) Int CU Aircraft refueling equipment. 32) A same as scene 30. 33) Same as scene 31. 34) A tail connection. 35) Same as scene 31, crew member prepares for refueling. 36) A Same as scene 30. 37) A Scenes of refueling in air. 38) ACU refueling device on tail of B-29. 39) AS F-86 and B-29 aerial refueling. 40) AS Same. Close up. 41) AS same. 42) AS F-86 over clouds. 43) AS B-29 with refueling device on tail. 44) AS B-29 and F-86 in flight. Good

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities