AIRBORNE TASK FORCE CARRIER - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Reel 2 · Part 2

Description

Summary: CG-4A glider towed by C-47, landing, wrecked. B-2 pod drop. Several drop tests at different speeds, and several modifications of pods shown. Models of future cargo planes. Drawings of future war tactics. Aerial singles of C-120. AMC Engineering Division Film Report. n.d. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1: 1) Ground activities around airfield showing jeeps, long line of parked GC-4As. 2) CU tug hitching up to GC-4A and pulling same. Fastening tow rope to C-47 -- C-47 taxis towing GC-4A. 3) GS formation of eight C-47s towing one GC-4A glider each. 4) SV C-47 and GC-4A in flight. 5) LS across open field -- gliders coming in for landing. 6) MS glider landing among trees. 7) MS crash landing of a glider -- lands on one wing. 8) CU glider landing among trees, damages wing. 9) CU wrecked glider completely demolished -- several views of damaged GC-4A. 10) CU Name on glider, "Miss Jake". 11) Int. of building -- personnel working on drawings. 12) CU two men discussing drawings and showing two models similiar to the C-120. 13) ASV C-120 in flight. 14) GS 3/4 FV removal of a pod from under the C-120. 15) MLS across field showing truck backed up close to pod of C-l20, showing the loading of same. 16) MS engineer standing by model of a B-26 fastening detachable pod to wing of said model. 17) CU of pod fastened to model of aircraft. (Pod is box-like affair with long skiis. Pod is attached from model aircraft -- shown how pod would land on ground.) l8) CU another type pod fastened to the B-26 model showing a landing wheel at front of pod with two short skiis at rear of pod. 19) ECU ski of a pod. 20) GS B-26, stationary with pod attached to wing. Arrow pointing to location of high-speed camera in tail of ship -- another arrow pointing to where speed camera is placed at connection between pod and wing of B-26. Insert placed in front of frame showing motion picture cameraman stationed on ground. Reel 2: 1) MS 3/4 FV of B-26 taxiing, pod attached to right wing, as pilot drops pod. Pan shot of pod. 2)MS B-26 taxiing, dropping pod. 3) CU drop tests of the pod -- camera situated in tail of B-26. 4) CU another drop test is taken from a gun sight aiming camera situated at the connection between the pod and the aircraft. 5) MS another drop test showing the pod going beserk, tail over end. 6) MS B-6 taxiing -- detachable pod fastened to wing minus outer covering showing drop tests of same. Drop tests of skeleton pod as seen from the tail section of the B-26. 7) CU drop test of the same pod as seen through gun sight aiming point camera situated in the connection between the pod and aircraft. 8)CU, FV model of B-26 with pod attached to right wing. 9) CU aircraft models on turntable -- as table turns, shows modified version of the pod with a tail. 10) MS B-26 taxiing, dropping the modified pod. 11)Several retakes of same. One scene, taken from gun sight aiming point camera of drop tests at height of speed, shows pod nose up -- burns over on tail. 12) Same scene as seen from ground camera. 13) Animation showing model of future cargo aircraft, showing animation of drop of large pod. 14) Int. of building, two men sitting at desk looking at drawings. 15) Closer view of drawings of future war tactics -- several drawings of same. 16) ADS C-120 in flight, peels, turns to the left. (All pod drops from a B-26 were taken at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities