GB-1, GB-4, GM-BUG, A-4, CW-24B TESTING Reel 6 · Part 1

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Summary: Coverage of the testing on BG-1 and BG-4 at Eglin AFB and Muroc Lake; and General Motors Bug on sled track, A-4 target aircraft at Muroc Lake and CW-24B at Muroc Lake. (Photo'd by USAF). MS to MCU INT C-45 showing AAF officer, enlisted man and civilian operating recording and television control equipment for GB-4. 158' CU of antenna under aircraft fuselage. 173' LS to MS pan right with Boeing 247 landing to right. 198' MLS of B-17 in flight to left. 210' MS INT of C-45 with technicians operating test equipment. 222' LS dolly in past tail of Boeing 247 and C-45 on flight line with bomb hoist truck driving to left. 252' MCU of GB-4 without television equipment suspended from hoist. 314' CU of antenna on GB-4. 329' LS to ECU pan left with C-45 landing to left. 366' MS to LS pan left with B-25 taking off to left. 387' MS to MCU of technicians attaching GB-4 under B-25 fuselage. 437' MS to CU of technicians installing television equipment under GB-4. 532' MLS of technicians walking to Boeing 247 on ramp. 556' ECU of hands attaching cables and control arm to GB-4 control boxes. 772' MCU of equipment trailer with antenna on roof. 819' MCU of B-17F with GB-4 under fuselage and wing taxiing toward and away from camera. 882' ECU hands attaching a small box to a bracket. 919' MS of Boeing 247 in flight to the left. 954' MLS of B-l7F with GB-4 under wing taking off over camera. 968' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: Scenes of B-25 landing to left, taking off to right, pilot and copilot in cockpit and antenna mounted on side of the aircraft. 108' MCU technicians putting cover on front of television unit under GB-4. 131' AMS's of B-25 in flight to right with GB-4 mounted on fuselage. 163' AMS to AMCU of Auxiliary One air strip at Eglin AFB, Florida. 202' MS of three technicians operating GB-4 television receiver and test equipment. 357' Total footage in reel. Reel 3: SLATE: 11/13/41. GM BUG 1. CAMERAMAN: ROSSI. 22' LS to MS to MLS pan left with General Motors Bug No. 1 traveling to left from sled on track and stopping. 60' SLATE: 11/13/41. GM BUG 2. 63' MS of GB-1 parts on ground at tent camp. 101' MCU dolly down line of four A-4 target aircraft. 160' SLATE: 11/15/41. GM BUG FIRST FLIGHT. 165' ALS to AMLS of test flight at Muroc dry lake. 196' LS pan down from B-23 in flight to left dropping GB-1-camera pans down with the glide bomb. 284' MLS of B-23 carrying GB-1 flying over to left. 367' MS of B-23 in flight to left dropping GB-1-camera pans down with GB-1. 473' AELS of A-4 aerial target and BT-2 in flight to right. 497' AELS of B-23 releasing GB-1-camera pans down with GB-1. 565' Blank footage. 572' MCU pilot in front cockpit of PT-23. 574' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: ROSSI. 578' MLS to MS of PT-23 taxiing left on grass strip and making 180-degree skidding turn. (Four scenes) 739' MCU testing of a subject's angle of vision. 853' CU of Schneider index form for recording pulse and blood pressure. 911' CU pilot wearing goggles and helmet, running hand across face and sliding cockpit canopy back. 964' MCU down into cockpit to feet of pilot reaching for controls. 1010' SLATE: PRODUCTION 500. 1018' CU of a white, horizontal line blinking on and off and moving down over white dot. 1068' MCU of drawing of headon view of a single engine fighter aircraft which separates into two aircraft and then back into one aircraft. 1095' Total footage in reel. Reel 4: ELS of two B-23's in flight-shows one aircraft dropping GB-1. 79' LS to MS to LS pan left with CW-24B, prototype of XP-55, taking off, in low-level flight and landing to left on Muroc dry lake. 140' LS to MS to LS of CW-24B, during high speed taxi to left. 204' Scenes of CW-24B taking off, flying by, landing to left and to right. 317' LS to MS to LS of CW-24B flying by to left. 396' MS to MCU of technicians working on CW-24B. 593' Scenes of CW-24B taxiing to left, turning in circles, taking off and landing to left. 789' Scenes of B-23 in flight releasing GB-1-camera pans down with GB-1. 977' AMLS's RV as B-23 in flight releases glide bomb-pan down with glide bomb. 1048' Total footage in reel. Reel 5: SLATE: MUROC LAKE AERONCA TEST NO. 1. 11/12/41. 7' MCU & CU of impact trailer and wreckage of glide bomb in desert. 192' Blank footage. 197' ELS of B-23 in flight followed by GM Bug in flight. 373' Blank footage. 378' ALS to AMLS of BT-2 and A-4 aircraft in flight to right and left. 473' ALS of B-23 dropping GB-1-camera pans down with glide bomb to ground. 546' LS of B-23 in flight to left dropping glide bomb-camera pans down with glide bomb. 666' AMS & AMCU of BT-2 and A-4 target aircraft in flight to right. 674' Blank footage. 679' MCU to CU of experimental drop test of glide bomb vehicle made of formed sheet metal with large single rudder and carrying a parachute, in position under bomb bay of B-23. 779' SLATE: RCA TEST. 782' LS of B-23 in flight toward camera. 797' MS GB-1 on dolly in desert at test camp. 820' MS to ECU of GB-1 gyro battery and controls. 855' MS of technicians working on GB-1 attached under B-23 bomb bay. 911' SLATE: GM BUG 1. 11/11/41. 916' CU to LS pan left with GM Bug traveling to the left on sled on track. 982' LS to MS to LS of GM Bug traveling to the left on sled track. 1022' AMLS of B-23 in flight to right releasing GB-1-camera pans down with glide bomb. 1073' ALS of GM Bug test area and track on Muroc dry lake. 1093' AMS of B-23 in flight to the right releasing GB-1. 1143' Total footage in reel. Reel 6: AMCU of B-23 bomb bay during release of GB-1. 69' LS of B-23 flying over to left releasing GB-1 and pan down with glide bomb. 158' ALS to AMS to AMCU of B-23 releasing GB-1. 341' LS of B-23 releasing GB-1 glide bomb. (Scene upside down) 445' SLATE: AERONCA TEST NO. 5. 11/12/41. (SCENE UPSIDE DOWN) 450' LS of B-23 releasing GB-1. (Scene upside down). 530' Total footage in reel. good to fair (Basic: mas pos)

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

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities