REPORT ON MATADOR Part 1

Description

Summary: Coverage of the growth of the Matador from blueprint stage to combat readiness. Reel 1: 1) MS Matador on launching platform. 2) CU fire control directors counting off time prior to firing. 3) CU clock with hands at "zero". 4) CU fire control director counting "3, 2, 1, Fire." 5) MS launching of Matador from truck platform. 6) F-86's take off to control the Matador in flight. 7) Several ALS's of Matador and F-86 control plane. 8) MS animated drawings of enemy airdrome and what would happen if Matador were equipped with atomic warhead. THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PRESENTS: REPORT ON MATADOR. 9) LS group of men looking at drawing of a missile on a blackboard -- man at black-board points out different sections of the missile. 10) MS of man at blackboard holding a card -- camera dollies into a CU of the card which shows a schematic drawing of the Matador. 1l) LS technicians working on wing section. 12) MS women using compressed air rivet gun. 13) MS technician working on inner assembly of Matador. 14) MS technician working on rudder and horizontal stabilizer assembly. 15) Several MS's of men using blueprints which were used on the design, development and production of the B-61 Matador. 16) CU of hand placing two drawings of the Matador on top of blueprint. 17) FV and SV of Matador on zero-length launcher. 18) LS B-61 Matador being launched from zero-length launcher. 19) CU of drawing of zero-length launcher which is handed across table covered with blueprints. 20) MS & LS of blueprints being brought to table and several men discussing them. 21) CU sign: ELECTRONICS RESEARCH -- camera pans down to MS & CU of technician checking electronic equipment. 22) MS as technician places guidance system electronics equipment in open panel on side of matador. 23) LS technicians working on equipment in Matador. 24) MS mechanic working on turbo jet power plant used in the B-61 Matador. 25) LS of AP in right fg signalling for a semi-trailer truck, carrying a Matador, to pass (Holloman AFB, New Mexico). 26) ALS F-86 control plane and B-61 Matador in flight. 27) MS animated drawings of B-61 Matador in flight (sound track gives length, wing span, flight characteristics and other data). 28) MS as panel is removed from side of Matador to show the accessibility of instruments and controls. 29) MS animated drawings of B-61 Matador. 30) ALS Matador in flight. 31) MS animated drawings Matador in flight and types of targets the Matador can hit. 32) MS animated drawings of guidance system for the Matador. 33) MS technician charting course on MSQ-1 radar control board. 34) ALS of Matador in flight. 35) MS MSQ-1 automatic command guidance system antenna. 36) CU as radar tracking data is flashed from antenna to the plotting and control board. 37) LS Matador hanging from large crane and being placed on zero-length mobile launching platform. 38) LS wing hanging from crane -- technicians are ready to put wing in place. 39) LS technicians putting rocket assist on rear of Matador. 40) MS & LS of technicians ready to put wing in place. 41) MS & CU technicians placing boresighting equipment on rocket. 42) LS technicians putting wing in place. 43) MS technicians checking telemetering equipment. 44) CU technicians using communication system with fire command trailer, telemetering and flight control stations. 45) MS technician checking control panel.46) MS as technician puts hydraulic jacks under trailer launching platform to level it, and get right elevation for launch of the Matador. 47) MS FV of Matador on launcher. 48) LS SV of Matador on launcher. 49) MS fire control technicians in command trailer. 50) CU of clock with sweep hand moving up to "zero." 51) LS Matador taking off from zero-length launcher -- rocket assist unit falls off and Matador is tracked a short distance. 52) ALS F-86 control plane and B-61 Matador in flight. Good (Basic: Mas koda)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities