REPORT WICHITA DIVISION Part 1

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Summary: BOEING AIRPLANE CO. PRESENTS: 1954 REPORT WICHITA DIVISION. (This is an annual report 1954 of the Wichita Division Boeing Airplane Company.) 1) Several viws or the B-47 in flight -- ATO. (Stock scenes) 2) AV flight line at the Wichita Division. 3) several via large group of B-47's along the flight line. 4) Several CU's of the external 33-rocket ATO systems the 20mm cannon turret and the location of the ejection system. (Film depicts the production data on the B-47 and the RB-47 for the year.) 5) Employees of the company celebrate the completion of the 1,000th B-47 14 October 1954. (Refers to Project IRAN, Inspect, Repair as Necessary.) 6) A Boeing Wichita Project High Noon, consisted of the modernization of 161 B-47B's. Shows this being complied with on the flight line. 7) Shows the installation of the external 33-rocket ATO system, the 20- cannon turret, ejection seat system and the approach chute. 8) Shows weight and taxi tests explaining by animation temperature readings of the tires. 9) Stock shot of ATO to the left, showing jettisoning of the ATO rack. (Very dark scene) 10) AV of a KC-97 refueling a B-47. (very dark scene) 11) Shows the Boeing test pilot entering the cockpit. 12) Several clips of the preparations for starting of the B-47. 13) AV's of B-47 in flight to the right and left, and two B-47's in flight to the right. (Narrator closes by giving a moral boost to all the employees of Wichita Division.) Good (Basic: Mas Koda)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities