USAF C-130A HERCULES PROGRESS REPORT Part 3

Description

Summary: Progress report on the C-130A from the beginning of constructin period showing the manufacture of sectins, assembly into whole aircraft, test of engines, taxi tests and initial flight. (Shot list to follow.) 1) MS high angle sttionary C-130A with engines running. A group of personnel and equipment are around aircraft. Superimposed over this picture is the title: USAF C-130A HERCULES PROGRESS REPORT FROM 8 FEBRUARY 1954 TO 7 APRIL 1955. 2) MS high angle C-130 taxiing out on ramp to left. 3) Several angles of taxiing scenes. 4) ECU C-130A as it taxis past camera. 5) Several factory scenes showing the construction of the C-130A. (Soundtrack states that different types of metal are used in the construction.) Shows the construction of various sections of the aircraft, the installation of these parts, including the tail section, wings and engine. (Soundtrack gives the capacity of fuel held in the wing tanks, and the measurements.) A test run of a C-130A engine is shown. 6) INT C-130A as troop seats are being fitted. 7) Low angle silhouette shot looking out through hangar door showing the C-130A stationary in the hangar. FV as the C-130A is towed out of hangar. 8) High angle of C-130A being towed on ramp. 9) MS C-130A as the fuel lines are being checked. 10) CU auxiliary power unit, then camera pans to the C-130A. 11) MS LV C-130A as No. 1 engine is started. 12) Shows several scenes of taxi tests made at Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia. 13) LS camera panning to left with taxi test of C-130A. Front wheels are lifted from runway as it passes camera. 14) LS high angle of C-130 taxiing on ramp. 15) MS RV C-130A taxiing. 16) MS takeoff of C-130A to left. 17) LS fly-over. 18) PS with the aircraft. 19) MS high angle C-l30 taxiing on ramp, then turning left. 20) MS high angle stationary C-130A feathering engines. 21) MCU two Air Force pilots being congratulated after the initial flight. 22)LS fly-over of C-130A. The following is superimposed over picture: PRODUCED FOR UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, BY LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, GEORGIA DIVISION, MARIETTA, GEORGIA. Good (Basic: Mas Koda)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities