KC-135 JET TANKER ROLLOUT

Description

Summary: Coverage of the rollout of the first USAF KC-135, showing the last KC-97 and first KC-l35 being towed out of hangar and on display; Lt. Gen. C. S. Irvine, Deputy Chief of Staff, Materiel, giving a speech; and flyover of the Boeing 707 and B-52. Reel 1: MS left RV & FB KC-97 being towed from Renton Plant. 12') MS speakers' stand -- camera pans right to KC-97 taxiing in bg. 22') MS high angle, speakers' stand Lt. Gen. C. S. Irvine, Deputy Chief of Staff, Materiel, speaking; other USAF officers and several civilians are on speakers' stand. 27') LS SV high angle, pan left with KC-135 being towed out of hangar -- crowd in fg. 45') CU low angle, KC-135 nose bearing name: CITY OF RENTON a civilian is leaning out of cockpit window. 48') LS left RV high angle, KC-l35 being towed on flight line -- KC-97 and crowd on flight line. 55') LS high angle, pan right from KC-97 to KC-135 -- crowd and speakers' stand in fg. 76') ALS high angle, KC-97 and KC-l35 parked on flight line. 84') LS low angle of Boeing 707 and B-52 flying over camera which pans down to USAF officers on speakers' stand. 90') Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Orig Koda)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities