B-52 FOOTAGE, BOEING PLANT, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND MOSES LAKE FLIGHT CENTER Reel 2 · Part 5

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Summary: Footage includes scenes of B-52C's during final stages of construction, parked on flight lines, taking off and landing. SLATE: PROJECT 363. SCENE 70. TAKE 1. 1' Sequence of scenes or interior or fuel cell locker room -- men undressing and donning protective clothing. 48' SLATE: PROJECT 363. SCENE 72. TAKE 2. 49' MS right FV B-52C parked on flight line. 78' MS dolly left along flight line at Moses Lake Flight Center where seven B-52's are parked. 98' MS dolly right along the flight line at Moses Lake Flight Center where seven B-52C's are parked. 120' CU pilot seated in cockpit of B-52, putting on helmet. 134' CU SV pilot and copilot seated in cockpit of B-52. 140' MS FV B-52C parked on flight line -- a man in white coveralls pulls a fire extinguisher away from side of aircraft. An AF panel truck enters left frame and stops in front of the aircraft. (Two takes) First scene also includes four crewmen getting out of truck, picking up parachutes, and walking toward aircraft. 181' MS right SV B-52C crew member enters right frame, walks to crew hatch of aircraft, and starts to climb into aircraft. 187' MS high angle, four B-52C crew members enter lower frame -- two walk under the fuselage of the aircraft and the others walk to right toward external wing tank. 206' MS from camera under wing of a B-52C, ground crewman in white coveralls enters left frame, walks to the outrigger gear, removes safety locks and walks toward camera. He stops under the outboard engine nacelle, kneels down and touches a puddle of fuel which has collected on the flight line, smells it, then motions to someone. 221' MS several men, in white coveralls, fueling the B-52C. 237' Two MS's, camera under wing of a B-52C, of man in white coveralls kneeling under the right outboard engine nacelle beside a puddle of fuel. Two aircrewmen enter right frame, walk over and kneel down beside the ground crewmen, touch the puddle of fuel, then smell it. 259' Sequence of scenes in the Firestone Rubber Plant, Los Angeles, California, of the first stages of the fuel cell construction -- two women cut the material, one cuts a hole for a fitting, and several others are working on a fuel cell. 340' Three MS's high angle of two men working on several fuel cells -- a fork lift, with a large wooden crate, enters the right frame and lowers the wooden crate to the floor, then backs out. The two men take the top off the wooden crate, remove the inside bracings, lift the fuel cell out of the crate, and then place it on the floor. 491' CU of a fuel cell -- a man checks the bracing. 501' SLATE: Illegible. 502' MS high angle, two men enter left frame carrying a fuel cell. They put it on the floor beside a platform, pick up rags and wipe off the top of the platform, pick up the fuel cell, turn it over and put it on top of the platform, then remove the inside wooden bracing of the fuel cell. 535' MS B-52 ECM operator sits down in B-52 crew station, takes clipboard and several pamphlets out of a brief case. 554' MS RV, camera inside aircraft, pilot and copilot entering cockpit of B-52, sitting down at their stations, then leaving the cockpit. MS high angle four B-52C's parked on flight line -- one of the aircraft is towed forward a short distance by a tug, and then pushed backwards. 626' Two MLS's high angle pan left and then pan right, B-52C's parked on flight line. 672' MS high angle left SV, three B-52C's parked side-by-side on flight line -- work ramp in fg. 679' MS high angle, two work ramps on flight line. 690' LS to MS B-52 taking off, passing over camera and out upper right frame. 716' Blank footage. 719' LS to MS to ELS pan right B-52, with drag chute deployed, landing and making its landing roll -- two F-86's taxi to the left in fg, near end of pan. Sequence of LS's pan right of a B-52 landing, with drag chute deployed -- aircraft makes landing roll. 820' MS right SV B-52 enters left frame, executes a 90 degree turn to the left away from camera, taxis a short distance, and then starts executing a right turn. 853' MS right SV B-52 enters right frame on its takeoff run -- camera then pans right with the aircraft as it leaves the ground and begins climbing. 869' MLS left RV B-52, with drag chute deployed, taxiing away from camera and then releasing the drag chute. 875' Sequence of scenes, MS's, FV, B-52C starting to taxi toward camera and executing a left turn in front of camera -- the aircraft is followed by a fire truck, other B-52C's are parked on the flight line. 908' MS right SV three crew members entering a B-52 through the crew hatch. 925' Several scenes, camera in cockpit of B-52, of the left wing engine nacelle. 944' MCU right FV forward half of a B-52C parked on the flight line -- camera then dollies left and away from the B-52, along the flight line where nine other B-52C's are parked. 1015' MS dolly right along flight line where nine B-52C's are parked. 1045' Sequence of scenes FV, of the Boeing Administration Building -- BOEING, is printed across the top of the building over the entrance. 1098' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: MS right FV B-52C parked on flight line. 4' MS left SV B-52 taxiing left on flight line. 13' LS eleven B-52's parked in two rows in a fueling area. 19' MS left SV tail section of three B-52's parked on flight line -- sign on building in bg, reads: BOEING FLIGHT CENTER. 23' MS dolly left along the flight line at the Boeing Plant in Seattle, Boeing aircraft employees working on B-52's. 63' MLS high angle FV, B-52C parked on flight line. 69' MLS high angle pan right with a fire truck as it moves along flight line in front of three B-52's -- camera picks up a B-52 taxiing on flight line in front of the other aircraft at end of pan. Sequence of high angle shots of B-52C's parked on flight line at Boeing Plant, in Seattle. 95' MS high angle FV, B-52C parked on flight line. 100' LS to MS pan left with a B-52 taking off from Moses Lake Flight Center. MLS left FV B-52C, with drag chute deployed, landing at Moses Lake Flight Center, and passing out right frame. 121' LS RV B-52, with drag chute deployed, making its landing roll away from camera. 134' MS left SV pan left with a B-52C taxiing at Moses Lake. 144' Camera shows grassy area at end of runway -- B-52C enters the left frame, flies low over the ground just after takeoff, away from camera. 162' MCU right SV nose section of a B-52C -- several civilians beside aircraft, portable heater in fg. 165' LS high angle, camera in control tower at Boeing Plant, Seattle, of a B-52C parked at end of runway -- radio tower men in fg. MS to MLS high angle, camera in control tower at Boeing Plant, Seattle, of a B-52C starting its takeoff run and passing out right frame -- an F-86 parked on taxi strip at end of runway at beginning of pan, several B-52C's parked in fg. 183' MLS high angle, pan right with the XB-52 landing at the Boeing Plant, Seattle. Several B-52C's and a B-52 parked in fg, several B-47's parked in bg. 199' MS pan right, XB-52 landing at Seattle. 210' Sequence of high angle shots of a number of aircraft employees working on two B-52C's parked beside factory building at the Boeing Plant, Seattle -- other buildings in bg, a large nubber of automobiles parked in fg. 240' MS five men pushing a 3,000 gallon external wind tank on a dolly, in front of a parked B-52C. 255' Sequence of scenes of Boeing workers attaching the wing tank onto the wing of the XB-52. 276' CU FV B-52 engine nacelle. 283' AMS right SV XB-52 in flight to the right as right external wing tank is dropped. 290' AV, left SV XB-52 in flight to the left over clouds. 306' ALS left SV B-52 in flight to the left, trailing contrails. Sequence of scenes showing two men on a maintenance stand wearing sweat clothes and oxygen masks -- one of the men climbs into the fuel cell cavity in the wing of the B-52 and another uses a device to test for fumes in the fuel cell cavity. 394' SLATE: PROJECT 363. 395' CU of a man tightening a hose fitting on a fuel cell. 409' CU a man taking an "O" ring gasket out of a paper envelope and cleaning it with a cloth. 420' CU a man as he cleans the screens on a fuel cell, using a rag. 437' Sequence of scenes of a man cleaning the interior of a fuel cell, using a rag. 476' Animation showing position of fuel cells in a B-52. 490' SLATE: SCENE 111A. 492' Several scenes of a man tightening the fuel cell cavity in the wing of the B-52. 510' SLATE: SCENE 113. 511' Several scenes of a man cleaning the interior of a B-52 wing fuel cell cavity, using a rag and a vacuum hose. 541' MCU low angle, two men standing on a maintenance stand -- one climbs into the fuel cell cavity on the B-52 wing and the other man hands a box into the fuel cell cavity. 557' MS FV left wing of a B-52, maintenance stand around the engines. MCU low angle of a man on a maintenance stand, removing the fuel cell cavity covering on the underneath side of a B-52 wing. 609' MS two men, wearing sweat clothes, enter left frame and take equipment from a portable maintenance shed beside a B-52. They walk away from camera, and climb maintenance stand under the wing of the aircraft -- one of the men then comes back down the maintenance stand, walks toward camera, past portable maintenance shed, and exits left frame. 632' ECU of man's hands as he tightens a fitting inside the fuel cell cavity of a B-52. 650' Two MS's of two men standing on maintenance stand under the left wing of a B-52 parked on the flight line -- other maintenance stands and the portable maintenance shed are beside the aircraft and under the wing. 670' SLATE: COCKPIT VISIBILITY. 671' Sequence of CU's of the pilot seated at the controls of a B-52 while aircraft is in flight. 921' SLATE: COCKPIT VISIBILITY. 922' Camera in pilot's position in the cockpit of a B-52, showing a KB-50 flying above and in front of the B-52. 972' SLATE: COCKPIT VISIBILITY SURVEY. 972' Two MCU's FV of the pilot seated at the controls of a B-52 in flight -- two bright lights are directly behind the pilot. 1073' SLATE: COCKPIT VISIBILITY SURVEY. 1074' MS low angle, camera in the pilot's position in the cockpit of a B-52 in flight, showing a KB-50 in flight in front and above the B-52. 1124' MCU SV pilot at the controls of a B-52 while aircraft is in flight. 1176' MS low angle, camera in the pilot's position in a B-52, showing a KB-50 flying above and in front of the B-52. 1227' MCU SV pilot seated at the controls of a B-52 in flight. 1277' MS low angle, camera in pilot's position in the cockpit of a B-52, showing a KB-50 in flight above and in front of the B-52. 1327' Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Orig Koda)

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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