ARCTIC AIRLIFT, 7 SEPTEMBER 1958 - 21 JANUARY 1959 Reel 5 · Part 2

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Summary: Outtakes of SFP 619 showing DEW Line installations, activities of supporting personnel and equipment including scenes of B-52, C-118, C-121, C-124, C-130, C-133, F-102, KC-135, KC-97, H-21C and SA-16 aircraft. LS to MCU to LS pan left with C-124C taking off. (Two takes) 56' MS left SV lift truck towing jet engine on dolly to C-124C rear cargo door. 100' MCU's left FV engine on dolly being hoisted into cargo door. (Three takes) 142' Scenes of C-124 front cargo doors opening and closing. 223' LS down row of C-124C's to C-133B in extreme bg. 234' CU right SV high angle, control tower operator wearing headset. 250' MS RV crew getting into transport truck which drives out right frame. 271' LS to CU to ELS pan right with C-124C landing. 309' Two CU's from inside C-124C as front cargo doors open. 338' LS pan left with tractor pulling five loaded cargo dollies across flight line. 353' ELS pan right with KC-135 in flight over line of B-52G's. 361' ECU tractor pulling cargo dollies past camera and out right frame. 373' SLATE: RUSHTON. 12 JANUARY 1959. 374' Scenes of C-124C taking off. 439' Several CU's of crewmen operating door and ramp control in C-124. 496' MLS right FV C-124 with clamshell doors open. 518' LS FV C-124 landing. 529' CU's FV low angle C-124 crew entrance door being closed -- C-47 in bg. 583' MS high angle from INT of aircraft of lift truck backing away from C-124 loading ramp. 604' CU FV low angle, C-124 loading ramp being removed. 640' Several LS's to MS's to LS's pan left with C-118 taking off. 732' LS airmen checking out of terminal at McGuire AFB. 763' CU FV from INT of aircraft as airmen enter C-118. 774' Shows starboard engine of C-118 starting and aircraft taking off. 833' MS to CU flight crew leaving ready room. 874' LS right FV snowplows clearing runway -- line of KC-97's in bg. 909' Scenes of a KC-135 and several KC-97's on runway. 950' CU FV AF captain checking out airmen at terminal. 965' CU high angle, equipment being placed on lift truck. 971' MS left RV KC-97's on flight line. 985' MS left FV of KC-97 with snowplow in bg -- camera pans left down flight line. 1012' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: CU RV high angle, pilot in aircraft in flight. 47' CU right FV low angle, C-124 with clamshell doors open -- cargo and fuel trucks in bg. 81' LS left SV tractors on runway in front of hangar. 130' MS & CU right FT tractors towing tires and other equipment on runway. 178' LS right FV C-121 landing. 188' MS of airmen with duffle bags waiting to get into plane. 206' MS FV to CU left FV two AF busses loaded with men. 246' MS left SV high angle tractor pulling tires and other equipment past nose of transport plane. 270' MS FV trailer truck in front of C-124. 273' CU FV low angle of jet engine being lifted onto C-124 loading ramp. 340' MS FV fuel truck backing up to aircraft. 354' Two MS's left RV airmen pulling hose from fuel truck. 380' Scenes of truck driver talking into hand mike and two mechanics working on engine. 422' LS to MS low angle, pan left with C-133 taking off. 435' MS left FV low angle of several C-124's on runway. MS left SV low angle of C-124 on runway with fuel truck entering and backing to aircraft. 524' Several AMS's left SV's of C-133 in flight. 616' Several AV's of snow-covered Arctic terrain. 673' ELS low angle, flyover of three fighters in V-formation. 682' Several AV's of snow-covered Arctic terrain and a herd of antelope scared by aircraft. 754' MS FV AF personnel talking on runway. 757' Scenes of seals on ice floe, man walking toward building in snow storm, man holding cargo hook and man placing smoke flare on ground. 786' LS extreme high angle of H-21C lowering crate toward snow-covered ground and crate being towed up aircraft cargo ramp. 793' MS cargo crates being pushed up ramp into C-124. MCU right FV low angle, C-124 flying over. 815' MS right FV C-124 taxiing on snow-covered runway. 820' MS's FV C-124 taxiing on snow-covered runway. 820' MS's FV cargo being unloaded from C-124 front loading doors. 841' Several MS's of DEW Line radar installation and radar operators using radar equipment. 895' Several MS's and CU's of parts of DEW Line radar installation. 937' Several ALS's of DEW Line installation. 967' LS low angle, DEW Line installation -- sun in bg. 978' Total footage in reel. Reel 3: MS left FV two mechanics on ladder repairing C-124 engine -- truck drives up to ladder. 35' CU low angle, fuel hose being attached underneath aircraft. 43' MS left SV equipment ready for loading on ground beside C-124. 57' MS right SV lift truck towing jet engine, on dolly, under C-124 to rear cargo door -- C-133 in bg. 80' Several CU's jet engine on dolly being towed into position under C-124. 119' MS left SV to FV tractor pulling cargo out of hangar. 156' CU right FV pan right with tractor and loaded cargo trailers. 192' CU right SV low angle of C-124 taxiing past line of C-124's being fueled and loaded. 214' MS left FV C-124 being fueled. 222' MS right FV fuel truck driving right. 230' MS cargo stacked under C-124 wing -- C-133 in flight to left in bg. 270' CU left SV low angle, tail section of C-121. 278' CU RV airmen and officers, some carrying carbines, getting into AF bus. 300' Scenes of C-124 taking off to left and landing. 377' AMS's left SV C-133 in flight. 471' MS FV to left SV C-124 taxiing and turning on runway -- F-102 in bg. 517' MS left SV to FV C-124 turning on runway in front of hangar. 545' MCU FV low angle, C-124 clamshell doors opening. 568' Several LS's across snow-covered Arctic terrain. 653' MS left SV F-102 in hangar, with pilot and crew chief climbing up ladder to cockpit -- hangar door opening. 669' ECU low angle, crew chief closing F-102 canopy and removing ladder from inside of aircraft. 687' MS left SV of F-102 taxiing out of hangar. 707' MS to LS right SV to RV of F-102's taxiing to end of runway -- SA-16 taxiing left in bg. 723' MS RV of 5-inch gun being fired from bow of icebreaker. 752' MS antiaircraft gun emplacement with gun being raised. 782' MS barracks in Arctic -- men scrambling out of door. 815' MS to LS pan left with F-102 taking off from snow-covered runway. 829' MS FV man wearing protective clothing, entering door and shaking off snow. MS right SV nose of F-102 -- pilot and crew chief climb ladder and hangar door opens. 886' CU low angle of crew chief closing F-102 cockpit and removing ladder. 920' Total footage in reel. Reel 4: Arctic terrain with a high ridge in center fg. Several AMS's right SV of F-102 flying over Arctic terrain firing rockets. 104' LS over snow-covered Arctic terrain. 119' MS FV 155mm rifle in snow-covered emplacement being aimed. 127' LS 155mm rifle emplacement -- troops rushing to guns. 138' CU photo printer in operation. 185' MS right FV C-130 parked on runway -- another C-130 taxiing left in bg. 206' AMS to ALS right SV of C-133 in flight, banking left. 256' MS's and CU's sign at entrance to Air Defense Command: 914TH SQD. ARMSTRONG, ONTARIO. 302' LS wooded slope of DEW Line radar installation. 347' Several MS's of buildings, radome, and antenna towers at DEW Line installation. 347' ALS of DEW Line installation showing the radar station and barracks. 469' ALS's ALS's of DEW Line radar installation -- shows barracks area, woods and lakes in bg. 676' MS to CU left FV AP check point at entrance to radar station. 709' CU low angle, radome at radar station. 725' MS two radomes at radar station. 746' Two scenes of barracks at DEW Line installation. 767' MS flag at top of flagpole -- camera pans down to headquarters Building. 783' CU of 752nd Headquarters insignia. 792' MS of barracks area. 795' LS over wooded terrain on hilltop. 822' LS Communications Building. 837' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: JONES. 840' ALS of radar installation showing radomes, barracks area and baseball diamond. 934' Total footage in reel. Reel 5: Cargo stacked beneath C-124 ready for loading. 16' SLATE: CAMERAMAN: RUSHTON: ARCTIC AIRLIFT. 20' CU left FV C-124 with clamshell cargo doors opening. 49' LS to MS to LS C-121 landing -- camera pans right under C-124 wingtip. 100' LS to CU pan right with C-124 landing. 138' CU RV high angle, pilot in transport aircraft in flight. 161' MS right SV lift loading equipment onto C-124 ramp. 184' MS low angle, control tower. 209' MS left FV C-124 being loaded through front cargo doors, by lift turck. 232' Row of teletype machines with technician taking messages from one machine. 261' Cargo on skids under C-124 rear cargo doors. 275' CU right SV lift truck driver. 285' MS cargo skid being hoisted into rear cargo door of C-124 -- C-123 in bg. 317' CU FV bus driving up to nose of C-124. 354' Pilots being briefed on over-water flight. 407' MS left FV low angle, AF personnel getting into C-118. 455' Scenes of C-118 engines starting, aircraft turning on runway and taking off. 521' Scenes of C-118 taking off and in flight. 563' SLATE: Illegible. 566' Scenes of airmen unloading lift truck and truck backing away from C-118. 590' CU FV low angle of C-118 outboard port motor starting. 611' Scenes of airmen pulling chocks from C-118 wheels and aircraft turning on runway -- C-47 and KC-135 in bg. Scenes of C-118 taking off and in flight. 686' LS across wooded terrain to three radomes and antenna tower. 724' MS entrance to Empire AF Station, Michigan, home of 752nd AC&W Squadron. 725' MS left FV C-130 taxiing on snow-covered runway. 731' ECU C-130 taxiing on snow-covered runway. 731' ECU C-130 motor nacelle with skid for landing on snow. 736' MS to ALS pan left with C-130 equipped with skids, taking off from snow-covered lake. 749' ALS right SV C-133 flying along shore over populated area. 786' CU to LS pan right with C-133 banking and diving left. 813' Low angle scenes of F-102 in flight. 840' MS left SV silhouette of F-102 in flight. (Night scene) 849' Airmen cleaning snow from B-52. (Scene is blurred) 862' AMS right SV low angle of KC-135 fueling B-52 in flight. 873' CU high angle, B-52 with boom lowering as seen from tail of KC-135. 882' AMS right SV KC-135 fueling B-52. 888' MS left SV nose section of B-52 in hangar. 906' AMS rocky terrain with snow-covered peak in bg. 917' ALS rough, snow-covered terrain. 925' AV ice floe in Arctic lake. 935' MS AV rocky snow-covered mountains at edge of lake. 946' Total footage in reel. Reel 6: Two MS's to ELS's pan left with F-102 taking off. 36' Two CU's high angle of 90mm antiaircraft gun emplacement. 51' CU FV of C-124 on flight line with outboard port engine running. 55' Crew chief on flight line signalling taxi instructions. 68' CU left SV C-124 taxiing out of parking lot -- second C-124 in bg. 97' MS to LS pan left with C-124 taking off. (Poor quality) 109' Two AMS's right FV C-133 in flight, banking away from camera. 160' Scenes of C-124 and C-119 being loaded on snow-covered runway. 191' Series of CU's high angle of nose gear of C-124 taking off and gear retracting. 256' Series of AV's of Arctic terrain. 310' MS high angle, road grader from inside C-124. 311' Series of MS's of technicians working on weather balloon. 378' CU of face's of men looking up. 397' Series of MS's of 90mm antiaircraft crew firing guns. 446' MS right RV C-124 taxiing on flight line. 456' Series of CU's of flight crew at operations desk. 539' MS of plotting board in Operations Building. 563' CU left FV two AF captains speaking into telephones in control room in Operations Building. 580' MLS FV H-21 hovering and rising. 610' MS of paratroopers descending and landing on snow-covered ground. 620' CU left SV of amphibious vehicle on snow-covered ground. 630' MS FV officer briefing flight crews. 653' MS of van approaching C-124 and crew climbing up ladder into aircraft. 678' LS to MS to ELS pan left with C-124 taking off. 696' ACU of C-124 port engine. 710' Series of ALS's of Arctic terrain. (Poor quality) 746' MS left FV of C-54 on ramp with personnel climbing aboard. 762' Series of MS's of airmen leaving McGuire AFB Operations Building. 775' LS large group of C-124's on flight line. 796' CU FV C-124 on flight line and taxiing past camera out frame left. 835' N.G. 851' Two MS's of lift truck loading pallets onto C-124 cargo elevator. 885' Total footage in reel. Reel 7: MLS left FV C-124 -- cargo stacked in fg. 6' MS right FV C-133 being fueled. 21' MS FV fuel truck crew pulling fuel hose from truck toward C-133. (Two takes) 42' Three C-124's -- nearest aircraft being fueled from truck in fg. 58' Scenes of C-124 being fueled from truck. 85' Scenes of two mechanics on ladder working on C-124 motor. 116' Crew chief, in pickup truck, talking into hand microphone. 134' Several ALS's of DEW Line radomes on flat, wooded terrain. 236' Scenes of DEW Line installation on swampy ground. 298' Scenes of building at DEW Line installation -- radome in bg in some scenes. 342' MCU low angle, radome at DEW Line installation. 362' MS low angle, building at DEW Line installation -- radome in left bg and two airmen in fg. 387' MS low angle, two radomes at DEW Line installation. 410' Scenes of buildings and radomes at DEW Line installation. 455' LS entrance to DEW Line installation -- building and radomes in bg. Sign in right fg: LOWTHER AIR STATION 639TH SQUADRON. 477' MS crew leaving building. 486' MCU right RV lift truck loading equipment on skids. 502' RV two men hooking crate to cable attached to hovering H-21. MS to LS right RV pan up with H-21 lifting crate from ground. 529' AMLS right SV of H-21 carrying crate. 532' MS right FV low angle of H-21 lowering crate to ground -- oil drums stacked in bg. 541' MCU C-130 skid being retracted. 553' LS left SV low angle, pan left with C-130 equipped with skids in flight. 562' LS FV skid-equipped C-130 approaching snow-covered lake -- light plane on skis on lake in fg. 565' MS several airmen at Arctic weather station preparing to release weather balloon in snow storm. 566' Three men at weather station after release of weather balloon. 576' CU right SV low angle of man in cold weather gear working at weather equipment. 579' CU low angle, weather equipment including wind velocity and direction indicators. 584' Several CU's right RV high angle of AF communications personnel at work. 613' MS left FV of three SA-16's on flight line -- snowplow clearing runway in bg. 644' Scene from inside cargo door of H-21 landing wheel. 648' ELS left RV pan left with SA-16 in flight over snow-covered ground. 658' Several ALS's of two parachutists descending to snow-covered ground -- mountains in bg. 699' MCU right SV airmen looking out open cargo door to snow-covered ground. 701' Parachutists landing on snow-covered ground. 707' MCU right SV high angle, master sergeant checking aerial photographs as they are painted. 729' CU airmen cutting aerial photographs from roll with paper cutter. 762' CU FV high angle of master sergeant checking aerial photo mosaic. 795' MS left FV two busses and two trucks, driving left, carrying airmen and equipment. 835' MCU pan right with airmen, carrying carbines, leaving bus and walking toward C-121. 850' MLS RV airmen climbing ladder to door of C-121. 855' CU left FV airmen climbing ladder to C-121 -- bus in bg. 857' CU of loudspeaker. 860' Total footage in reel. Reel 8: Snowplow clearing runway in front of snow-covered B-52. 13' LS to MS to MLS pan left with B-52 taking off from snow-covered runway -- camera pans left with tail section of aircraft in flight and landing on snow-covered runway. 67' ELS to LS pan right with C-124 taking off from snow-covered runway. 89' AMLS right FV low angle, C-133 in flight. 93' Several ECU's right RV of pilot at controls of transport plane in flight. 149' CU right SV low angle of C-133 in flight -- nose section and wing only in scene. 151' Scenes of crew on truck beneath C-121 unloading duffle bags. 177' Several CU's RV low angle of airmen loading duffle bags into lower hatch of C-121. 198' LS right FV of KC-135 on runway -- tractor pulling equipment drives right in front of aircraft. 266' MLS to CU pan right to hangar with five B-52 tails sticking out -- tractor drives right in front of hangar -- camera holds on tractor as it pulls up to front of C-124. 324' MS C-124 inboard port motor and left landing gears. 332' MS right SV tractors pulling up to clamshell doors of C-124. 367' MLS of B-52 hangar -- trailer truck pulls past hangar up to C-124 with open clamshell doors. 451' MCU right SV tractor pulling bet engine on dolly past KC-135's on flight line and B-52 hangar to open clamshell doors of C-124. 544' CU's FV of airmen. 580' LS to CU pan right with C-124 taking off -- another C-124 in flight to left in bg. 597' Scenes of C-124 taking off, touching down and landing. 752' MS to MCU pan left with C-133 taking off. 783' MS left FV of C-124 on runway -- fuel truck approaching. 828' MCU RV airmen coupling fuel hose to C-130 -- fire cart in right fg. 861' Total footage in reel. Reel 9: Scenes of F-102's on flight line -- snow-covered hills in bg. 7' AMS right FV B-52 in flight. 10' MS high angle, antiaircraft gun emplacement -- snow-covered hills in bg. 11' CU entrance to gun emplacement as men run in. 19' Scenes of guns being readied for firing. 40' LS Naval convoy in ice-filled water. 42' MLS right SV high angle, Naval ice-breaker. 45' MS along deck of ship to landing craft and launch on davits. 58' Scenes of C-118 taxiing on runway and taking off. 97' Two ALS's of DEW Line installation on snow-covered terrain. 110' ECU radar antenna turning. 130' MCU RV crew firing guns. 135' MLS FV gun crews emerging from barracks. 152' MS left SV F-102's on flight line -- snow-covered hills in bg. 175' MCU left FV F-102 in hangar with crew chief on ladder helping pilot to adjust gear. 187' Scenes of F-102 taking off from Arctic runway -- snow-covered hills in bg. 204' LS FV F-102 on runway. 213' LS to MCU to ELS pan left with F-102 taking off from snow-covered runway. 239' MCU right FV low angle, B-52 in flight. 242' Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Orig color)

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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