1352ND MOTION PICTURE SQUADRON IN ACTION Reel 4 · Part 3

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Summary: Coverage of the 1352nd Motion Picture Squadron facilities and personnel at Lookout Mountain AFB, California and cameramen of Det. l at Vandenberg AFB and Det. 2 at Colorado Springs, Colorado photographing missile sites. Reel 1: SLATE: 18 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: ABERNATHY. 3': MS to MCU airmen setting up and boresighting cameras on M-45 tracking mount. 102': SLATE: 18 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: S/SGT. ABERNATHY. 104': MS to MLS trainees practicing tracking with an M-45 tracking mount--shows B-47 and KC-135 taking off and landing in bg. 198': SLATE: 17 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. S/SGT. HODSKIN. 220': LS to MLS of new Technical Photographic Laboratory at Vandenberg AFB--shows building being completed. 300': SLATE: 21 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: A/2C GIBSON. 330': LS to MCU of cameramen trainees practicing panning with motion picture cameras--shows airman going past on motor scooter. 391': SLATE: 22 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: A/2C GIBSON. 393': MS to MCU of airman showing trainee how to assemble a motion picture camera. 449': AMS to AMCU of 1352nd Motion Picture Squadron area at Vandenberg AFB. 625': AMLS to AMSs of new Technical Photographic Laboratory at Vandenberg AFB. 731': SLATE: 23 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: A/3C MONK. 733': MS's of two airmen taking motion pictures of nose section of Atlas in horizontal position in above-ground coffin launch shelter. 759': MSS two airmen taking motion pictures of an erected Atlas in extreme bg. 779': MS two airmen taking motion pictures of liquid nitrogen truck as it. leaves large fuel tanks at launch site. 803': SLATE: 23 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: A/3C MONK. 805': MLS, MS to CU airmen taking motion pictures of Atlas in above-ground coffin type launch shelter. 903': Total footage in reel. Reel 2: MLS to MSs of cafeteria at Lookout Mountain AFS, California--shows personnel entering and eating; in cafeteria. 268': SLATE: 24 MARCH 1960. LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AFS. CAMERAMEN: SIEGLER AND LENTZ. 270': MLS, MS to MCU of the accounting, finance and comptrollers temporary offices on the camera stage at Lookout Mountain AFS with personnel working in offices. 705': SLATE: 15-16 MARCH 1960. CHEYENNE, WYOMING. CAMERAMAN: M/SGT SYLVESTER. 709': Scenes of cameramen, wearing parkas, setting up Mitchell camera--one camera is stationed on top of station wagon--Atlas above-ground coffin launcher in bg. 873': Total footage in reel. Reel 3: SLATE: 17 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: A/3C MONK. 2': LS to MSs of airman carrying camera and tripod in doorway of 1352nd Still Photographic Section Building at Vandenberg AFB. 47': SLATE: 18 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB CAMERAMAN: A/3C MONK. 50': MLS diesel generators on flat bed trailer with spotlights and floodlights beside the trailer. 134'; SLATE: 18 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: A/3C MONK. 137': MSs of airmen placing wet photographic prints onto two print dryers in the Photo graphic Laboratory. 236': SLATE: 17 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: A/2C GIBSON. 238': MLS to MSs of Det I, 1352nd MPS area at Vandenberg AFB showing Det I sign, airmen's quarters and orderly room. 316': SLATE: 22 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: A/3C MONK. 319': MSs of interior of the unfinished Motion Picture Laboratory showing screen room, still photographic laboratory, finishing room and editorial room. 393': SLATE: 18 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: A/1C RAFFERTRY. 395': AMLS's to AMSs of new Photographic Laboratory at Vandenberg AFB. 490': SLATE: 18 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: S/SGT ABERNATHY. 493': MLS to MSs of airman instructing trainees to mount a Mitchell camera and binoculars on M-45 tracking mount on truck bed. 577': SLATE: 15 MARCH 1960. CHEYENNE, WYOMING. CAMERAMAN: M/SGT SYLVESTER. 520': LS to MSs of motion picture camera on top of station wagon--shows Atlas being erected from above-ground coffin launcher in bg and motion picture cameraman on roof of missile shelter. 643': MS pan down with nose of Atlas being lowered into above-ground coffin launch shelter. 677': MSs to MLSs of airman taking motion pictures of construction work on underground missile silos--several scenes taken during snow storm. 741': SLATE: 16 MARCH 1960. CAMERAMAN: HAGWOOD. 743': SLATE: 4 APRIL 1960. LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AFS. CAMERAMAN: CRAIG. 745': MLS workmen handling steel beams at Lookout Mountain AFS. 842': Total footage in reel. Reel 4: SLATE: 17 MARCH 1960. LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AFS. CAMERAMAN: S/SGT FISCHER. 2': LS & MLS high angle of Lookout Mountain AFS--several scenes of the construction work. 97': SLATE: 17 MARCH 1960. LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AFS. CAMERAMAN: S/SGT. FISCHER. 100': LS to MLSs high angle of Lookout Mountain AFS and parking lot. 201': MS to MLS construction work--shows elevator at top of building and workmen emptying wheelbarrows of dirt over side of building. 373': MS to MCU of Army lieutenant and airman photographer putting camera and parachute into US Army L-19, looking at map spread on tail of aircraft, boarding aircraft and L-19 taxiing--snow on ground. 766': SLATE: COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. 18 MARCH 1960. CAMERAMAN: RIDING. 768': MSs of airmen loading camera and lighting equipment into station wagon and carryall truck and driving away. 857': CUs to MLS pan down from Colorado Springs city limits sign to station wagon and carryall truck driving out of town--other traffic on road. 890': Total footage in reel. Reel 5: SLATE: 15 DECEMMER 1959. CAMERMAN: HAGOOD. 2': AMLS, AMS & AMCU US Army L-19 in flight to left. 190': SLATE: COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. 192': MLSs, MSs & MCUs of airmen walking out of 1352nd Motion Picture Squadron Det 2 Headquarters Building at 402 N. Cascade St., Colorado Springs, and loading camera and lighting equipment into station wagon and carryall truck. 362': SLATE: 1 APRIL 1960. LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AFS. CAMERAMAN: CRAIG. 365': MLSs to MSs of crane picking up steel beams and lowering them through roof of building. 722': SLATE: 22 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: GIBSON. 725': MLS, MS & CU of sergeant teaching airman to set up camera on Thor launch pad. 919': SLATE: 22 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMEAMAN: GIBSON. Total footage in reel. Reel 6: SLATE: 23 MARCH 1960. VANDENBERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: MONK. 2': LS to MLS of cameraman taking motion pictures of above-ground Atlas missile coffin launch shelter in bg. 67': SLATE: 23 MARCH 1960. VANDENERG AFB. CAMERAMAN: VAN ETTEN. 70': MSs of nose of Atlas in above-ground coffin launch shelter and several airmen working around missile. 110': LS to MCU liquid nitrogen truck driving away from large tanks at Atlas launch site. 135': MSs to MLSs through exhaust deflector on Atlas above ground coffin launcher at Atlas in shelter showing three rocket engines. 161': LS of Atlas in vertical position in above-ground coffin launcher. 192': SLATE: 29 MARCH 1960. LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AFS. CAMERAMAN: SIEGLER. 195': MCU to CU map of united States showing location of 1352nd MPS and detachments and location of the installations covered by Det 2. 501': Total footage in reel. Good

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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