REFLEX EXERCISE Reel 1 · Part 1

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Summary: Coverage of Reflex Exercise showing the arrival of B-47 crews, alert, briefings and target routings. Also shows B-47E's taking off, landing and taxiing, and scenes of Secretary of Air Force, Dudley C. Sharp and Maj. Gen. Charles B. Westover, Commander, 7th Air Division, SAC. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 723': SLATE: 28 OCTOBER 1960. CU high angle of billiard balls on pool table. 17' CU of Klaxon horn mounted on wall. 73' MLS Capt. John A. Taylor, B-47 aircraft commander, 393rd Bomb Squadron and 1st Lt. Robert C. Ferrazza playing pool. 94' LS scramble from alert building showing crewmen entering station wagon and driving to left at Torrejon AB, Spain. 113' SLATE: 31 OCTOBER 1960. 116' LS from main gate at Torrejon AB, Spain, showing pedestrian and vehicle traffic entering. 195' CU sign: STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND, 16TH AF, PEACE IS OUR PROFESSION, at Torrejon AB, main gate-- vehicle moving in bg. 214' CU of Spanish AF guard directing traffic at Torrejon AB main gate. 242' CU of US A/1C Caldwell directing traffic at Torrejon AB main gate. 254' SLATE: 31 OCTOBER 1960. 256' MLS to CU of US Capt. Mark W. Cobb and sergeant in control room in front of console using telephone. 360' MS's of alert station wagon pulling away from building at Torrejon AB, Spain. 389' ELS to MCU to ELS pan left with B-47E taking off at Brize Norton AB, England. 468' MS & CU's of American and RAF flags flying atop mast. 532' MS's of Capt. Fontaine and 1st Lt. Pierce leaving Officers' Club, waiting in front for third party and then walking toward camera. 635' MLS of American and RAF flags -- pan to RAF officer Jack Cates slauting USAF officer in front of sign: HEADQUARTERS, 3920TH COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP, SAC. 676' MS of RAF Squadron Leader Jack Gates giving directions to officers. 701' MS of lady and three USAF officers boarding British double-deck bus. Reel 2, 833': SLATE: 28 OCTOBER 1960. 1' MCU & MS's of 1st Lt. Butterfield shaving and running out of room. 44' SLATE: 29 OCTOBER 1960. Series of shots of Maj. Downey briefing the 509th Bomb Wing crewmen. 176' MCU of Secretary of AF Dudley C. Sharp and Maj. Gen. Charles B. Westover, Commander, 7th Air Division, SAC, in front of building No. 145 at Brize Norton AB (dark scene). 191' LS to MLS B-47E in flight to left at Brize Norton AB. 209' SLATE: 15 NOVEMBER 1960. 213' LS to MS pan left with B-47E landing at Brize Norton AB. 240' MS & MCU left SV & FV of B-47E being directed into parking area by a ground crewman and crewmen alighting from aircraft. 315' LS to MLS to LS pan left with B-47E flying over. 340' LS to MCU's to MLS's pan left with B-47E's landing singly at Brize Norton AB. 441' MLS to MCU to ELS pan left with B-47E taking off at Brize Norton AB. 480' Series of scenes of B-47E crewman pulling APU cables and boarding aircraft, crew chief pushing up ladder and closing door to hatch--Torrejon AB, Spain. 537' MS left SV of B-47E pilot and copilot in cockpit and ground crewman signaling for taxi-out in fg -- Torrejon AB. 607' ELS to MCU to LS pan left with three B-47E's landing singly at Torrejon AB. 733' Series of scenes of B-47E crewmen alighting from aircraft and being greeted by Maj. Russell A. Downey, 509th Reflex Operations Officer and Col. Donald G. McPherson, 509th Wing Commander -- bus and station wagon enter left and crewman load baggage into station wagon. Reel 3, 918': SLATE: 29 OCTOBER 1960. 2' MLS FV of B-47 crewmembers around table during briefing. 73' SLATE: OCTOBER 1960. 81' MLS FV of Capt. John A. Taylor at table in target study room -- Lt. Ferrazza brings map and they start to plot course. 175' Series of scenes of B-47 alert crewmen arriving at aircraft and boarding while one crewmen removes chocks from aircraft wheel -- train passing in bg. Brize Norton AFB, England. 241' MS's of Maj. Gen. Charles B. Westover, Commander, 7th Air Division, SAC, greeting Secretary of AF, Dudley C. Sharp in front of the Reflex Area, at Brize Norton AFB, England, and men entering building. 281' MS's of alert crews running from building and getting into station wagon. 304' MCU's FV & RV of Secretary of AF Sharp, Maj. Gen. Westover and other officials standing in front of Building 145 -- B-47 parked in bg in part of scene. 366' MS's of vehicles leaving and entering the RAF Brize Norton 320th Combat Support Group, SAC, main gate. 397' Series of scenes of USAF officers sight-seeing at Magdalen College, visiting pottery and silver shop, window shopping, being served tea and crumpets in tea shop, and entering garden through archway at New College Cathedral in England. 752' SLATE: 28 OCTOBER 1960. 755' Series of shots of Capt. Taylor and Lt. Ferrazza playing pool and hurriedly leaving room. 811' SLATE: OCTOBER 1960. 814' MS's & MCU's of officers reading, writing letters and shaving prior to alert. Reel 4, 743': MS's of alert crews running from building to parked station wagon -- pan left as cars drive toward parked aircraft at Torrejon AB, Spain. 57' Series of shots taken during an alert at Torrejon AFB, showing station wagon pulling up to B-47E, aircraft commander and copilot boarding aircraft, observer removing chocks and pulling APU cable before boarding aircraft and ground crew chief pushing up ladder and closing hatch door. 307' MS's of B-47E crew alighting from aircraft. 373' MCU to MS's of USAF officers in the gardens at Magdalen College. 498' LS's & MS's of panel truck backing up to B-47E where boxes and automobile tires are being unloaded. 565' MLS to MS of scramble showing the alert crew running from building, getting into station wagon and driving to B-47E's parked on flight line. 644' ELS to MLS high angle, pan left with B-47E on takeoff run -- parked B-47E in fg. 668' MS's FV & SV of B-47E's taxiing to parking area at Torrejon AB, Spain. 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