JUPITER BUILDUP IN ITALY, 1960 Part 1

Description

Summary: Coverage of activities during the Jupiter buildup in Italy for NATO, including engine and shelter tests at Redstone Arsenal; ground support equipment being loaded at Brookley AFB, Alabama, and unloaded at Taranto, Italy; construction at Gioia del Colle, Italy; modernization of Italian WW II air bases at Luigi Bologna and Gioia; and movement of Jupiters and GSE from Taranto to the finished sites. Reel 1: 1) Steam roller and dirt loader operating during construction at site No. 2. 2) Ship carrying GSE in Taranto harbor. 3) Transporter without missile on road to site No. 1 testing clearance. 4) Italian laborers working at site No. 1. 5) Equipment and erected missile at training site, Gioia del Colle. 6) Scenes of Jupiter being unloaded from C-124 at Gioia. 7) Italian guards and security fence around hangar used at RIM (Repair, Inspection, Maintenance) building at Gioia. 1048' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: 1) Construction work on permenant LOX building. 2) USAF technical sargeant at controls of mobile LOX plant. 3) Italian worker watching LOX transfer from one trailer to another. Fair (Basic: Reels 1, 2, 4-30, Orig color; Reel 3, color print)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities