APCS CAMERAMEN IN ACTION Part 1

Description

Summary: Aerial and ground coverage of 1352nd Motion Picture cameramen in action and setting up their equipment prior to missile launch. Scenes show tracking camera footage of Thor-Agena A/Discoverer VII launch on 7 November 1959 and static scene of Thor-Agena Discoverer V launch on 13 August l959. 1) AV's of cameramen in action, TLM-l8 antenna in bg and moving passenger train with H-13 security patrol helicopter hovering in bg. 2) Series of shots of 1352nd Motion Picture cameramen setting up M-45 tracking mount and other equipment. 3) MLS of S/Sgt. Pershing J. Coache and H-19 pilot, 1st Lt. Gruver, looking at map at side of helicopter on flight line. 4) MLS of tracking camera operator crawling into mount as H-13 (security patrol) circles. 5) ELS of Thor-Agena A/Discoverer V launch, 13 August 1959 -- tracking camera in operation in fg. 6) LS tracking camera footage of Thor-Agena A/Discoverer VII launch, 7 November 1959. 7) MS of M-45 tracking mount in operation. Good (Basic: Orig color)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities