SAC OPERATIONS Reel 2 · Part 3

Description

Summary: Coverage of SAC activities during the Cuban Crisis, including flight line maintenance scenes, demonstration of security maasures around SAC bases, and scenes of briefing sessions and aerial refuelings. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 660': 1) Main gate at Bergstrom AFB, Texas, with cars entering. 2) AP on flight line talking into microphone. 3) Radar search antenna rotating. 4) Series of scenes of KC-135 on flight line being fueled, engines starting, and aircraft starting to taxi off flight line. Reel 2, 753': 1) Scenes of AP's on flight line checking badges and drinking coffee from pickup truck. 2) Two guards passing car through gate to missile site. 3) Ground crews performing flight line maintenance on B-47's. 4) B-47 on flight line being fueled. 5) Combat Defense Guard patrolling B-47 area on flight line. 6) CU's of JATO bottles and tail guns of B-47. 7) Alert building near flight line, with vehicles driving away. Reel 3, 853': 1) Construction of new generator facility at Offutt AFB. 2) Workmen welding steel plate over tunnel entrance for protection against nuclear blast. 3) Security Force personnel checking badges at entrance to SAC Headquarters. 4) Airmen unloading trucks. 5) Main gate at Bergstrom AFB and SAC motto painted on water tank. 6) Alert crews relaxing in lounge and eating in mess hall. 7) Launch control team working at consoles in operational site blockhouse. Reel 4, 770': 1) B-47's landing, as seen from control tower at Lincoln AFB. 2) B-47 landing and taxiing to halt on flight line. 3) Wing Commander welcoming B-47 crew. 4) B-47 crewmen entering room for debriefing. 5) Scenes during debriefing sessions for B-47 aircrews. 6) B-47 pilot filling out "Mission Complete" form. Reel 5, 1) AV of B-47 approaching KC-97 refueling boom as seen from boom operator's compartment. 2) AV of B-47 refueling from KC-97. 3) KC-97 pilot looking out cabin window. 4) Scenes of T-39 landing, taking off and flying overhead. Fair (Basic: Orig neg)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities