BMEWS DOCUMENTATION, FYLINGDALES, ENGLAND Part 2

Description

Coverage of activities in and around the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System station at Fylingdales Moor, England, operated by British Air Ministry with a group of USAF advisors. Reel 1: 1) Stock clerk pulling items from supply room bins. 2) Men in machine shop assembling wave guide duct and operating milling machine. 3) Technicians calibrating electronic equipment. 355': Total footage in reel. Reel 2: 1) Technicians calibrating equipment and wiring module. 2) MSs of radomes, radar reflectors and entrance to installation. 3) MSs of USAF Post Office and BX building. 4) Shows RAF flag flying in front of Administration Building. 5) USAF colonel arriving at Administration Building. 6) Shows Sick Bay Building. 7) Shows staff car going through main gate. 368': Total footage in reel. Reel 3: 1) RAF guard checking car through gate. 2) Sign: RAF - FYLINGDALES. 3) LS of radar reflectors and radomes. 4) Man on lift truck moving pallet from dock into base warehouse. 5) MSs of powerhouse and gymnasium. 6) Shows sheep grazing beside gymnasium. 7) ELS across valley to radomes on hilltop. 8) LSs of USAF rest hotel, village on coast and USAF housing in village. 338': Total footage in reel. Reel 4: 1) Technicians inspecting wave guide ducts and water valves. 2) Scenes in radiation area showing warning sign, receiver-transmitter and technician talking on phone. 3) Technicians taking information from read-out panel. 4) Shows antenna rotating inside radome. 5) Technician turning switches on control panel. 6) Technician checking wiring and then replacing module in panel. 360': Total footage in reel. Reel 5: 1) Technician checking module circuits with voltmeter. 2) Technician pushing buttons on monitor control panel. 3) Technician at control panel in font of equipment status board speaking into red phone. 4) USAF and RAF officers in monitor room watching Threat Report Board and talking on telephones. 5) RAF sergeant at control console in monitor room. 6) Technician watching radarscope and then talking on telephone. 353': Total footage in reel. Reel 6: 1) CU of operator watching radarscope. 2) RAF squadron commander working at desk and talking on telephone. 3) Technicians in Data Systems room starting punched tape through reader. 4) Technician watching Data Systems status board. 5) Operator testing switchboard circuits. 6) Scene of map showing communications channels between FYLINGDALES and other early warning sites. 348': Total footage in reel. Reel 7: 1) CU sign: REARWARD COMMUNICATIONS. 2) CU sign: U.K. REARWARD DATA ROOM. 3) Technicians in control room watching oscilloscopes, turning knobs and writing in logbook. 4) LS of power amplifier. 5) Technicians in Data Processing Center checking IBM printer and watching tape unit in operation. 6) CU of IBM 7090 Data Processing System. 7) Technician turning on radome blower control unit. 367': Total footage in reel. Reel 8: 1) Technician turning on radome blower control switch. 2) Technician in utilities control room taking readings from blower control system. 3) Scenes of technician checking diesel power generator operation. 4) Technician turning knobs on power control panel. 5) Airman in BX making purchases. 345': Total footage in reel. Reel 9: 1) USAF technical sergeant making purchase at BX and being checked out at cash register. 2) USAF officer and men drinking coffee around table in lounge. 142': Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities