Air Force Now - Walter Cronkite Narrated History of of Air Force 40th Anniversary.
Edward C. Aldridge SOF re 40th Anniversary of Air Force.
Montage: Wright Brothers; WWII B-17s; Korean fighter jet; Title: 40th Anniversary.
Montage: Fighter jets, all eras. Pilots & crews.
01:38:18 B/W Shot of Truman’s The Independence taxiing. 1947 Truman signs National Security Act, reorganizes DOD, creates separate Air Force. Truman off plane, shaking hands w/ AF personnel.
01:38:41 Color 14Oct47 Airplane in flight & launch of Bell X-1, Chuck Yaeger breaks sound barrier; X-1 in flight.
01:38:58 XP-59 earliest jet aircraft; F-80 Shooting Star - first operational jet fighter. B-36 intercontinental bomber w/ interior shots & exteriors (GOOD)
01:39:44 24Jun48 Berlin Blockade & airlift. Closing down electricity. Sign ‘Russian zone ”Berlin street. Loading supplies into & out of plane. Planes takeoff, land at Templehoff, distributing food. Operation Vittles. Children eating. Plane over. (GOOD)
01:41:01 25Jun50: Headlines “N. Korea Reds Declare War”. Air combat F-80s; battle & color combat footage. Plane explosion. Americans & Koreans entering building for negotiations.
01:41:53 1950s technological developments. Frank Everest flies Bell X-2 three times speed of sound. X-2 & other experimental aircraft in flight. Flying Wings & montage of weird experimental airplanes.
01:43:24 B-52 take off. Missile launch ww/ Atlas Booster; Intercontinental Missile launch. Titan-1 & Minuteman-1. X-15 in flight Maj. Robert White reaches altitude of 50 miles, landing. Shot of astronauts. 1965, Maj. Ed White Gemini-4 walks in space.
01:44:54 Vietnam - bombing shot thru smoke & fire (GOOD). Various views of air force combat in Vietnam. Helicopter rescue. B-52 bombing. Evacuation. Plane maintenance. Take offs & landings. Combat w/ MIGs. Int. w/ fighter pilot. Capt. Steve Ritchie, Ace pilot SOF “...greatest team effort..”
01:46:26 Helicopter shots. Helicopter rescue operations. Helicopter machine gun firing. Flares. Various views of helicopter fighting and rescues. Int. with rescued pilot. (GOOD)
01:48:58 1973 Return of POWs. Int. w/ POW with eye patch. Vietnam Memorial & Veteran’s Statue at Vietnam Memorial.
01:49:45 Montage: Thunderbirds; contemporary Air Force in flight, at work, running out of hangar, medical operating room, parade, pilots, flying in formation. The End.
Patriotism; Military Americana;
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Air Force Now - Walter Cronkite Narrated History of of Air Force 40th Anniversary. Edward C. Aldridge SOF re 40th Anniversary of Air Force. Montage: Wright Brothers; WWII B-17s; Korean fighter jet; Title: 40th Anniversary. Montage: Fighter jets, all eras. Pilots & crews. 01:38:18 B/W Shot of Truman’s The Independence taxiing. 1947 Truman signs National Security Act, reorganizes DOD, creates separate Air Force. Truman off plane, shaking hands w/ AF personnel. 01:38:41 Color 14Oct47 Airplane in flight & launch of Bell X-1, Chuck Yaeger breaks sound barrier; X-1 in flight. 01:38:58 XP-59 earliest jet aircraft; F-80 Shooting Star - first operational jet fighter. B-36 intercontinental bomber w/ interior shots & exteriors (GOOD) 01:39:44 24Jun48 Berlin Blockade & airlift. Closing down electricity. Sign ‘Russian zone ”Berlin street. Loading supplies into & out of plane. Planes takeoff, land at Templehoff, distributing food. Operation Vittles. Children eating. Plane over. (GOOD) 01:41:01 25Jun50: Headlines “N. Korea Reds Declare War”. Air combat F-80s; battle & color combat footage. Plane explosion. Americans & Koreans entering building for negotiations. 01:41:53 1950s technological developments. Frank Everest flies Bell X-2 three times speed of sound. X-2 & other experimental aircraft in flight. Flying Wings & montage of weird experimental airplanes. 01:43:24 B-52 take off. Missile launch ww/ Atlas Booster; Intercontinental Missile launch. Titan-1 & Minuteman-1. X-15 in flight Maj. Robert White reaches altitude of 50 miles, landing. Shot of astronauts. 1965, Maj. Ed White Gemini-4 walks in space. 01:44:54 Vietnam - bombing shot thru smoke & fire (GOOD). Various views of air force combat in Vietnam. Helicopter rescue. B-52 bombing. Evacuation. Plane maintenance. Take offs & landings. Combat w/ MIGs. Int. w/ fighter pilot. Capt. Steve Ritchie, Ace pilot SOF “...greatest team effort..” 01:46:26 Helicopter shots. Helicopter rescue operations. Helicopter machine gun firing. Flares. Various views of helicopter fighting and rescues. Int. with rescued pilot. (GOOD) 01:48:58 1973 Return of POWs. Int. w/ POW with eye patch. Vietnam Memorial & Veteran’s Statue at Vietnam Memorial. 01:49:45 Montage: Thunderbirds; contemporary Air Force in flight, at work, running out of hangar, medical operating room, parade, pilots, flying in formation. The End. Patriotism; Military Americana;