NOTE: May combine w/ other continuous short rolls for total of up to 10 minutes at per reel rate.
1950 - Aviation, Delivery of X-1 Supersonic Plane by B-29 To Smithsonian, 28Aug50
Arrival of the X-1 which goes to the national air museum of the Smithsonian Institute. Also shows flight of B-29 aircraft with the X-1 supersonic plane attached to the fuselage. (Shot list to follow.)
B-29 taxiing led by jeep towards camera. Side shot of B-29 taxiing & carrying the X-1 beneath. MCU.
05:27:40 Men including test pilot Chuck Yeager in front of parked B29; Yeager pointing out various parts ot civilian (from Smithsonian?). CU inspecting tail & exhaust tubes. Check nose briefly.
05:28:18 CU "Glamorous Glennis." Yeager & man shake hands. CUs of each. Views of X1 beneath. Ground crew gesturing landing plane (staged).
05:29:06 Several pans w/ B29 overhead w/ X1 beneath; B-29 landing & taxiing delivering Bell X1 to Smithsonian
Experimental Aircraft; Test pilots; Aviation Pioneers; USAF Technology;
NOTE: May combine w/ other continuous short rolls for total of up to 10 minutes at per reel rate.
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NOTE: May combine w/ other continuous short rolls for total of up to 10 minutes at per reel rate. 1950 - Aviation, Delivery of X-1 Supersonic Plane by B-29 To Smithsonian, 28Aug50 Arrival of the X-1 which goes to the national air museum of the Smithsonian Institute. Also shows flight of B-29 aircraft with the X-1 supersonic plane attached to the fuselage. (Shot list to follow.) B-29 taxiing led by jeep towards camera. Side shot of B-29 taxiing & carrying the X-1 beneath. MCU. 05:27:40 Men including test pilot Chuck Yeager in front of parked B29; Yeager pointing out various parts ot civilian (from Smithsonian?). CU inspecting tail & exhaust tubes. Check nose briefly. 05:28:18 CU "Glamorous Glennis." Yeager & man shake hands. CUs of each. Views of X1 beneath. Ground crew gesturing landing plane (staged). 05:29:06 Several pans w/ B29 overhead w/ X1 beneath; B-29 landing & taxiing delivering Bell X1 to Smithsonian Experimental Aircraft; Test pilots; Aviation Pioneers; USAF Technology; NOTE: May combine w/ other continuous short rolls for total of up to 10 minutes at per reel rate.