1953 - Alaskan Air Fortress, January Ground Activity
Slate: 20Jan53 Camera Seigler .
18:00:30 Truck backed up to row of B-2 maintenance stand, hooked & pull across snow covered tarmac in winter light. MCUs.
18:02:43 Slate: 21Jan53. Line of parked trucks, USAF truck backed up & hood raised on parked truck, cable hooked to truck & pulled from line. LS of motor pool equipment & fuel trailers. Truck towed to start, unhooked. Backed & hooked to fuel tank trailer. Pulled to fuel storage depot & pilling trailer.
18:08:53 Railroad siding activity w/ tank cars.
18:09:22 Truck w/ hoist lifting 55 gallon drums & loading onto truck.
18:09:55 Railroad tank cars moving on siding.
18:10:30 View from flight tower of parked plane, one in distance after take-off.
18:10:54 Slate: 22Jan. Siegler. High angle of jeeps & tractors below tower in blowing snow.
18:11:12 Snow covered runway, tractor / tug towing C-47 from tail into hanger.
18:12:00 Tug or tractor to B-29 being serviced on ramp.
18:12:12 Pan line of jeeps or tractors & trucks on snow-covered tarmac w/ motors running in cold.
18:13:24 LS front view from tower of B-29 taxiing, men on tarmac in front.
18:14:41 Slate: 27Jan Siegler. Ground shots of C-47s, B-29s & flight line activities, tractor towing B-29. LS pan with C-124 taxiing, parking.
Alaskan Air Command; Cold War; Cold Weather; USAF; Air Force Activity; Military Daily Life;
NOTE: Previously named Mile 26 Satellite Field, of Ladd AFB, ca 15Dec43; changed to Mile 26 Field 01Oct47 & Eielson AFB 13Jan48 to present.
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1953 - Alaskan Air Fortress, January Ground Activity Slate: 20Jan53 Camera Seigler . 18:00:30 Truck backed up to row of B-2 maintenance stand, hooked & pull across snow covered tarmac in winter light. MCUs. 18:02:43 Slate: 21Jan53. Line of parked trucks, USAF truck backed up & hood raised on parked truck, cable hooked to truck & pulled from line. LS of motor pool equipment & fuel trailers. Truck towed to start, unhooked. Backed & hooked to fuel tank trailer. Pulled to fuel storage depot & pilling trailer. 18:08:53 Railroad siding activity w/ tank cars. 18:09:22 Truck w/ hoist lifting 55 gallon drums & loading onto truck. 18:09:55 Railroad tank cars moving on siding. 18:10:30 View from flight tower of parked plane, one in distance after take-off. 18:10:54 Slate: 22Jan. Siegler. High angle of jeeps & tractors below tower in blowing snow. 18:11:12 Snow covered runway, tractor / tug towing C-47 from tail into hanger. 18:12:00 Tug or tractor to B-29 being serviced on ramp. 18:12:12 Pan line of jeeps or tractors & trucks on snow-covered tarmac w/ motors running in cold. 18:13:24 LS front view from tower of B-29 taxiing, men on tarmac in front. 18:14:41 Slate: 27Jan Siegler. Ground shots of C-47s, B-29s & flight line activities, tractor towing B-29. LS pan with C-124 taxiing, parking. Alaskan Air Command; Cold War; Cold Weather; USAF; Air Force Activity; Military Daily Life; NOTE: Previously named Mile 26 Satellite Field, of Ladd AFB, ca 15Dec43; changed to Mile 26 Field 01Oct47 & Eielson AFB 13Jan48 to present.