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1958 - Color, Cold War, USAF: SAC B-47 Activity, Brize Norton, 22-23Jan58; B-58 & B-47 Ft Worth.

Reel Number: H1331-05

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1958,1950s,1960s

Country: England,United Kingdom,USA

Location: Fort Worth,Oxfordshire,RAF Brize Norton,Texas

TC Begins: 16:36:45

TC Ends: 16:47:07

Duration: 00:10:22

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1958 - Color, Cold War, USAF: B-47 Activity, Brize Norton, 22-23Jan58; B-58 & B-47 Ft Worth. Flash slate: 22Jan58 Brize Norton, England. Camera: S/Sgt Coache. Operator running APU under left wing of B-47 on ramp, MCU. MS crewman checking right wing inboard engine of B-47. Crewman on ladder checking B-47 tail gun turret. Fire guard member of alert crew standing behind right wing of B-47 on ramp. 16:38:12 LS & CU of flight line security guard w/ carbine standing in front of B-47 left wing on alert pad, snow on ground. 16:38:35 Flash slate: Camera: Goodell & Marshall, 23Jan58. Roll MOC-2. CUs airman in dress blues in Brize Norton control tower speaking into a telephone microphone; flashing signal light; Tech Sergeant looking thru binoculars. 16:39:22 Slate: 23Jan58 Roll MOC-3. MS POV past Jeep passenger & driver driving down flight line in front of B-47s at Brize Norton, England. 16:39:44 MS B-47s rolling r. to l. for takeoff. Cloud of smoke. 16:40:14 CU airman in dress blues speaking into telephone microphone in control tcwer. Two men in tower from behind w/ good view of airstrips, pan r. to l. w/ B-47 rolling down runway for takeoff, other B-47s parked on flight line in fg. Pan r. to l. w/ landing B-47, drag chute deployed. B-47 rolling on runway for takeoff, r. to l. black smoke from engines. 16:41:13 Slate: Camera: Stan Meredith, Dir. Ira Marvin. Forth Worth, Texas. ELS low angle, pan right w/ B-58 in flight, followed by F-101. 16:41:27 MS edge off flight line, hangar buildings in extreme bg, flight line security guard / sentry w/ carbine walks thru scene to left; followed by a tug carrying a security guard & towing covered B-58 pod w/ AF men alongside. camera pans left w/ pod then shows parked B-58; air & ground crewmen around aircraft; several flight line guards check papers. 16:42:38 Slate: same. MCU crew chief assists crew member putting on helmet & oxygen mask beside B-58. 16:43:03 Slate: same. B-58 pilot in cockpit, crew chief assists w/ his chute straps, fastens face mask, then canopy is closed. 16:44:02 MS ground crewman pushes access ladder up into nose of B-47, closes hatch. 16:44:14 Slate: Camera: William Marshall. 24Jan58. MS two crewmen move APU cart from nose of B-47. 16:44:44 Flash slate: Same. CU Chock kicked from left B-47 landing gear wheel. 16:44:53 Slate: 23Jan58. R. to l. pan w/ B-47 flying just above runway prior to touchdown. B-47 rolls thru scene on takeoff, trailing black smoke. LS to CU to LS pan left two B-47s landing on runway & deploying drag chute. LS low angle, pan left w/ B-47 in flight, landing gear and flaps are extended. L to r. B-47 making final approach & landing on runway, aircraft out camera left prior to chute deployment, hangar buildings in bg. 16:46:49 LS across runway to several B-47's parked on alert pad. 16:46:57 LS pan left with B-47 final approach & touchdown on runway. Cold War; SAC; Nuclear Weapons; Military; Alerts; Takeoff Preparations; Landings; B-58 was first supersonic jet bomber capable of Mach 2 flight & only used to carry nuclear weapon & fuel in pod under fuselage. Approx operation 15Mar60 - 31Jan70, replaced by FB-111A. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. GOOD. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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