The Story of Naval Aviation
This 1954 film tells the story of Naval Aviation from the Wright Brothers to WWI, including Airships, Carriers, WWII and beyond. Terrific history!
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The X-15 Rocket Powered Aircraft
Starting with Scott Crossfiled's first powered flight in Spetember 1959, this film tells the story of the incredible X-15. The aricraft set both speed and altitude records. Three X-15s were built in all, and they made a total of 199 test flights, the last one on 24 October 1968. The North American X-15 rocket-powered aircraft was part of the USAF/NASA/USN X-series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set numerous speed and altitude records in the early 1960s, reaching the edge of space and bringing back valuable data that was used in the design of later aircraft and spacecraft. It could be considered the first manned suborbital spacecraft ever flown.
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EYES OF THE NORTH - The Story of the BMEWS Missile and Bomber Radar Systems at the Height of the Cold War
Film looks like it is from the mid 1960s. Covers one of the greatest construction and engineering feats ever undertaken - the missile and manned bomber early warning system set up in far away places such as Clear, Alaska, Thule Greenland and Fylingdales, UK. The United States Air Force Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was the first operational ballistic missile detection radar. The original system was built in 1959 and could provide long-range warning of a ballistic missile attack over the polar region of the northern hemisphere. They also provided satellite tracking data. The three facilities operated their original 1950s vintage radars for more than four decades, but all have been upgraded with more modern phased array radars. The facility at Clear Air Force Station was the last to be upgraded, and now operates a PAVE PAWS radar that was moved from Texas in 2001.[3] Information received from the BMEWS radars is forwarded to Cheyenne Mountain Air Station, Colorado where it is coordinated with data from other sensors, including other Pave PAWS sites.
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Got Radar? See the B-47 Stratojet Bomber's Experimental Chaff Dispensing Systems (Color)
Chaff, an electronic countermeasure made of aluminum foil, was the best way to fool enemy radar. This film shows experimenatl tests on the venerable B-47, the first jet age bomber. The Boeing B-47 Stratojet jet bomber was a medium-range and -size bomber capable of flying at high subsonic speeds and primarily designed for penetrating the Soviet Union. A major innovation in post-World War II combat jet design, it helped lead to the development of modern jet airliners. While the B-47 never saw major combat use, it remained a mainstay of the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the 1950s and early 1960s.
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Korean War POW Atrocity Footage
US Troops apparently come across the scene of a major attrocity 9-30-50 in Korea. Many victims appear to have been shot while their arms were bound behind their backs. Details unknown.
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Operation Ivy, the 1952 Thermo-Nuclear or "hydrogen" detonation
Operation Ivy was the eighth series of American nuclear tests, coming after Tumbler-Snapper and before Upshot-Knothole. The purpose of the tests was to help upgrade the U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons, in response to the Soviet nuclear weapons program. T
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THE BIG PICTURE - The Final Chapters of The Korean War
The Final Chapters of the Korean War. An interview with Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall, author and commander in Korea. The Final Chapters of the Korean War. An interview with Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall, author and commander in Korea.
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Overview of the Combat Experience in the Korean War
Good men and good Soldiers fought in the muddy hills of Korea in the summer of 1950. This film is the story of the American GI in the opening battles of the Korean War. The Korean War, often called the Forgotten War, was the first major combat action of the Cold War and the first time American Soldiers fought North Korean and Chinese Communist armies as part of a United Nations team.
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Newsreel - Army digs in for defense of the Arctic
Newsreel - 1) Fort Greely Alaska - Operation Moosehorn - combat teams on skis - supplies parachuted to ground troops - tents during blowing snow (2) Ambassador John Lodge to Spain with military equipment sent to Spain at Cartegena "tanks for bases to bar the spread of Red aggression" (3) Billy Graham to Japan (4) train accident (5) Yuba City CA celebrates Christmas in February, was postponed by flood (6) Fashions inspired by film Benny Goodman Story (7) sports: Austrian ski championship (8) stock car race Daytona FL (complete newsreel)
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Newsreel - US Demonstrates Offshore Radar
Newsreel - Sea Sentinel radar platform complete, 1st in ring of radar warning stations, 110 miles off Cape Code, with crew of 50, interior views of radar stations (partial newsreel)
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Newsreel - US gives jets to the Netherlands
Newsreel - 1) "New wings for NATO" - 200 Thunderstreaks to go to Dutch - "American planes, Dutch pilots, flying for freedom." (2) Estes Kefauver announces candidacy for 1956 presidential race, waves coonskin cap (3) Prince Rainier visits NY looking for a wife. (partial newsreel)
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Newsreel - War or Peace - 1950 a fateful year.
Newsreel - 1) Nationalist China seated in UN, Malek departed, absent when Korean War began (2) "Communism" - Berlin, France, Japan, Union Square in New York, spy Gubitchev deported (3) "Korea Invaded" - MacArthur, savage war of attrition on narrow beachhead, scores died, atrocities, rapidly narrowing perimeter, but 12 nations rallied, led by Canada, Inchon landing, air cover of B-29s dropping bombs, allies pushed north, "then, it happened" and UN armies forced into retreat, paid heavily in casualties, Chosin reservoir (4) "Atom Bomb" - symbol of modern destruction, pilgrims to Rome, men of all faith prayed for peace, UN symbol of man's hope for tomorrow (complete newsreel)
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