1910s; 1940s; 1950s; 1980s 220345 220345 220345 COL&B/W SD 09.20.18
09.29.51 [Air Force Now - Birth and History of the Air Force - Part One]

Fast Montage USAF from pre WWII early flight to Vietnam through to NASA Space Program, rockets launched. Incl. NY Times Headline: Senators Oppose the League of Nations.
09.21.14 - 18Sept47 Truman signs re creation separate air force. First Air Force Chief of Staff Carl Spaatz 1970s and still 1940s.
June 82 Maxwell AFB gathering for Walk Through History (re military aviation)
WWI Sopwith camel fighter planes on ground. WWI planes out of hangar and takeoff. Squadron in flight. 1970s interview with pilot re Sopwith Camel.
1941: US pilots, explosions.
WWII Colour footage 305th Bomb Group over Scotland. 1970s interview with commander Curtis E. Lemay. Bombing mission (B/W). Cu propellors. Bombs dropped. Firefighters putting out fire.
Pacific fighter operations. Commander in Chief Japanese Navy Isoroku Yamamoto (who suggested attack on Pearl Harbor). P-38 being modified by ground crew. Japanese Air Force pilots. Interview with Commander who planned ambush on Yamamoto. Footage of ambush 18Apr43.
Paul Tibbets re dropping nuclear bomb on Hiroshima - 1940s and 1970s interviews. Hiroshima atomic bomb explosion. Enola Gay. Tibbets and others by Enola Gay B-29. Plane's bomb hatch opening seen from inside then below and bomb dropped. Atomic blast.
1945? Test pilot Frank Everest re speed of sound and Jaeger. Jaeger in X-1 plane (breaking altitude record).

1940's 220336 220336 220336 b/w Sd 21.26.14
21.33.33 Army Air Forces - Pacific - Atomic bomb section film shrunk.
Army Air Forces contribution to victory in Pacific
Aerial views Iwo Jima. Night battle in sky. US planes on ground burning at night. Destroyed planes on Iwo Jima, corpses. US planes on airstrip after US takeover. Soldiers inside plane strafing.
21.27.56 Borneo aerial view, ground bombed.
21.28.25 Aerial view Philippines, ground bombed. Damaged Japanese air bases. Destroyed planes on ground. General MacArthur with troops into city.
21.29.28 Okinawa. Cemetery with crosses marked "unknown". Grave of Ernie Pyle of 77th Infantry Division. General Doolittle talking with other military. Generals Arnold, Kenney and Whitehead.
21.30.19 Bombers nearing Tokyo. Mount Fujiyama amidst clouds. Bomb drop opens. Very high aerial view Tokyo bombed. Night bombing. Other aerial views Japanese cities bombed.
B29 flying to Hiroshima (picture jumps and sound is damaged over this section). Atomic cloud. Plane flies off.

1944 - 1945 LN 950-001 220631 LN 950-001 + 220631 WW COL&B/W SI 01.00.00
01.12.51 Atomic Bomb related material 4-18th April and 15th Jun 1944 Nuclear and Atomic
Reel 1 + 2 (approx 24 min total) are scenes from Wendover, UT; loading FAT MAN (Nagasaki bomb) Loaded onto trailer and covered with tarpaulin - lowered by crane into pit. B-29 ready to taxi over. Inert ballistic shapes, "pumpkins" ; Take offs and landings, also POV aerial and ground views of pumpkin drops. Explosion at 16.09.58 There is one ground shot of a LITTLE BOY (Hiroshima bomb) ballistic shape falling. This is the skinny one.
06.15.49 There is also a shot of crewmen pulling the prop through on one of the engines. This was done to get oil into the cylinders prior to engine start. Crew brief and equipment check in front of A/C. All B-29s shown are the specially modified "Silver Plate" aircraft used by the 509th.
06.17.06 18/4 CU propellor turning take off and landings including POV - AV over target area. CU engine as landing. Ground crew pulling prop. Crew and equipment checked.

06.24.58 Reel 3 (approx 13 min) This selection is from the Marianas and shows actual Hiroshima bomb, LITTLE BOY (it's painted black) being moved out from storage area and loaded aboard Enola Gay B-29.
06.31.57 Night Crew lined up in front of Aircraft. Pilot Paul Tibbets waves from cockpit (b&w)
06.36.28 Enola Gay B-29 returns from Hiroshima strike, crew receive decorations.

06.38.26 Reel 4 (approx 10 min.) is actual FAT MAN (Nagaski bomb) being moved from storage and loaded aboard "Bock's Car" B-29. Ground crew painting bomb. General writing on bomb To Hirohito with love T.F. Farrell. Other men writing on bomb. Bomb loaded onto trailer and covered with tarpaulin. lowered into pit. B-29 taxis over and bomb loaded

06.48.43 Reel 5(approx 21 min) is footage of 509th area on Tinian, 509th pose for photos.
Repeated scenes and additional angles of loading LITTLE BOY and FAT MAN bombs
06.50.34 Little Boy loaded - seen in pit with open bomb bay doors above. Enola Gay into position - MPs guarding . Night Crew outside plane - "Enola Gay" on nose of Tibbet's B-29 (this was only done a few hours before take off. Aircraft was named after his mother. ). Tibbets waving from window ( B/W)
06.57.00 Enola Gay returning from mission - additional views of Tibbets receiving DFC from Gen Carl Spaatz. Crowds round plane and posing for pix. 07.01.25 Fat Boy out of shed. - painting and loading as before.
07.09.38 The B-29 aerial shot is Bock's Car returning from Nagasaki strike.
07.10.12 Reel 6 (approx 3 min) is all Nagasaki strike footage. Mushroom cloud ( colour )

1944 LN 501-031 220289 220289 Colour sd 07.39.12
07.55.42 D-Day & invasion, England to Paris
Shots countryside - POV jeep ( jiggly )
07.39.26 GI's swimming in the nude in lake - relaxing by lake
07.54.57 Atomic explosion New Mexico (B/W)
07.55.32 Sunset

1945 220468 220468 220468 B/W SD 02.31.55
02.36.49 President Truman - Atomic Bomb
Truman speech announcing atomic bomb blast on Hiroshima. Refers to 26Jul45 ultimatum to Japanese at Potsdam. Threatens more destruction "the like of which has never been seen on this earth"
Early electrical experiment to smash the atom conducted in Britain.
Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence and his cyclotron. Dr. Harold Urey. Italian physicist Enrico Fermi. Dr. Arthur Compton. FDR and Churchill talking.
02.34.54 Aerials Oak Ridge Atomic plant. Workers going into work.
General Leslie Groves with Vannevar Bush and Dr. Richard Tolman. Groves speech describes 16Jul45 first atomic bomb explosion "... it is a universal hope of all present that no American citizen will ever witness it on United States soil again".
Aerials Hiroshima before the bomb. Bombers in formation
Titles: Buy That Extra War Bond Today.
Manhattan Project

1945 220472 220472 220472 B/W SD 09.09.51
09.15.14 1945 - Year Of Victory
Newsreel Review of Greatest News Year In History
Street fighting during invasion of Germany.
Yalta with Churchill, FDR and Stalin. FDR burial. Truman sworn in. Berlin in flames. Hitler with Mussolini, Goering and others study map. Mob in Rome and Mussolini's body hung up by heels. Hitler's bunker in Berlin. Gasoline canisters which burned his body; Hitler's coat and Eva Braun's clothes? General Keitel signs Germany's surrender w/ Eisenhower.
Ike parades through London and awarded English honours; motorcade through Paris; with wife off plane and ticker-tape parade in US.
Pacific naval battle and land fighting. Kamikaze attacks on ships. MacArthur returns to Philippines. Manila burning, Iwo Jim flag hoisting. Churchill loses election to Attlee. Attlee with Truman and Stalin at Potsdam w/ Byrnes and Molotov behind. Atom bomb blast. Nagasaki blast seen from above. Truman at White House announces Japan's surrender. Celebration VJ Day Times Square - man dancing and hopping by himself in Australia?
Surrender of Japan aboard Missouri w/ MacArthur. General Umezu signs. Crowded ship carrying returning troops. Sailor welcomed by families, children and wives.
Truman speech re lasting peace at United Nations Organisation (Sd).

1945 220474 220474 220474 B/W SD 13.26.55
13.28.50 Utter Destruction Of Japanese Cities By Atomic Bombs
Aerials devastated Hiroshima or Nagasaki; Yokohama; Kure Naval Base with sunken cruiser; Tokyo ruins.
B-29 Superfortress in flight. New Mexico Trinity atom blast test (Los Alamos).
Hiroshima ruins and aerials; charred trees; bent steel girders; occasional person walks amidst devastation.

1945 220475 220475 220475 B/W SD 15.00.52
15.02.15 Actual Atomic Bomb Hit On Nagasaki
Crew poses in front of plane before mission to drop Nagasaki atom bomb: Brigadier General Thomas Farrell; Commander Ashworth; pilot Major Sweeney; bombardier Captain Kermit Beahan.
B-29 takeoff and in flight. Aerials Nagasaki atom blast - many views.

1945 LN 500-001 220306 LN 500-001 B/W Sd 01.00.00
01.04.49 FDR Roosevelt inauguration - swearing in ceremony - Yalta conference, seated in garden with Churchill and Stalin. Roosevelt state funeral - mourning - fly past - flowers. Harry Truman sworn in in Cabinet room of White House. 07.01.33 Germany surrenders - signing in Reims, France Gen. Jodl arrives. Into room with bright lights, army photographers. Gen Walter B. Smith & Russian Generals. Smith signs. CU of document. German Generals turn to leave. Ike ( Eisenhower ) & other delegates laughing. 07.02.14 Pacific war - Kamikaze planes ( good ) . US forces assault on Okinawa on Easter Sunday - good shots ships firing. AV landing craft - landing craft on beaches - troops - US flag raised in July 45. Atomic explosion - mushroom. USS Missouri, Sunday September 2nd 1945 Japan surrenders Battleship Missouri. 3rd fleet. Sailors aboard ship. Japanese foreign minister Shigamitsu signs for Japan - Douglas MacArthur signs - Chinese General Chang? signs.

1945 LN 500-001 220306 LN 500-001 B/W Sd 01.04.55
01.07.21 Victory - Atomic Bomb
Oakridge & other plants. Desert. Trinity explosion. . Explosion from 6 miles. Atomic mushroom. View from 8 miles in air of explosion. Same explosion ground level 6 miles.

1945 LN 500-001 220306 LN 500-001 Col Si 01.18.26
01.30.34 Assembly & explosion of Atomic Bomb - Trinity Test - Colour
Pan over countryside, hills. Truck w/ A-bomb under tower, lifted out. Canvas lifted to shade. CU of bomb. Men working on top of bomb, wiring. Oppenheimer watches. lifting & moving bomb & putting tyres under as raised to top of lift. Pan over surface of bomb showing wires and equipment. Explosion & mushroom cloud boiling up; CU of brown cloud roiling. Explosion & cloud. Exploded on 16 Jul 45.

1945 LN 501-005 220303 220303 B/W Sd 04.41.03
04.42.06 Atom Bomb
Full screen shots of explosion of first Atomic bomb at Alamogordo New Mexico

1945 LN 501-078 LN 501-078 LN 501-078 Col Sd 08.06.18
08.14.57 The Last Bomb
Fighter plane making run over dock area, strafing ships in harbour and at sea. P-51s in formation flight. Fighters returning after mission, coming in to land making Victory rolls on airfield at Iwo Jima. Ground crew waiting. B-29 Bombers land. Cloud covering airstrip on Iwo Jima - bale out, parachute coming down, bomber crash lands in sea just off beach, plane in water. Bomber lands and immediately bursts into flames - firefighting by ground crews.
08.10.36 Interior bomber and crew. Operations room as wait for returning planes. Bomber landing. Shots from front of plane as taxiing. Landing on Guam . Crew out of plane - talking to ground crews. Aircraft burning on field, injured man on stretcher. Night shots fire blazing.
08.13.48 Bombers in formation flight. Single bomber in sky - mushroom as atomic bomb explodes over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Bombers in flight
Pacific War

1945 LN 501-192 220643 220643 B/W SD 05.27.37
05.31.09 President Truman Tells the World About Hiroshima
President Truman aboard ship sits at table with microphone. He says a short time ago an American plane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. Talks of the power of the atomic bomb. Says he is prepared to destroy any enterprise the Japanese have in any city. Will completely destroy Japan's ability to make war. Says Japans leaders rejected the Potsdam ultimatum. Says US has spent more than 2 billion dollars on the greatest scientific gamble in history. Praises scientific brains - industry and labour in the manufacture of the Atom bomb.
Nuclear and atomic

1945 LN 501-192 220643 220643 B/W SIL 04.00.07
04.09.49 B-29s on Iwo Jima
Aircraft lands and taxiis. Lookout post in sand dunes, tents and military vehicles along side of airstrip. Tent with sign re coffee shop. Interior men drinking coffee. Plane making emergency landing. Injured man helped to jeep. Ground cres looking at damaged aircraft. Wounded crew removed and taken on stretcher. Bullet holes in fuselage. Another plane lands. Bullet holes, ground crew.
Airmen standing next to B-29. Various shots B-29s landing for emergency repairs, service and refuelling after missions to Japan. Serviced by detachment A, 21st Bomber Command provisional unit. Plane landing - nose art glamour girl and writing A-Broad Eleven Yanks. Chow time, men digging hole. Crew working on engine of B-29. Various shots repairs.
NB This reel includes 10 second shot of "Silver Plate" B-29, type used in atomic drop with turrets removed taxxiing past.

1945 LN 501-193 220644 220644 B/W SD 06.00.09
06.10.00 Crew of Enola Gay
Officers and men standing in front of the aircraft which dropped the first atomic bomb - B29 - Enola Gay. Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell ? Farrow ? , theatre commander of the atomic bomb project gives interview re responsibility of seeing that the atom bomb is always used for good and never for evil. Captain William Sterling Parsons, USN - scientific head of the atomic bomb project. Recounts his journey on the Enola Gay. Colonel Paul Tibbets - commander of atomic bomb group and pilot of Enola Gay. Tells of experience in dropping the bomb on Hiroshima. Commander Frederick L. Ashworth USN tells of experiences over Nagasaki. Major Tom Fairby ? - bombadier of Enola Gay - tells of bombing. Major Charles W. Sweeney, pilot of the second B-29 which dropped its bomb on Nagasaki. Says they failed to reach primary target and dropped bomb on secondary target of Nagasaki. Captain Kermit Behan? - Bombadier on second plane. Captain Theodore J. Van Kirk ? - navigator of the Enola Gay. Talks of going over coast of Japan.
Shots of Enola Gay - CU name

1945 LN 501-193 220644 220644 B/W SD 06.41.44
06.50.33 Radiation Sickness - Japanese film on Atomic bomb damage on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Radiation Sickness and Pathology. 1-20Oct1945
Damaged buildings. Shack on site of hospital designated for infectious disease. Japanese doctor and nurse changing dressings on burns caused by nuclear fallout. Various shots patients suffering from radiation sickness - skin discolouration - bleeding gums / teeth.
Animated map showing position from ground zero. Soldier showing loss of hair. Two children who were 2km from epicentre of bomb - have developed loss of hair and other symptoms. Other patients.
Woman survivor caught near bomb - only survivor of family. Patient suffering with anaemia.
06.46.12 Title - Pathology - Human femur bone - bone marrow - blood cells. Spleen - lymph nodes. Ulcerated skin - testicles with no sperm - Ovaries in atrophy - necrotic inflammation of digestive tubes. Bleeding in lungs. Swollen liver. Pathology of other internal organs.

1945 LN 501-193 220644 220644 B/W SD 07.17.55
07.25.30 Air War in the Pacific Reel 2
Aerial views Iwo Jima - bombs dropped - explosions on ground. Night shots US anti-aircrat guns firing at Japanese plane over Saipan. US planes in flames on airfield. B-29 on fire. Daylight - wrecked aircraft - many shots dead Americans. US Fighter planes on airstrip on Iwo Jima. US plane in flight, interior bombadier shooting at Japanese fighter. Bombs dropping on oil depots, Borneo. Good shots saturation bombing. US aircraft bombing Philippines. Low aerial shots devastation - wrecked Japanese planes - destroyed buildings. General MacArthur walking with crowds.
07.21.23 War graves on Okinawa. Grave of Ernie Pyle. General Doolittle with officers of 8th air force. General Arnold. B-29s in flight - Mount Fuji - good shots bombs dropping on Japanese cities - night bombing Tokyo and other cities. B-29 in flight (Enola Gay ?) zoom in on bomb. Atomic explosion in New Mexico during tests. B-29 in flight.

1945 LN 501-194 220645 220645 B/W SD 08.01.13
08.06.09 Atom Bomb and Reds Doom Japs
Potsdam conference. Official portrait. Bombers, aircraft carriers, fighter bombers & Japan harbor. Diagram with atomic bomb compared to huge bombs, diagrams of explosions, Dr. Ernest Lawrence & cyclotron, Gen. Groves, Vannevar Bush, Dr. Richard Tolman. Mining uranium ore. Bags moved while soldiers guard. Richland Washington plant & workers coming off bus & into plant. Col Mathias head of Hanford. Oak Ridge workers look at newspaper headline. Pre-fabricated homes & trailers with women hanging wash. Shopping mall of merchants. May Day Parade in Moscow. Truman speaks: 'We are now prepared to destroy more rapidly and completely...their docks, their factories, their communications... it was to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction... behind this air attack...

1945 LN 890-001 220298 220298 b/w Sd 22.12.43
22.14.22 Atom Bomb Havoc
Group & MCU of crew of Enola Gay before plane; aerials of levelled cities; shots from buildings and ground. Pedestrians with umbrellas walk thru - devastated buildings.

1946 ? LN 501-152 LN 501-152 LN 501-152 b/w Sd 02.00.10
02.09.25 Duck and Cover - Civil Defence / Defense Film - some animated cartoon
Cartoon - Turtle walking down road - taking cover inside shell.
02.01.34 Actuality - children in school classroom practice what to do in the event of a nulclear / atomic attack - Duck and Cover under desks.
02.01.51 Other dangers - Fire department - men down pole and into fire engines. Traffic - policeman on traffic / point duty - cars - Crossing signal lights.
02.02.22 Children listening to teacher - effects of atomic bomb - animation shows aftermath of bomb.
02.03.01 Mother putting ointment on boys sunburn - children in class taught to duck and cover. Teacher explains about atomic attack with warning - pix radar dishes civil defence offices, men on telephones, spotters on rooftops. Air Raid drill, children playing in school yard, siren sounds - kids into building to take shelter. Children playing at home when siren sounds - kids go into house. Girl walking along street when alarm sounds, asks older person where to go for shelter - Sign re Public Shelter.
02.05.01 Simulated atomic explosion without warning. Suburban houses - film flashes. Animation turtle Duck and Cover. Older children in school teach young ones how to Duck and Cover in corridors, away from windows. Duck and cover under tables.
02.05.57 Mother kisses children goodbye as they leave house. Brother and sister walking along street - show how to duck and cover.
02.06.24 Boy on bicycle - shows how to duck and cover. Civil defence worker helps boy.
02.07.35 School bus - duck and cover under seats. Family on picnic - flash - all duck under tablecloth.
02.08.20 Farmer on tractor shows how to Duck and Cover.
02.08.39 Children in school. Turtle animation.

1946 ? LN 100-401 220362 220362 col Si 09.05.33
09.07.56 Aftermath Hiroshima - Population
Close up shots of radiation burns on face and hands following the atomic explosion on Hiroshima. Boy turning slowly to show radiation burns on head. Various shots burns on body. Boys face . Woman with radiation burns on upper body

1946 200091 200091 col SIL 20.03.26
20.12.14 Hiroshima Aftermath
Injuries to civilian Japanese after atomic explosion on Hiroshima. Woman carrying baby on back, burns to face. Woman is undressed to show radition burns on body and damage caused to skin of baby.
20.04.46 Another victim turns to show hair loss.
20.05.12 Male victim stripped to waist to show burns. Young woman with hair missing. Japanese doctor and nurse looking at extensive burns on mans back. Doctor removes bandage from mans arm - shows burns and deformity. Burns shown on young girls back. Burns on hands and chest of man. Woman with burnt and deformed face. Young woman with deformed arms. Young men with various burns and deformities. Woman with scars on breasts.

1946 220474 220474 220474 B/W SD 13.34.11
13.34.57 News Of The Nation [Ships in Pacific Atom Test]
German cruiser Prince Oygen arrives in Boston - to be used in atomic bomb experiment in Pacific. Other ships to be used in experiment shown - American and one Japanese. USS New York; USS Arkansas.
Trinity atom test blast.

1946 LN 500-001 220306 LN 500-001 Col Si 01.30.35
01.39.26 Hiroshima Aftermath
Various shots devastation following explosion of Atomic bomb. Flattened buildings. Shells of buildings left standing. Part of statue - 07.34.57 Japanese with boxes of ashes, interior shots - exterior Japanese men women and children scavenging in ruins for bricks and tiles bowls. 07.37.37 Japanese woman places flowers on grave - shrine ? Japanese girl walks by with bandaged head. Locals entering and leaving building. Man pulling hand cart loaded with ? . Cameraman McGovern.

1946 LN 501-179 LN 501-179 LN 501-179 B/W Si 18.21.58
18.32.32 Operation Crossroads ( nuclear and atomic)
Film coverage of Project Crossroads, a project of the two atomic bomb tests in the Pacific in l946 and including Able Day test of an atomic bomb drop from a B-29 on 1 July 1946, and Baker Day test, the underwater detonation of an atomic bomb on 25 July 1946. Included are B-29 operators, damage to the target fleet, and personalities including Maj Gen Curtis LeMay, Gen Joseph W. Stillwell, Vice Adm S.H.P. Blandy.
Aerial shots of Bikini Island. Air to air B-29 No. 354 (Atom bomb drop aircraft) in flight to the left while opening and closing the bomb bay doors. B-29 No. 7354 ( Daw's Dream ) in take off to the left.
Crew putting on their Mae West vests and parachutes and boarding the aircraft. Placing and removing a shroud around the bomb bay door of the B-29 Starting engines and closing bomb bay doors of B-29 No. 354.

1946 LN 501-179 LN 501-179 LN 501-179 B/W Si 18.32.43
18.43.15
Operation Crossroads Reel 2 ( nuclear and atomic)
Civilian and military VIPs walki down steps of C-54 aircraft. Ground crew - Firetruck hosing down plane which will carry atomic bomb. Interior cockpit - CU pilot, bombardier and co-pilot.
18.39.15 Major General Curtis LeMay talking to reporters / press. . Interior shots crew in plane looking out of windows
18.42.09 C-54 Transport plane taxis - General Stilwell and party off plane

1947 ? LN 501-179 LN 501-179 LN 501-179 COL&B/W Si 18.00.11
18.02.04 Explosion of H-Bomb ( Nuclear and atomic )
LS Explosion of H-bomb. LS Same; showing shock waves (slow motion). LS Looking toward explosion site as shock waves travel over water (camera shakes). LS Aftermath of explosion showing red sky and smoke; as explosion recedes, scene darkens; smoke continues to rise into air. LA LS Top of huge smoke mushroom. LA MLS PAN Mushroom of smoke and base of smoke cloud. LS Base of smoke cloud; PAN to top of smoke mushroom.
Very little colour on this item

1948 LN 501-017 LN 501-017 LN 501-017 B/W Si 00.49.40
00.54.31 Bob Ripley Visit Hiroshima. Mr Ripley arrives at FEAF Operations, poses with soldiers and boards plane. Shots taken from aircraft window - Mt Fujiyama in distance. Interior plane - Ripley and PIO Officer seated. Aerial views from plane. Ripley with RAF officer and others out of plane. Visit to site where centre force of atomic bomb struck, - damaged buildings - Peace shrine. Ripley poses with Japanese girl. Ripley with microphone broadcasting over radio ( mos ) Children and other civilians watch. Ripley with flag of the Adventurers Club, New York City. Shot from inside plane as Ripley and officer board.

1948;1950s; 1970s; 1980s 220345 220345 220345 COL&B/W SD 09.29.51
09.39.19 [Air Force Now - Birth and History of the Air Force - Part Two]

1948 Berlin Blockade and airlift - closing down electricity. Sign 'Russian zone "Berlin street. Loading supplies into plane. Planes takeoff. Landing at Templehoff. 1970s testimonies of pilots. Distributing food.
09.31.09 Sept51: Headlines "N. Korea Reds Declare War". Air combat. Korean War veteran 1970s interview re battle and colour combat footage. Plane explosion.
Jets takeoff and in flight. F-101 and F-102. B-52
Feb54 - atom blast - re ICBM thermonuclear warheads. Bernie Schrieber. V2 Rocket.
X-15 rocket research aircraft dropping bomb and pilot describes mission; landing.
09.34.43 Vietnam - war planes over jungles. Dropping bombs. Ground combat. Explosions on ground. Firing machine-gun from helicopter. Machine-gun bullets. Rescued pilot lands at base. 1967 wife of captured pilot interviewed with kids. 1973 Return of Vietnam POWs "Operation Homecoming"; aboard aircraft; welcome committee.
1970s developments: F-15 . F-16. A-10. B-1. AWACS. C-141. C-5. KC-10. Rocket launch. Space satellite. Rocket reactors. Vice-commander of Space Command at Colorado Springs Richard Henry. Space and stars.
Brief montage from early flight to space rockets.

1949 & 1953 LN 098-001 & WEI 30001 & LN 100-401 220361 220361 Col Sd 04.04.35
04.05.10
First Soviet Atomic Bomb and First H-Bomb
Atomic explosion - debris flying around - some tape damage. 1953 Testing of first Thermo Nuclear bomb tested. Loading on aircraft - plane takes off

1949 & 1953 LN 098-001 & WEI 30001 & LN 100-401 220361 220361 Col Sd 04.05.26
04.06.44
First Soviet Atomic Bomb and First H-Bomb
Atomic explosion - debris flying around . 1953 Testing of first Thermo Nuclear bomb tested. Loading on aircraft - plane takes off. Spectacular nuclear explosion. Russian speaker Anatoly Alexandrov President Soviet Academy of Sciences. with American voice dubbed over
Ends abruptly

1949 & 1953 LN 100-401 220362 220362 col Sd 09.08.30
09.09.57 First Soviet Atomic Bomb and First H-Bomb
Atomic explosion - debris flying around . 1953 Testing of first Thermo Nuclear bomb tested. Loading on aircraft - plane takes off. Spectacular nuclear explosion. Russian speaker Anatoly Alexandrov President Soviet Academy of Sciences. with American voice dubbed over
Ends abruptly

1949 LN 501-071 LN 501-071 LN 501-071 B/W Si 18.45.39
18.46.44 Headlines - Reds Explode Atom Bomb
Headline 'Truman Says Reds Exploded Atom Bomb', man reading. Other newspapers with same headline & man with cigar reading re Russian Nuclear blast. Other men reading. Henrich's Homer Ties Count. POV walking past stoop / doorstep.

1950 220271 220271 182752 B/W 01.21.57 Truman at
press conference. Atomic explosion seen, night. Narration about use in Korea. Dead & refugees in Korea. Saint Peter's & pilgrims in Rome praying. United Nations as symbol.

1950 SN 501-038 + LN 501-202 SN 501-038 SN 501-038 + LN 501-202 COL Si 22:31:20
22.42.11 Atomic / Nuclear Tests - Explosions
Aerial view - spectacular underwater explosion - mushroom cloud.
20.03.44 Flash from nuclear explosion in desert - mushroom cloud
20.06.01 Nuclear test in desert.
20.06.40Desert test - long column of white smoke - mushroom cloud
20.08.42 Desert test - cactus in foreground - flash and mushroom cloud

1950's LN 098-001 & WEI 30001 & LN 100-401 220361 220361 col Sd 05.23.07
05.34.09 Atomic Weapons Orientation Part 5 - Effects of Atomic Weapons
Air burst, nuclear weapon explosion - ball of fire - mushroom cloud. Graphic of fire ball showing thermal or heat radiation. Mushroom cloud from various angles. Shots destroyed military vehicles after test. Impact of atomic blast on buildings recorded by remote control cameras - shock waves. Graphic explaining shock waves etc. Hiroshima aftermath ? Blast test on buildings. Men watching nuclear explosion. Explosions in desert. Tests on fuel storage containers. Army uniforms pinned on wooden sheets to test effects of flash fires . Wooded areas - forest fire. Mushroom cloud in desert. Precautions against Gamma radiation. Soldiers in trenches in desert sheltering from nuclear blast. Air burst explosion.
05.33.30 Underwater explosion - test near target ships - mushroom cloud - continued on 220362
NB Poor quality - bad signal problem at 05.27.34

1950's LN 100-401 220362 220362 col Sd 09.00.00
09.05.30 Atomic Weapons Orientation Part 5 - Effects of Atomic Weapons
Continued from 220361
Precautions against Gamma radiation. Soldiers in trenches in desert sheltering from nuclear blast. Air burst explosion.
Underwater explosion - test near target ships - mushroom cloud. Column of water thrown up by explosion. More underwater detonations.
09.02.20 Underground detonation - smoke cloud containing radiation. Crater following underground detonation
09.03.43 Surface explosion - crater following surface burst. Nuclear explosion with mushroom cloud.

1952 LN 501-179 LN 501-179 LN 501-179 B/W Si 18.02.15
18.09.54 Project Desert Rock ( nuclear and atomic )
Military vehicles including tank in desert. Long column of white smoke following explosion - mushroom cloud. Military vehicles following explosion - men inspecting and walking around vehicles and equipment - some demolished from effects of blast.
18.09.34 Man with geiger counter measuring radioactivity round jeep.

1953 LN 501-153 LN 501-153 LN 501-153 col Sd 01.28.34
01.42.27 Target Nevada
Nevada desert & roads. Desert Atomic explosions of various sizes. CU of boiling clouds. Sign: HQ of Special Command. AF officers. Planes moved about & worked on. Fighters past bomber; bombers over camera. Women at teletypes & men charting weather.
01.31.54 Explosion & remaining cloud. Men silhouetted w/ clouds past. Helicopter take off & flyover. Cloud sampling by plane. Pilot & others in plane flying through clouds. B-36; observation crews & others w/ electronic devices. Interiors plane - men at instruments.
Danger Radiation sign - Cleaning of plane by washing. Ground crew hosing down plane with no protective suiting. Men test eyes during burst for flash blindness - volunteers are in flying laboratory - they put on various glasses and watch the atomic explosion from the plane.
01.35.42 Aircraft placed to test effect of blast. High speed camera showing plane buffeted. Men looking at damage to various planes following blast. Jets taking off. Briefing before flight, nuclear bomb loaded. B-50 Plane codename Rosebud in flight with crew. AEC Control room - man writing on chart progress of plane. Navigator counts for turn. Bomb run & target. Observers sitting in opn in desert area put on goggles; explosion seen from above.

1954 LN 501-111 220540 220540 b/w Sd 16.05.30
16.14.50 America Presents America - Work of the USIA- Reel 3
Latin America - communist agitator at outdoor meeting. Mobile unit of USIA takes film show on road to counter the work of the communists.People at screening.
16.06.12 Thailand - people riding elephant - planning meetings with USIS officers and Thais. USIA officer addressing locals.
16.06.50 Germany - USIA secretary with German couple. In Saigon, USIS English classes. In London - man carries film from taxi into Broadcasting House. In Iran - plane takes off, aerial views of American technical assistance project. In Tokyo, private publishing company translating American book. Other USIS activites - theatre - Porgy and Bess on tour. Audience applaud. Orchestra - Symphony of the Air performs in Tokyo. William Faulkner, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature talking with Japanese men on cultural / educational visit. Jesse Owens in Malaya
16.09.02 Exhibit in Washington re Peoples Capitalism. Overseas trade fairs - motor show. International Trade Fair in Salonika in Greece. Greek man using electric razor. People looking at displays. King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece visit fair. Visitors looking at themselves on television.
16.10.17 Campaign re disarmament - Mutual Inspection for peace - The Open Skies Proposal.
16.10.44 Map showing Iron Curtain and VOA tranmitters. USIA Coast Guard Cutter Courier acting as floating radio relay station - transmitters - aerials - radios with people listening - radio jamming by Russians.
16.12.30 Cover of America Illustrated, magazine published by USIA - pages turned. American magazines on racks. Two Japanes ? women looking at small library of American books - Care shelf.
16.13.30 Cultural City Salutes - signs - City of Boston salutes Rome. Boston shops. Montage - Statue of Liberty - Atomic explosion - US troops marching - State Department - Voice of America broadcasting in various languages.
Cold War

1955 LN 098-001 & WEI 30001 & LN 100-401 220361 220361 col Si 05.09.08
05.15.11 Unidentified Nevada Atomic Test
Mushroom cloud - cactus in foreground. Various shots of cloud
05.10.57 From different angle - bomb blast - mushroom cloud
Slate 15th April 1955 - project 30-35 Atomic explosion and mushroom cloud. Shots repeated

1962? LN 501-221 220687 220687 COL SD 19:33:10 - 19:44:12 Leading From Strength - US Missiles and Military Might - Part Two
C-119 planes flying overhead; mass of paratroopers jump and float to earth. Parachutes. Troops firing rifles. MLS, mechanical mule with 106mm recoiless rifle moves across field. MLS, tracked vehicle fires mortar from its rear.
19:34:14 MS, SS-10 antitank weapon fires missile at tank in distance. Shell is followed till it hits the tank. LS, multiple rocket launcher is fired and bursts on target.
Artillery - M-2, 8 inch howitzer and M-53, 155 SP gun are fired. Bursts in distance. several H-13D helicopters fire machine guns while hovering over the ground. MLS, TV cameraman recording battle.
19:35:42 Republic F-105 Thunderchief and a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter in flight.
KC-135 Jet tanker refueling a bomber.
19:36:53 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carries an X-15 while in flight.
Convair B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber in flight.
19:37:30 Naval taskforce - Ships at sea. Delta jet takes off from carrier USS Enterprise.
Two-engine bomber takes off from carrier.
H-34 Helicopter take off from carrier. Mr. Hunter and Commander Harper chat on bridge of Enterprise.
Blimp takes off. Destroyers pass carrier.
19:39:31 Alfa missile is launched from destroyer and explodes in the sea. Guppy-type submarine.
Atomic subs Seawolf SS-575 and Nautilus SSN-571. Atomic sub Skate SS-578 breaking through ice at North Pole. Crew chipping ice off sub. Admiral George W. Anderson on bridge of Skate.
19:40:43 Launching ceremony of the submarine George Washington SSBN-598. Sub slips down ways - wrapped in or painted with stars and stripes.
19:41:25 Marines come up elevator of the USS Enterprise and board HRS-1 (H-37) helicopters. LS, two HR2S1 helicopters leave deck of carrier. Landing craft on way to shore. Marines rush off LVTs thru surf to shore.
19:42:36 Ontos SP antitank vehicle with 106mm recoilless rifles and 50 cal machine gun moves up and fires. Jupiter missile is launched. Fast cuts, soldiers advancing and planes in flight. LS, ship refueling in heavy
sea. Night shot, Atom bomb burst.
Cold War

1964 - 1966 LN 501-039 LN 501-039 LN 501-039 Col Sd 16.00.18
16.10.36 Great Victory of Mao Tse-Tung's Thought - Development of China's Nuclear Capability
Chinese titles and narration translated by voice over. film grainy
Sunrise - Masses with red flags. Mao on balcony reviewing parade. Huge parade - balloons. AVs Chinese countryside looking like contour map. Cornfield. Industrial shots - mining - steel - factories - machinery. Steam freight train towards camera - loaded trucks.Chinese troops sitting in circles reading pamphlets re thoughts of Mao. Military from engineering corp carrying out construction work, preparing buildings and installations for the first Chinese Atomic test. Soldier goes into bunker through three steel doors.. Supplies unloaded from truck. Scientists in laboratories - primitive equipment. Instruments being prepared for test. Troops training, wearing gas masks - marching across sand at hottest time of the day. Troops at end of training session remove protective rubber suits and pour out pints of sweat. Comrades from the Cultural and Arts Troop dance with rifles entertaining troops - troops play football volleyball and basketball. Quartermaster Corp deliver supplies to troops. 16.09.33 Testing day nears and equipment and arms transported to site - military vehicles - tanks - aircraft - animals which are to subjected to nuclear explosion.
( vivisection )

1964 - 1966 LN 501-039 LN 501-039 LN 501-039 Col Sd 16.10.37
16.20.44 Great Victory of Mao Tse-Tung's Thought - Development of China's Nuclear Capability
Chinese titles and narration translated by voice over. Film grainy
Various shots equipment ready for first test - calender turns showing October 16th 1964. Control panel opened - various shots people getting ready for test - scientists - troops - countdown and explosion. Atomic mushroom from various angles. Cheering troops jumping up and down. People put on protective clothing and gas masks have examinations before entering contaminated area for recovery work - includes women. Helicoptors and trucks transport workers to contaminated area. Taking photographs of effects and removing equipment and animals. Trucks return and workers are cheered by comrades.
16.15.27 Premier Chou En-Lai announces sucess of nuclear test - audience clapping. Crowds fight for newspapers. Military personnel prepare vehicles and equipment for manoeuvres which are to take place in the contaminated test area. Propoganda - combat teams given political indoctrination - anti US voice over. Gas masks put on horses. May 14th 1965 Weather balloon launched. Men put on goggles in preparation for second test - explosion - nuclear device dropped from aircraft - effects of nuclear fallout seen on buildings - mushroom. Tactical manoeuvres carried out by military in contaminated area - tanks - troops wearing protective clothing in motorcycles and sidecars - cavalry on horseback - tanks artillery and soldiers. Cavarly firing rifles from galloping horses. Troops running behind tanks etc

1964 - 1966 LN 501-039 LN 501-039 LN 501-039 Col Sd 16.20.46
16.34.02 Great Victory of Mao Tse-Tung's Thought - Development of China's Nuclear Capability
Chinese titles and narration translated by voice over. Film grainy
Chinese military barracks at testing site for third nuclear test - painting red star on ground - portrait Mao - hanging propaganda banners and signs. Comrades at propoganda meeting study red book. Kitchen comrades preparing food for troops. Sandstorm over tents - soldiers struggle to keep tents pinned down. Covering Mig fighter plane with tarpaulin. Filling sandbags and digging out equipment from sand. Preparing test site - scientists and instruments. Preparing animals ( vivisection ) and civilian belongings and equipment which are to subjected to test. May 9th 1966- propaganda preached to troops. Control room of nuclear bunker with electrical equipment flashing - explosion of first nuclear bomb containing thermo nuclear materials. Flash as test house is destroyed. Mushroom cloud. Dog tied to stake in blast area frantically trying to get free but two caged dogs under ground feel much safer ! Chickes in cages - Monkey in cage. Exposed buildings damaged. Planting seeds in scorched earth following explosion. Seeds growing. Damaged crops. Narration says Khruschev and his revisionists were telling lies when they said nuclear bombs would destroy everything. Streets - civilians cheering and celebrating - getting newspapers. Reading pamphlets in various situations. Chinese lettering on pamphlets. Celebrating crowds - dancing - singing.

1967 LN 501-201 LN 501-201 LN 501-201 COL SD 13.00.07
13.11.25 Pursuit of Peace - Minuteman Missile Base, Malmstrom AFB, Montana (Tape crease at head only)
Children of different nationalities world wide playing in streets and parks and playgrounds. Titles over barbed wire fences. Kids playing in muddy playground. Montage of armed soldiers from different countries - borders - conflict points. Arab looking through binoculars at bomb damaged building. Spectacular Atomic explosion.
13.04.06 Montana - Aerial views over vast wheat fields. AVs cattle running from noise of helicopter. AVs Vicinity of Great Falls, silos of minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM). Commander of 341st strategic missile wing in helicopter. AVs silos. AVs mountain ranges and contour of land. Chopper landing at airforce base. Kids playing - housing for base - sign "Peace is our Profession".
13.06.20 Airforce personnel writing on drawing boards. Various shots control rooms. Commander arrives for meeting / briefing and takes seat with other officers. Group given weather forecast - many shots of Wing Commander Dowton?. Missile combat crews at daily briefing - Officer says SAC is presently at Defcom 4 - pan across crews.
13.08.33 Front shot car traveling through open countryside. Interior auto - Captain Kenneth Atkins and Lt. Jim Hyland? Telegraph poles in open country. Car arrives at silo - guards open sliding gate. Sign re National Defense restricted areas. Sentry checks IDs. Crew changeover procedure. Incoming crews load handguns - outgoing empties bullets. Crew into lift and descending to lower levels.
Cold War

1968 ? LN 501-114 LN 501-114 LN 501-114 col Sd 01.00.16
01.10.00 Individual Protection Against Chemical & Biological Operations & Nuclear Warfare. Reconstruction of events showing army patrol hit by Nuclear blast.
Soldiers on patrol in forest. Two soldiers sitting on ground talking - racoon - one soldier starts coughing and the other immediately takes out protective mask. Seargent says its his hayfever and to listen to the birds.
Third soldier joins them. Narration says the reason why one soldier is so nervous is that his division has sustained casualities from Chemical and biological operations.
Patrol stops for break in forest. Soldiers relaxing by trees. Flare on film to simulate nuclear explosion.
01.03.27 Graphic explaining effects of nuclear burst / explosion
01.04.33 Patrol in woods - film shows what each soldier did during nuclear explosion to survive - diving into ditch - lying flat on ground. Re-enactment of soldier caught in open - screaming and running, collapses on ground.
01.05.52 Soldier on radio telephone. Soldier looks at " dead " casuality . Checking for radiaton levels with Radiac meter. Soldier checks wind direction and decides squad may receive fall out from blast. Ordered to dig in. Seargent on radio telephone. - reports nuclear blast and is told to expect fallout. Patrol digging in. Black soldier check radiation levels. Seargent orders patrols into foxholes and to take cover from fallout. Soldiers in dugouts. CU dial on watch showing 1 o'clock.

1980's ? 658947 220535 220535 col Sd 04.05.37
04.25.50 Testing Nuclear Weapons
Aerial views Nevada test site. Various missiles on display - building with sign US Department of Energy . Manager of Nevada operations office Nick Aquillina ptc re experiments, safety and necessity of nuclear tests.
04.09.37 Cars and trucks entering test site facility Mercury. AVs underground test sites Yucca Flats - AVs control centre Yucca Flats - pan over valley. AVs Piute Mesa another underground test site.
04.11.07 Engineers outside tunnel - interior tunnel complex - men on small train.
04.11.22 Model of satellite Star Set which will undergo tests in tunnel during underground detonation - engineers with equipment - tests carried out re radiation hardening.
04.11.54 Huge drill moved to test site. Drilling process. CU head of drill. Portable building moved into test area. Miles of cables which will record data following test. Signals will be sent by microwave relay. Radar dish. Explosive and diagnostic instrument cannister lowered into shaft. Shaft filled with sand and gravel after cannister is in place.
04.14.17 Exterior recording station - many dishes. Interiors technicians at consuls - computers - flashing dials - instruments.
04.15.18 - Safety preparations - red flags - radiation sensors - men at computers. Personnel badges which record exposure to radiation. Badges tested.
04.16.24 Top shot test area. Man from enviromental protection agency visiting test site. Small farm in test area. Monitoring station manned by EPA.
04.17.41 Weather balloons released - man from Weather Conditions Nuclear Support office with surveying equipment. Interiors weather room in control centre - data input into computer.
04.18.32 Day before the test - briefing of test officials.
04.19.34 Security sweep by ground patrols to ensure anyone not directly connected to test leave area.
04.20.00 Radiation detector on edge of deserted test area. Radiation sampling helicoptor over site. Interior test control centre - countdown. AVs underground explosion, ground shaking
04.21.33 Animation of explosion and effects.
04.22.42 AV earth sinking - dust rising. Test control centre - scientists / technicians. AVs - helicoptor flying over site. Drilling rig taking samples. Samples packed. Montage of previous shots.

1984 230105 220533 220533 col Sd 00.04.44
00.18.00 High Frontier - A Defense That Defends - Film about Strategic Defence Initiative ( Star Wars )
Retired General Daniel Graham ptc / introduction re his being director of High Frontier and sometimes calledthe father of SDI. Still of his large family who are " forced to live unprotected "
00.05.27 Soviet / Russian inter continental ballistic missile ICBM launch. Graham to camera re how America is unprotected against Russian missiles, front cover book " High Frontier A New National Strategy "
00.06.01 Missile launched, newspaper cuttings re Star Wars. Graham ptc. Symbol of SDI.
00.06.45 Following shows what might happen in the event of attack on U.S. Three Russian ICBM missiles launched from base in Siberia. American pilots scramble - Presidential helicoptor takes off from Washington. NORAD tracking station, radar dishes. Street scenes Washington DC - Capitol - pedestrians - traffic.
00.07.28 Montage US aircraft - missiles launched.
00.07.46 President Reagan with Gorbachev meeting
00.08.00 Mid 1960's White House exteriors, interiors Johnson ( LBJ ) and others round table.
00.08.08 Acronym MAD - Mutual Assured Destruction. Montage planes / missiles / control rooms. Includes good shot underwater launch of missile. Control room, hands turns dial to launch - missile launched.
00.08.56 1983 Exterior White House at night - interior President Reagan address re SDI. Speech continued over shots of Space Shuttle launch.
00.09.47 June 10th 1984 US launch replica of Soviet missile warhead from California - Launch of non-nuclear interceptor rocket - animation of US rocket intercepting " Russian " missile. Animation intercut with actuality of missile launch and interception. Animation showing three different systems which SDI would employ.
00.12.02 Animation of defensive satellite which would fire new gun called Tround Cloud gun which would fire multiple pellets - animation shows how pellets would destroy missile. Animation showing " Phases of Attack " Animated map of US. Animation showing earth from space and missile interception. US plane carrying missiles - workers erecting ?. Animation of earthbound defences which would fire high velocity salvos at any enemy warheads which got through. Swarm jet defensive system - Graham holding one of small rockets about nine inches long. Tround Cloud gun - firing steel darts. AV and ground views defence base. Animation missile interception.
00.15.07 missile launch. Graphic re defence budget. Animation intercut with actuality re laser defence weapons. Silo like container exploded by lasers.
00.15.55 Montage - Russian missiles - control room - cosmonauts training - rocket launch - Brezhnev with military officer / cosmonaut.
00.16.25 Interiors Reagan with Gorbachev and on walkabout.
00.16.32 Missile launch and animation of SDI.Montage missile launches. Animation SDI. Atomic explosion.

200092 200092 COL SIL 02.00.44
20.06.57 Atomic / Nuclear bomb montage
Various different nuclear / tomic mushrooms following explosion. Shot on land and at sea. Some aerials - very spectacular shots.
No further info on locations etc.

663376 220534 220534 col Sd 03.12.50
03.15.17 Undergound Nuclear Tests
Aerial views test site - voice off camera countdown - slight explosion seen above ground.
03.14.11 Side view of test area - NB data / code visible on screen -voice off camera countdown - camera shakes as bomb detonated. Smoke rising from ground

663376 220534 220534 col Sd 03.15.25
03.17.29 Undergound Nuclear Tests
Aerial views test site - voice off camera countdown - slight explosion seen above ground.

c 1945 220271 220271 182752 B/W sd 01.00.00
01.02.29 United States Navy Combat Bulletin No. 7 - Victory
Oakridge & other plants. Trinity explosion. View of explosion from 8 miles in air. Explosion from 6 miles. Atomic