Summary: Coverage of preparations for B-58 transcontinental record run from Los Angeles to New York and return. Reel 1: 2' Scenes of B-58 taking off to right. 47' MCU sign on fence: HEADQUARTERS 43RD BOMBARDMENT WING. 57' MS 43rd Bombardment Wing Headquarters Building. 115' MLS of gate at Carswell AFB -- shows sign in front of Operations Building. 162' MCU of two airmen standing in front of Carswell AFB sign in front of Operations Building. 179' MLS B-58 flying over to right. 197' MS to CU B-58 flying over to right. 207' MCU to CU control tower operators working in control tower. 336' MLS to CU B-58 making landing approach to right. 351' MLS to MCU B-58 climbing to right. 371' LS, MS & CU RV of B-58 showing airman checking and looking into engine tail pipes. 458' MLS B-58 taxiing and turning onto runway. 504' MLS to MS pan right with B-58 starting takeoff roll to right. 531' MLS to MS to MCU B-58 crew talking with crew chief and starting to board aircraft. 719' MS to MCU ground crewman helping pilot and bombardier-navigator into cockpit and strapping them in. 960' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: 2' MS's & CU's B-58 taxiing to right and away from camera. 48' LS to MS pan right with B-58 taking off to right. 60' MCU stair platform being removed from B-58 and canopies closing. 97' MCU's of crew chief disconnecting his headset from B-58 and other ground crewmen directing aircraft to taxi. 155' Shows ground crewman removing chocks from B-58 and starting MD-3 auxiliary power unit. 162' MS to CU of B-58 crew being briefed with CU's of briefing officer Col James Jabara, 43rd Bombardment Wing, Dep Commanding Officer. 367' MS of B-58 crew briefing with crew sitting around table from left to right; Capt Robert MacDonald, bombardier-navigator; Capt John T. Walton, Defense Systems Officer; Capt Robert G. Sowers, pilot; Lt Col Gordon Brownlee, Asst Dep Commanding Officer of 43rd Bombardment Wing. 431' MCU's & CU's of Capt Sowers, Lt Col Brownlee, Capt MacDonald and Capt Walton. 522' CU of map showing flight from Carswell AFB to Los Angeles, California and to New York. 542' CU of charts of current speed record and proposed B-58 speed record. 552' MLS to MS to MCU B-58 crew meeting ground crewman, talking and boarding B-58 -- shows crew chief putting on his headset. 739' CU crew chief in front of B-58 talking into headset. 751' MCU pilot getting into B-58 cockpit, strapping in, putting on helmet and closing canopy. 834' MCU bombardier-navigator in B-58 cockpit, strapping in and putting on helmet. 880' MCU Defense Systems Officer getting into B-58 cockpit, strapping in and putting on helmet. 930' Total footage in reel. Reel 3: 2' MLS's to MS's pan right with B-58 in flight to right. (Two takes) 25' MS to MLS pan right with B-58 taking off to right. (Two takes) 75' LS to MS B-58 low-level flyover to right with landing gear extended. 101' LS to MS to LS pan right with B-58 landing to right. 145' LS's to MS's to LS's pan right with Texas ANG F-86D taking off to right. (Two takes) 192' MLS to MS pan right with B-58 taxiing to right. 204' CU to MCU B-58 taxiing out of parking place. 260' MLS B-58 taxiing to left. 275' MS to MLS B-58 starts takeoff roll to right. 325' MCU ground crewman assisting B-58 crewmen with helmets. 369' AMS's to AMCU's B-58 in flight to right including B-58 winging over away from camera. 563' AMLS to ACU B-58 in flight to right. 754' Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Orig neg)
