Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Army - Navy Screen Magazine. 1943 - 1958. ARMED FORCES SCREEN REPORT, NO. 102

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Army - Navy Screen Magazine. 1943 - 1958. ARMED FORCES SCREEN REPORT, NO. 102

1949

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On military developments. Reel 1 shows gliders, helicopters, B-29's, B-36's, B-47's, XF-1 rocket planes, C-99 transports, and F-86 jet planes in flight. Radar contact with the moon is attempted. Flashbacks show World War II activities. Reel 2 shows the Bikini atom bomb test; elections in Japan; closeups of Pres. Truman and Sec. Forrestal; a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and transports landing and taking off during the Berlin airlift.

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