Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AEROSPACE FORCE COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS (OUTTAKES OF SFP-1031)

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AEROSPACE FORCE COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS (OUTTAKES OF SFP-1031)

1947 - 1984

Summary: Coverage of USAF airmen and officers operating NORAD Communications Centers and SAC Command Posts. Scenes through B-47 windshield showing windshield wiper and out rear cockpit toward tail of aircraft. 56' MS's of B-47 windshield -- shows KC-135 refueling boom and three aircraft flying above B-47. 80' AMCU of US Navy destroyer, SHELTON sailing to right. 89' AMLS to AMS of T-29 with radome under fuselage, in flight to right over water. 312' Series of pan shots from AF Communications Service insignia to teletype machines in communications center, and scenes of pilot in cockpit of aircraft wearing MA-2 helmet. 1078' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: Scenes of small transistor radio on table, teletype tape punching machine in operation, small boy and girl with woman listening to radio, Western Union tape transmitter machine in operation and banks and panels of relays and switches. 160' MS's of airman posting information on SAC Headquarters Command Post bulletin board. 199' MCU through side window of aircraft of four-star general, wearing helmet and oxygen mask, in pilots seat. 270' CU to MCU pan from telephone on console panel to USAF officer seated at console. 311' MS's USAF officer giving briefing at a large wall map. 344' MCU four-star general (actor) at desk using telephone. 423' MS's of USAF sergeant going to and looking over a teletype tape machine. 470' MS of WAF entering office and receiving paper from Brig. Gen. James Stewart seated behind desk. 508' CU large wall weather map. 521' MLS antenna farm with the antennas placed in a circle. 551' MS's of airman working in communications center and talking into microphone. 610' MS of RCAF officer seated behind console at NORAD Command Post. 642' Scenes of loudspeaker on wall, USAF captain at communications console and using telephone and several officers looking at a situation display machine. 750' CU of television set. 774' MS's USAF and RCAF officers seated at console at NORAD control center. 794' MS's of USAF officers seated in SAC Command Post. 821' MS's USAF officers seated at consoles in NORAD Control Center. 851' MCU's USAF officers setting up an electronic experiment and test. 881' Total footage in reel. Reel 3: Scenes of technicians setting up and conducting an electronic equipment experiment and test and hand turning dial on small transistor radio to a Conelrad frequency. 318' CU's of SAC Primary Alerting System and weather maps and part of an electronic equipment test. 438' MS of airman typing at console in communications center. 460' MS USAF officers seated in SAC Command Post. 495' MCU of panel used for projection screen on wall. 533' MCU small boy wearing plastic helmet playing with B-66 model. 582' MS's of woman with small boy and girl coming out of family fallout shelter. 601' MCU small boy wearing plastic helmet playing with B-66 model. 655' MS woman with small boy and girl in living room watching TV -- woman reaches over and turns on small transistor radio. 698' MS's low angle of air raid siren on platform. 725' MS's woman with small boy and girl in family fallout shelter listening to radio, getting up and leaving. 820' CU hand changing radio dial from Conelrad frequency to another position. 845' MS's of antenna farm with antennas placed in a circle. 862' Total footage in reel. Reel 4: MLS' to MS's USAF and RCAF officers seated at NORAD Control Center Console. 139' MS's of airman using teletype machine in message center. 220' Scenes of USAF officer seated at radar console, face of 24-hour clock on wall and USAF four-star general (actor) in back seat of car using telephone. 396' MS's of USAF officers seated in NORAD Command Post. 433' MS's woman with small boy and girl in fallout shelter listening to radio and then getting up and leaving. 575' ECU hands on teletype machine preparing punch tape. 635' MS's US Army staff car pulling up to steps of the Pentagon. 663' MS's USAF officer pushing buttons on console and using telephone. 732' MS's sergeant seated at a large console. 735' MS airman removing map from a weather facsimile machine. 773' Total footage in reel. Reel 5: CU of technician conducting a scientific electronic test. 97' Scenes of US Army four-star general (actor) in back seat of car using telephone -- shows staff car pulling up to steps of Pentagon. 186' MS to MCU of USAF techinicians conducting an electronic equipment test. 201' MCU to CU pilot in cockpit of aircraft wearing MA-2 helmet. 759' MS's of large parabolic radar antenna inside a large radome. 770' MLS's of large radome on flat building. 809' Scenes of technician putting a plug-in unit into a group display generator machine and projected maps and charts. 943' Total footage in reel. Reel 6: MS dolly FV of F-106 taxiing out of an alert hangar and to left. 30' AMCU low angle KC-135 in flight to right. 43' MS pilots eating -- shows them jump up and run out of door. 60' AMS KC-135 in flight to left. 93' MS to MCU pan left with B-66 taxiing to left with drag chute extended. 119' AMS & MCU to CU of F-106A in flight to left. 143' MS pan left with AP and sentry dog watching two F-106's taxi out of alert hangars. 187' AMS's from chase plane and boom operator's position of KC-135 in flight refueling of RF-101 flying to right. 225' AMS's of F-105 with three external tanks in flight to right. 244' AMS's of F-105 with three external tanks in flight to right. 244' MS pan left with MATS C-54 taking off to left -- snow at side of runway. 258' AMLS of Arctic DEW LINE radar site. 261' MCU pilot and copilot wearing helmets and oxygen masks in B-52 cockpit. 280' CU of pilot's hands on B-52 controls. 328' MS two USAF airmen seated at console with SAC display board in bg. 343' MS to MLS BMEWS antenna at an Arctic station. 354' MCU of situation map of North America and Russia being projected on screen. 439' AMS of four F-102's in flight to right -- mountains in bg. 444' ACU of F-102's in flight to right and CU of pilot in cockpit of aircraft wearing helmet and oxygen mask. 472' AMS's of four F-102's in flight to right. 490' MCU pilot getting into F-102 and closing canopy. 505' MS's to MLS's F-102's taxiing out of alert hangars. 531' MS's and MLS's two F-102's taking off to right. 540' AMCU two F-102's in flight to right. 561' AMS's four F-102's in flight to right. 670' AMS and AMCU KC-135 refueling B-52F in flight to right. 629' CU telemetry antenna rotating and tracking. 687' AMS to AMCU of C-58 with pod in flight to left. 741' AMS's of three F-102's in flight to left and banking toward and over camera -- shows pilot in cockpit wearing helmet and oxygen mask. 775' AMS buildings and radomes of an Air Defense Direction Center. 784' Total footage in reel. Reel 7: Animation. 229' MS's airman working in teletype communications center. 347' MS's USAF officers seated at SAC Comman Post Center. 374' MS's of airman working in teletype communications center. 472' MS's USAF officers looking at situation display projector. 509' MS's USAF officers at briefing -- large map on wall. 540' MS's airman in communications center talking into microphone. 598' MS's USAF officers working at consoles at SAC Control Center. 725' MS's USAF officers at desks intercut with scenes in SAC KC-135 Command Post. 764' MCU of USAF four-star general (actor) at a desk using telephone. 821' MCU of Civilian Defense worker seated at desk at NORAD Defense Center using telephone. 882' MS's USAF four-star general (actor) at desk using red telephone. 926' CU teletype tape punch machine in operation. 942' MS's USAF officer seated at console at NORAD Defense Center. 1054' Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Orig Color)

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Stewart, James, 1908-1997

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James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart had a film career that spanned over 55 years and 80 films. With the strong morality he portrayed both on and off the screen, Stewart epitomized the "American ideal" in twentieth-century United States. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him third on its list of the greatest American male actors. Born and raised i...