Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SILK HAT, FIREPOWER DEMONSTRATION

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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. SILK HAT, FIREPOWER DEMONSTRATION

1962

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Summary: Coverage of firepower demonstration at Eglin AFB for pres Kennedy, Gen LeMay and Secy Zuckert, showing Minimum Interval Takeoff (MITO) by B-52F's, fly-by of COIN aircraft including T-28D's, B-26K's and C-46's, F-100D, F-101B, F-104C, F-105D and F-106. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 2, 629': CU's & LS's of B-52F's taxiing past camera toward runway, then starting MITO. 190' MS's & LS of B-52F's making MITO to left. 507' LS to CU FV B-52F making MITO over camera andd tail-away view of aircraft. Reel 4, 918': LS to CU pan right with VC-137A landing. 44' MLS of motorcade driving across field to reviewing stand, then dignitaries getting out of car. 123' LS of two F-101B's starting engines, taxiing away from flight line, then taking off to right. 235' LS pan right with four T-28B's making low pass over stands followed by four B-26B's, four C-46's, then four U-10B's. 332' LS's of C-47 touching down, men running to door from field, then aircraft making JATO. 382' Pres Kennedy and party leaving stands and in motorcade. 478' ELS's showing three RB-66B's dropping photo flash bombs, three RF-101B's making pass over field, one F-104B making low pass, four F-102A's firing 2.75 rocket salvo, four F-101B's firing 5-inch rockets and three F-106A's firing at QF-80 drone. 838' Two LS's of B-52F's launching Hound Dog. Reel 5, 1057': LS of men running from C-130A, aircraft taxiing and making JATO. 132' MS pan left with four F-100D's dropping napalm on building. 158' ELS of bombs dropping on three trucks then four F-100D's firing rockets at ground targets. 218' LS of twelve F-100D's making multiple napalm drop on B-29's in field. 348' LS of two KB-50J refueling F-104C, RB-66B's F-100D's and one F-105D. 400' Scenes of F-100D's making drop of parachute delayed land mine, then toss bombing. 531' MS three F-104C's firing Sidewinders. 578' LS showing direct hit on building cluster by high explosive bombs. 610' Missile emplacement and parked B-29 being hit by bombs and strafed by F-100D's. 707' LS of direct hit on ground target by Bullpup fired from F-100D. 795' ELS of high explosinve bomb salvo dropped from V-formation of nine aircraft. 855' LS F-100d firing 2.75 rocket at building on ground. 926' LS F-105D's strafing ground target. 985' CU of air policeman in front of reviewing stand. 1002' LS's of KB-50J flying past reviewing stand -- intercut with views of stands showing cameraman and spectators -- then camera holds on 1903 model Gatling gun. Fair (Basic: Orig color)

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LeMay, Curtis E. (Curtis Emerson), 1906-1990

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Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was an American Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965. LeMay joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, the precursor to the U.S. Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl ...

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Zuckert, Eugene M., 1911-2000

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