Released before the B1B was in regular service, this is a combination advertisement of new cold war defense strategies, a history of manned bombers programs and  promotion for the then expanding status of manned bomber capabilities. Numerous scenes of cockpit interiors, take offs, landings, and aerial to aerial views.

Color, w/ B&W archival scenes noted.

Key words:

B-52,  XB70, B1B, B1A, FB1- 11,
Doolittle’s Raiders, Cold war defense, Bomber,  airplane manufacturing, government contracts, USAF, Air Force, Palmdale CA,

( ca: Between 1982 and 1985? )

MS aerial to aerial down angle view of  B-52 over fields, at low altitude cut to

B1A footage: 1:20
Triad of cold war defense. SPECIAL EFFECT- 3 screens in one: top center: B1B in flight, camera moves in as plane approaches, Lower L silo launch lower R, underwater missile launch. Silo and under water images montage. 3 :14

ICBM , in silo then launch  2:44
missile lunch- from submarine to above surface 2 57
Plattsburgh AFB, NY  scramble exercise FB1-11  3:49

arial view of desert camo B1B on tarmac 5:11, 5: 51

phased array radar closeups 6:03
ALQ161 avionics

Tail mounted camera footage, in low altitude flight 7:15

up angle into (empty) weapons bays 813, 8:22 9:27

B1B with full payload arrayed on tarmac 8 53

B52 releasing payload 9:09 9-14

aerial view of VietNam bombardment

B/W B 25s arrayed on flight deck, in flight, dropping payload ( VO id’s Doolittle’s Raiders’  and 30 Seconds over Tokyo) (WWII footage) 9:30

aerial refueling, from fueling source and in profile 10:16
Palmdale, CA assembly plant 10:46
Rockwell, GE engines, Boeing offensive avionics AIL, division of Eaton for defensive avionics 11:33

unveiling ceremony, B1B rolls out from hanger in front of audience; standing ovation 11:58

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Dragon Lady
U-2R/TR-1
Color
mid 80s
An internal recruitment film, to encourage Air Force Pilots to apply for the U2R/TR-1 program. Fairly detailed flight preparation and return footage, with some family  and wife’s point of view towards the end. Numerous scenes of  the airplane, clouds and ground from an arial perspective.

U2R, TR-1, takeoff,  landing, control tower, flight suit, pressure suit, space suit, Squadron Operations, El Camino, aerial photographs, Golden Gate,  military physical,  RAF Alconbury, 4029 STRS , Beale Air Force Base,  Marysville CA, Heritage Room, pilot, military wife, hurricane, flood,  forest fire, The Pentagon

Squadron Operations scenes 1:47- 2:37

pre flight cockpit and  airplane inspection 2:46 302
military physical 3:01
locker room of space suits 3:21
donning pressure  [space] suit, incl hose attachment 3:30- 4-14
plane takeoff prep, interspersed with pilot images 431- 5 04
pilot entering cockpit 548

chase car (El Camino) backup pilot 630

taxi begins 6 40- camera pulls back to interior of control tower @ 7 00
takeoff complete 8 22
abbreviated montage of all flight prep 8 41- 9 13
medical eval 9 52
The  Pentagon, aerial view 11 29
B & W aerial images, slide effect for display 11 36 – 11 51
disaster footage, some aerial: hurricane, flood, fire 11 51- 12 04
RAF Alconbury TR 1 scenes, some London imagery 12 04
Family scenes 12 58
Women [military wives] interacting- park and restaurant scene 13 47 14 14
aerials of Golden Gate, city (San Francisco) and rugged coast 14 16
landing sequence 14 32
pilot leaving cockpit 15 36
removal of space suit 16 02
“Heritage Room” scene 16 20
pilot homecoming 16 45
U2 takeoff- single tracking shot 17 08

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