Air Force Now 182

Year Published: 1985

Creator: U.S. Air Force

Complete Record: Air Force Now monthly films for training and public relations. Three segments: 1. 1984 Strategic Air Force Command Combat Weapons Loading Competition, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota Opening shot of Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills in South Dakota, signs “United States Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base Strategic Air Command” and “Welcome SAC Combat Weapons Loading Competition,” Air Force personnel descending airplane staircase shaking hands and saluting Air Force officers; montage of Air Force personnel lifting weights, cranking screwdriver, training on obstacle course ropes, aircraft maintenance, screwing in bolts, Air Force general speaking at podium; montage of Air Force personnel moving munitions across airport tarmac, Air Force personnel jumping onto obstacle course equipment, Air Force personnel running across the Black Hills, aircraft maintenance, Air Force personnel running and running up hills in combat gear carrying rifles, munitions loading, Air Force personnel climbing into aircraft cockpit, running across obstacle course balance beam, Air Force personnel observing competition, weapons munition loading; scores being posted on huge scoreboard by Air Force personnel on hydraulic platform, shots of competition winner(s) holding trophies, audience applauding; montage of Air Force officer observing Air Force personnel running across the Black Hills, munitions loading, aircraft maintenance, with liquid oxygen tank, Air Force personnel running, in combat gear firing rifle, squadron in combat gear celebrating; competition winners celebrating, C/U shot of trophy. 2. Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service - “That Others May Live” Simulation of aerospace rescue and recovery services. C/U of Air Force personnel on telephone, mapping coordinates, camera moving through vegetation and shot of Air Force personnel carrying weapon walking through vegetation, reviewing map, Air Force personnel speaking to group, preparing backpacks, night binoculars, loading weapons, group of Air Force personnel around table reviewing map, applying camouflage paint to face, preparing military helicopter, loading and positioning weapon in military helicopter, pilot in cockpit preparing for takeoff, military aircraft taking off, in flight, landing, Air Force personnel exiting helicopter and helicopter takes off, Air Force personnel on ground in camouflage uniforms, reviewing map, moving through hills with rifles, Air Force personnel ground communication with base, camera moving through vegetation, ground crew reaches fallen solider and examines solider and pulls out identification, two crew members assist fallen soldier out to military helicopter, rescue harness drops from military helicopter, ground crew member places rescue harness on fallen solider and both are pulled up and into military helicopter, military helicopter in flight. 3. Project Warrior: Profile of General Curtis LeMay B&W archival footage of military aircraft flying in formation, present day commentary from General LeMay, B&W archival footage of military aircraft taking off, in flight, B-17s flying in formation, military officers on ground, Adolf Hitler giving speech, President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking, Pearl Harbor bombing footage, (colorized?) shots of damaged B-17s, solider being carried on gurney to, pilot exiting military aircraft and kissing the ground, military aircraft in flight, C/U of landing landing gear wheel, shot of shadow of military aircraft in flight, military aircraft landing C/U shot of one wheel of landing gear; B&W archival footage, brief shot of Colonel LeMay, military aircraft flying in formation, Air Force officers, multiple shots of military aircraft taking off, military aircraft flying in formation, aerial shot of bombs exploding on ground, footage of Adolf Hitler giving speech, colorized shot of military aircraft landing (shot from interior of aircraft directly behind pilot), military aircraft flying over ocean (from vantage point of pilot), landing in ocean while Air Force personnel on beach next to huts watch, military aircraft on fire, maintenance on military aircraft; present day Air Force personnel in meeting room, smoking cigarette; shot of Mount Fuji in Japan (from vantage point of pilot), exploded bomb in sky, munitions drop, shot of White House, U.S. Capitol building; B&W archival footage of Colonel LeMay on tarmac, shot of ground post-explosion, smoke, aerial shots of smoke on ground, footage of United States Air Force and Japanese officers at WWII surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, Colonel LeMay at speaking at United States government hearing; shots of missiles taking off; B&W footage Berlin blockade, industrial interior/exterior shots, man cranking switch back, military aircraft, man posting on large board, military aircraft taking off, landing, loading supplies; present day shot of Walter Cronkite speaking; B&W archival footage of women serving food from caldron, children at tables eating, military aircraft in flight, Colonel LeMay in front of map speaking to group of military officers; military aircraft taking off, missile ascending, C/U shot of landing gear retracting as aircraft takes off, missile ascending, military aircraft in flight; B&W archival footage of President John F. Kennedy at podium speaking at ceremony to formally Colonel LeMay as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force (Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson visible in shot; closing present day still shots of Colonel LeMay’s with pipe in mouth.