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the Sky Is Your Target (1955)

1955 · Short film · 22 min

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This film titled “The Sky is Your Target” is an Official Air Force Film presented by the United States Air Force and produced by Polaris Pictures, Inc. in 1955. It covers the work of the second Ground Observer Corps. The first Ground Observer Corps was a World War II Civil Defense program of the United States Army Air Forces to protect United States territory against air attack. The second Ground Observer Corps had very similar purposes and tasks, and was organized in early 1950 during the Cold War. Credits (00:08). “The Sky is Your Target” title banner (00:30). Bird’s-eye-view of landscapes (00:41). A flying Boeing B-29 Superfortress American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber aircraft (00:54). Point-of-view from a plane flying low to the ground (01:03). A flying Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft (01:08). An industrial area (01:16). Golf players (01:24). Map of the United States showing mountain ranges and a radar network encircling the country (01:38). Animations explain radars’ limitations, such as mountain peaks and stormy weather (01:57). Ground observers, Mr. and Mrs. Foster, notice a plane (02:25). They discuss the plane type from an observation tower (02:32). Mrs. Foster makes a call (03:14). A Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft (03:15). The call is answered at the Air Defense Filter Center (03:30). Views of the Fosters standing in their observation tower (03:54). USAF Ground Observer Corps representatives visit the Fosters and discuss setting up an…

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Running time
22 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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