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"Air Force Now" News Magazine Strategic Air Command German F-4 Phantoms 58134 (1976)

1976 · Short film · 17 min

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One of a series of "Air Force Now" news magazine films made by the U.S. Air Force, this edition dates to 1976. It begins with a bicentennial look at the Revolutionary War fought in 1775-1783. The film opens with the narrator standing in Middlesex County, Massachusetts at the site of the Lexington Green (:31). The British were met with resistance from Minutemen fighters here as a reenactment of this event takes place (:42). A monument honoring the fallen Minutemen stands near the narrator (:56). The Old North Church in Boston is pointed to (1:01) as well as a plaque for Paul Revere (1:06). From this church, the signal “one if by land, two if by sea” was sent out. The Bridge of Concord was the sight of combat between the British and American Minutemen (1:23). During the first year of the Revolution, the US Army and Navy were born (1:40). Later years led to the development of the Air Force. The title screen follows (2:38). The film turns to a modern Air Force base in Barksdale, Louisiana presenting how far the Air Force has come (3:11). The Strategic Air Command’s Bombing and Navigation Command Station includes the top air crews in SACS (3:13). They take part in the 1974 Strategic Air Command Combat Competition. The contest includes personnel from the British Royal Air Force as well (3:29). A few of the station’s aircrafts including a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (3:38), an FB-111 Aardvark (3:40), a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (3:43) and the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark (3:47)…

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Running time
17 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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