“ THE STRENGTH OF SAC ” 1960S U.S. AIR FORCE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND B-52 OPERATION BIG STAR 23414

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Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join This 1960s film titled “The Strength of SAC” (Strategic Air Command) is presented by the United States Air Force (USAF). SAC was a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile components of the United States military's strategic nuclear forces from 1946 to 1992. The film also features test firing of the LGM-30 Minuteman II missile in 1964, and clips from Operation Big Star. Air traffic controllers (00:12). A pilot prepares for take-off in a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber plane (00:15). Air traffic control (01:11). Pilots flying a Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bomber (01:51). USAF command post (02:05). “The Strength of SAC” (Strategic Air Command) title banner (02:28). Views of the SAC’s command post at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska (02:38). The duty controller presses a button and picks up the phone (03:17). Views of other command post locations (03:25). A man walks a dog in the snow (03:36). Factory workers (03:39). An airplane is de-iced (03:47). A flying Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (03:59). Views of Operation Big Star, a series of US military exercises using four trains, which SAC had operational control of (04:45). A flying Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (05:06). Views of one ‘Operation Big Star’ train (05:17). SAC command post (05:23). Views of a flying Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and the pilots (05:30). SAC command posts (05:56). Views of pilots flying an aircraft while communicating with the command post (06:04). The pilot speaks to the camera about carrying out SAC missions (06:32). The SAC’s command post at Offutt Air Force Base (06:57). One command post controller explains about the command post’s skills and tasks (07:13). Views of a flying Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and the pilots (07:24). A command post (08:34). One command post controller explains missile training procedures (08:37). USAF Minuteman training (09:39). Two men exit a Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw multi-purpose piston engined helicopter (10:00). They enter an underground silo (10:12). Two sets of command post controller switch shifts (10:20). A silo storing a Minuteman missile in a vast and isolated area (10:30). Views of the ‘Minuteman’ crew of specialized soldiers (10:43). One explains the skills and tasks of the Minuteman crew (11:01). A Minuteman missile is transported and prepared for test firing (11:15). A command post (11:53). Preparations for the test firing (12:32). The SAC’s command post at Offutt Air Force Base and other posts (12:54). The LGM-30 Minuteman II missile is launched (13:29). SAC senior officer speaks about the test firing (13:48). A flying Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying an airborne command post (14:24). Parked Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft (15:44). One USAF soldier explains air fueling (16:09). Views of a flying Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and the pilots (16:36). Flying Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bombers (18:15). F-105 Thunderchief dropping bombs (19:49) which explode on the ground (20:04). Flying Republic F-105 Thunderchief aircraft (20:29). SAC flying crew members do maintenance on a parked aircraft (20:36). Maintenance schedule (21:05). Debriefing between aircrew members (21:10). Maintenance controllers systemize the maintenance (21:26). Bomber and tanker crew arrive to initiate maintenance on a landed aircraft (21:51). SAC crew members receive alert briefing at the start of a work day (22:20). One crew member explains the upcoming tasks for the day (22:35). Crew members plan future missions (22:56). Views of the SAC command member’s accommodation and living arrangements (24:25). One member’s wife greets her husband at the SAC base parking lot (24:45). A group of airmen exit the ‘BX’ store together (25:07). An alert siren blasts (25:27). Air crew members scramble (25:30). Multiple Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft drive on the airbase runway (27.01) and take off (27:27). “The End” (27:41). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com