This color film “United States Air Force News Review” dates to 1961 and shows events from 1960. Title: The Air Force and Space. August 1960. Edward Air Force Base, California, a pilot gets into an X-15 experimental aircraft. B-52 Bomber takes off with the test aircraft which then is dropped at altitude. The X-15 comes in for a safe landing. Project Excelsior gondola in New Mexico. Project Excelsior was a series of parachute jumps made by Col. Joseph Kittinger of the United States Air Force in 1959 and 1960 from helium balloons in the Stratosphere. The purpose was to test the Beaupre multi-stage parachute system. 102,800 feet above sea level, Kittinger jumps and — it’s almost 20 miles straight down. His parachute is opened and he sails safely to the ground. (:43-4:30). Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Discoverer 14 spy satellite launch. Discoverer was used in the Corona program managed by Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force. Discoverer 14 is launched on a high parabolic profile. C-119s stand by in the distant Pacific to get a photographic capsule ejected by the Discoverer via a parachute. The men in the C-119 retrieve it. The crew shakes hands. Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. The crew of the C-119 is applauded and given awards for a job well done. Other men receive awards as well (4:31-6:49). Title: Combat Capability. Bergstrom Air Force Base is located seven miles southeast of Austin, Texas. Strategic Air Command SAC crews await the call for combat competition. The men race out and get into their car and speed away. A second crew races out. The alert crews race to their planes. B-58 Hustler is boarded. B-52 takes off with the B-58 behind it. Aerial refueling. Crews were moving quickly and trying to be the best of the best in the competition. Men on the ground look at screens and chart the progress on a giant board. General Thomas S. Power, Commander in Chief of the Strategic Air Command and an active military flier for more than 30 years, arrives and salutes. SAC crews receive awards. 11th Bomb Wing from Altus Air Force Base are the big winners (6:50-10:04). Sign for George AFB. Tactical Air Command’s Super Sonic Base entrance. Planes on the tarmac. Planes are loaded with cargo. Air Force jets get ready to take off. A cargo plane takes off. Air Force F-4 Phantom Jets take off. F-101 Voodoo Jets take off. Planes are on their way. Pilots in the cockpits. Refueling done in the sky. Planes fly over Bangkok. Bangkok Airport. Planes on the runway. School children in Thailand meet U.S. pilots, look at the airplanes (10:05-12:28). Air Force personnel at a restaurant. Planes get ready to leave Thailand and head back to the USA. The planes take off (12:29-13:17). Military transport service at work. Cargo planes. Military men discuss. Troops board a plane. Plane takes off. U.S. troops land in the Congo Republic. Congo troops meet the U.S. troops. Puerto Montt, Chile, devastated by an earthquake. U.S. troops go and assist. Army trucks bring supplies. Tents set up to help the injured and sick. Children are checked by doctors. Planes flew refugees to other cities for safety and security (13:18-16:23). Title: New Traditions. The football team, Air Force Academy Falcons take the field, in Baltimore, MD. They are playing against the Navy football team. White Falcon and Navy Goat. Kickoff and the game begins. Navy gets a rushing touchdown and leads 8-3. Passing play for a big AF gain. AF wins 35-3 (16:24-19:20). Title: Research and Development. Air Force U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft. June 1960, the plane measured radiation fallout in the upper atmosphere. The U-2 flew out of many different AFB around the country to do these tests. U-2 takes off. U-2 flies high in the sky. U-2 plane lands on a runway (19:21-21:34). Missile research. Atlas ICBM. Titan I missile launch. A new ICBM, the Minuteman is to be launched from underground silos. Smoke billows as the missile is launched. Cables are attached to restrain the missile from going too far. The missile falls back into its hole. Hill AFB in Utah. A Minuteman Mobility Test Train, which is a test unit, is shown. This train will carry the Minuteman missile in the future. Train heads for a mountain area. Crew of 48 aboard the train. Men study the vibration and other issues affiliated with the system. An officer wears a headset, radios in to SAC headquarters. Missile launch from silo (21:35-25:45). End credits (25:46-25:56).

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