Summary

MISC RECONNAISSANCE DURING CUBAN CRISIS

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: MISC RECONNAISSANCE DURING CUBAN CRISIS
File Number: DN-LB-720 Beta SP
Color: B W Color
Type: Documentary
Year: 01/01/1962
Description: 00:00:00:00 B W 1962 Good B-52, US Intelligence, Pentagon and Washington at night Red scare, Cold War, anti-Communism 00:12:19:00 B W 1962 SAC RECONNAISSANCE ACTIVITIES DURING THE CUBAN CRISIS VS camera moved from dark room to equipment room Two men unscrew camera, push on trolley, attach to hook, and fill in paperwork Man passes through Restricted Area door Intelligence officers, one black, logs in film Cameras, covered with cloth, pushed to hangar for loading in U-2 00:18:34:00 B W 1962 VS black intelligence officer exams film over light box, uses magnifying glass, loupe Men refer to map, measure distances on map with instrument, CU hands wearing gloves Second black intelligence officer looks at film, white supervisor looks over shoulder 00:22:37:00 B W 1962 Officer on phone in Logistics, VS Officers, and one civilian woman work in office 00:23:33:00 B W 1962 CU sign, War Room Men read documents Sign, Current Plans Mobility & Programs Room VS men, and one woman in uniform, work at desks Two men at desks, Missile Status sign, one man smokes Sign, War Plans and Control Branch Room Men on phones 00:26:18:00 B W 1962 VS U-2 plane parked and being worked on, few good CUs B-52 Bomber Branch sign on equipment box CU putting screws back in with screwdriver VS of parked aircraft, guards on duty (mostly over exposed) 00:32:33:00 B W 1962 FORCES BUILD-UP (1962) Barksdale Air Force Base during Cuban Missile Crisis Security at base Sign at door, Trick Chief on Duty VS teletype room with lots of machines Sorting room Car stopped at security check INT, Communications Room, men typing, telex machine, radio operators, black and white men Teletype room ticker tape 00:38:46:00 B W 1962 VS switchboard, several men operate CU turning knobs CU sign, TECH CONTROL 00:40:03:00 B W 1962 Sign outside fenced off-building, 46th COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON ORDERLY ROOM Officers pass sentry at gate INT, switchboard operators, women VS alarms, lights turn on, activated Relay Center, CU hand switching relays 00:42:00:00 B W 1962 Reel 4: B-52 aircraft parked, VS (mostly over exposed, few decent CUs at beginning) Take offs (scratched) 00:47:50:00 B W 1962 People board American Airlines passenger airplane, tanker truck, ESSO serving American passes in FG Crew boards LS Air traffic control tower 00:49:03:00 Color 1962 TAC AND ADC OPERATIONS, PATRICK AFB, FLORIDA (1962) Color VS soldiers and airmen erecting tents, holding fly ropes, attaching to stakes in ground 00:51:24:00 B W 1962 Guard checks colonel's identification 00:51:51:00 B W 1962 LS camp, barbed wire in FG Unfolding tent, preparing to pitch tent 00:53:13:00 B W 1962 F-106 pilots in ready room, reading magazines, talking Run from trailer, board aircraft CU settling into cockpit, adjusting helmet and oxygen, good F-106's take off, VS Sign, Air Force Missile Test Center at Patrick Air Force Base F-106's taxi, VS 00:57:34:00 B W 1962 Office, sergeant and colonel discuss flight line parking chart, VS Door with sign, Authorized Personnel Only 00:59:35:00 B W 1962 THE CUBAN CRISIS, (1962) B W VS Washington, DC, at night VS Pentagon Lights from traffic, Capitol dome lit up, good VS Entrance to OAS, Organization of American States, headquarters ? Daytime, EXT, VS Pan American Union building, traffic in FG, good MS Naval officers leaving headquarters of Atlantic Command and Atlantic Fleet VS of command signs
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