Summary

AIR FORCE NOW ROTC FILMS

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Title: AIR FORCE NOW ROTC FILMS
File Number: PYN-17 Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Documentary
Year: 1980s
Subjects: United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force bases, USAF Museum, Survivable Collective Protection System (SCPS), A-10 training video, religion, Vietnam, fighter jets, airplanes, aircraft, helicopters, Air Force Now, inter continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), cruise missiles, pararescue, military.
Description: 13:01:02:22 - 13:56:00:26 Color Sound 1980s United States Air Force (USAF) training & promotional videos (Air Force Now). Stories of famous pilots. Air Force Chief of Staff General Lou Allen, Jr. talking to cam. Jet fighters, airplanes, helicopters, ballistic & cruise missiles. USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB), Ohio. Survivable Collective Protection System (SCPS) at Spangdahlem AFB in Germany. Vietnam footage. Religious iconography, Air Force chaplains. 13:01:02:22 - 13:03:46:10 Color Sound 1980s General Lou Allen Jr., Air Force Chief of Staff, standing in front of Capitol Building, Washington, DC. Allen talks to cam about getting the most out of Congress for members of the Air Force. Fighting for good compensation. Introduces "Air Force Now" videos. 13:03:46:21 - 13:10:09:03 Color Sound 1980 Title credits for "Air Force Now." The story of Master Sergeant Wayne Fisk, Air Force Pararescueman (PJ). Fisk returns to Philippines. Travelling in sidecar of motorcycle taxi. Greets Filipino people in Barrios. VS air rescue crews & helicopters (Sikorsky CH-3E Jolly Green Giant) in action. Wounded men on stretchers, being carried by air rescuemen. VS Fisk talking to other military men on airfield. Interview w Fisk sitting in grass wearing uniform & red beret. Men parachuting from helicopter (CH-3E). Helicopter dropping off pararescuemen for combat mission. Troops on mission, hiding in brush from enemy. Special forces. Walking POV & finding downed pilot to be rescued, treated roughly. Fisk debriefing pilot after succseful rescue operation. Fisk giving medical treatment to Filipino child w head wound. Fisk looking around at sunset. 13:10:09:05 - 13:11:17:07 Color Sound 1980s General Lou Allen, Jr., Air Force Chief of Staff, talking to camera in office. Discusses Air Force training methods. ZI from MS to CU of Allen's face. 13:11:17:09 - 13:16:03:28 Color Sound 1980s Lights moving through night sky (missiles). Captain Bob Garland, 1st Strategic Aerospace Division, talks to cam on rocks next to Pacific Ocean. Strategic Air Command (SAC), Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California. HA control room w crews working on computers, machines. Inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests, Minuteman Test Launch Program. VS crews working on missiles, transporting warheads. Map of Pacific Ocean & Marshall Islands, where test missiles land. Charting missiles. Lieutenant Kevin Brock, 91st Strategic Missile Wing, talking to cam. Vs test crew working on missile launch site. VS men working in control room. VS countdown machines & preparation for launch. VS satellite dishes & radar stations. Navy ship equipped w radar in ocean. Great missile launch sequence w countdown, key turn, ignition. Two missiles take off above Pacific Ocean. 13:16:03:29 - 13:16:52:09 Color Sound 1980s General Lou Allen, Jr., Air Force Chief of Staff, talking to cam in office. Discusses accepting challenges, past & present of Air Force. ZI from MS to CU of Allen's face. 13:16:52:10 - 13:21:01:28 Color Sound 1980s Unites States Air Force (USAF) Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Montage of old & rusting aircraft, airplane parts w birds on them. VS workers in restoration shops working on planes. CUs of early planes & parts w ECUs of rivets & bolts. VS guns & insignias. HA WS floor of museum w exhibits. History of aviation. Fighters, bombers, jets. 13:21:02:00 - 13:22:11:08 Color Sound 1980s General Lou Allen, Jr., Air Force Chief of Staff, talking to cam in office. Discusses the people who make up the Air Force, believing in the country. Dedication, responsibility, training, compensation. End credits. 13:22:50:14 - 13:28:40:12 Color Sound 1980s Title credits for "Air Force Now," video game style. Silhouetted soldiers walking through smoky hallway. Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Germany. People wearing protective clothing & gas masks. Soldiers entering decontamination room, "underground rest & relief center," Survivable Collective Protection System (SCPS). Announcing rank & names, entering heavily locked door. Chemical warfare. Two troops in protective clothing clean themselves off before entering toxic-free area of base. Talking head interviews about SCPS. Medical workers (SCPS-M) in protective clothing carrying wounded woman on stretcher, treating her. Walking POV through SCPS facility. Soldiers leaving, locking door. 13:28:45:20 - 13:34:12:25 Color Sound 1980s VS sketches of American pilots, "Portraits in Blue." Story of Airman First Class John Levitow, Medal of Honor recipient. ZI to CU of hands opening case w Medal of Honor (MOH) in it. Interview w Levitow. Douglas AC-47 "Spooky" Gunship (aka Puff & Gooney Bird) taking off from runway. Crewman preparing 'Mark 24' Flares for ejection from airplane. CU of flares. LA view of flares igniting in night sky. LS of AC-47 in flight w machines guns firing at night. Great shots of miniguns shooting at night, gunman illuminated by muzzle flash. Tracer bullets. Pilots talking on headsets. Navigator. Drawings of mid-air disaster. Getting hit by enemy mortar shell on wing, crew members wounded by shrapnel, flare igniting, bloody Levitow jumping on flare & dragging it to cargo door to throw out of plane. AC-47 taxiing on runway. Levitow defining "hero's." Hands closing Medal of Honor case. 13:34:16:11 - 13:38:16:12 Color Sound 1980s VS airplane POVs over hills & desert. VS Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolts in action. Title credits, "A-10 Pilot Training." Davis Mountain Air Force Base (AFB), Tucson, Arizona. Instructor briefing pilots in classroom. CU PAN among faces of student pilots. VS pilot in flight simulator. ECU of flight controls & dials. Interview w student pilot about instructors. VS pilots preparing for flight. A-10s in flight, shooting guns. WS of bullets (ordnance) hitting target. Instructor briefing pilot on map before training mission (sortie). Dramatic LA DS of two pilots in flight uniforms walking on runway prior to mission. VS A-10s in flight, attacking targets. 13:38:19:10 - 13:38:49:16 Color Sound 1980s Title credit for 40th Anniversary of the US Air Force. Air Force officer introducing Captain Steve Ritchie, the only Air Force pilot-ace of the Vietnam War. Ritchie's McDonnell F4-D Phantom on runway w ZI to red stars denoting North Vietnamese kills. Ritchie shaking hands, posing for photos next to F4-D (1972). 13:38:52:00 - 13:39:32:00 Color Sound 1980s Title credits for "Air Force Now, Coming Attractions." VS USO signs. British & American airmen working in control rooms, working w missiles. Airmen using film camera. End Credits, 40th Anniversary of Air Force. 13:39:52:10 - 13:45:22:02 Color Sound 1980s Captain Steve Ritchie, USAF, spray painting red star on fuselage of his McDonnell F4-D Phantom, to denote North Vietnamese kill. MS statue of Jesus Christ on cross. Missile hitting target in mid-air. Helicopter catching parachute. CU hand of priest giving young woman communion, putting wafer on her tongue. Air Force officer riding bikes w kids. Montage of various aircraft & religious iconography. Title credits for "Air Force Now." B52 Stratofortress taking off at Griffiths Air Force Base, New York. TS B52 launching cruise missile. WS fighter jets in formation in air. CU cruise missile in flight. Ogden Air Force Base, Utah. Entrance, checkpoint. Sign for 6514th Test Squadron. Helicopter pilot (Captain) talking about mid-air retrieval system for cruise missiles. VS Sikorsky HH-53C helicopter in flight. Missile POV over forest & hills. VS cruise missile in flight. Montage of pilots preparing HH-53C for takeoff, launch. Audio of radio communication during flight. VS retrieving cruise missile w parachute in air. Touching missile down on giant "bean bag." 13:45:22:27 - 13:49:17:00 Color Sound 1980s ZO silhouette of Native American man w headdress sitting horseback, title "Project Warrior" superimposed over him. McDonnell F4 Phantom flying over ridge of hill (taking off). Aircraft POVs of guns firing & bombs dropping. MS profile depressed looking man smoking cigarette (Vietnam Veteran). Burning hut in Vietnamese village, US troops on patrol. VS soldiers coming home, reunions w family. F4 Phantom on runway, flown by Captain Steve Richie and Captain Chuck DeBellevue, USAF aces in Vietnam. Aircraft POV dogfight, destroying enemy plane w missile. Lieutenant Colonel Chuck DeBellevue giving interview in 1983, talking about becoming ace in Vietnam. VS DeBellevue & Richie w F4 Phantom. VS aircraft POVs, dogfights, destroying enemy planes (North Vietnamese MiGs). VS officers briefing pilots. VS fighter jets in flight (Northrop F5 Tigers & Grumman F14 Tomcats). 13:49:18:15 - 13:55:53:07 Color Sound 1980s CU woman's fingers dipping in bowl of holy water. HA TS woman walking down aisle in church. VS woman praying alone in church w VO of her prayers. VS relgious iconography on stained glass w VO of pastor, priest. ZI sad young girl in pajamas praying in bedroom at night, storm outside w thunder. Title screen "Ministry in Blue," superimposed over two men praying at table. Morning montage, preparing breakfast w eggs, toast, coffee, etc. VS family eating breakfast at table (don't actually see faces), talking about day ahead. Chaos as family prepares to leave house, cleaning dishes, preparing packed lunch, taking out trash, arguments. Sign on wall of house, "Bless this House." Great shots of early 1980s computers w woman's hands typing & CU of monitor. VS US Air Force processing office, administrators asking questions. Family food shopping, mother asking children to help w groceries. Children playing video game (great footage), Atari (star wars?). Family shots cut w shots of Air Force officer talking w chaplain about family problems. VS church services, bibles, religious iconography (star of david, Judaism). Sunday school classes. Giving communion. ZO from picture of family praying in church on wall to woman getting advice from chaplain. Father tucking little girl in to bed at night, giving her kiss on forehead. Young girl thanks God for "listening." Ending credit, "Presented by Your Air Force." OUT AT 13:56:00
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