Nuclear Alert Scramble and Delivery

Our latest 2K High Resolution restoration from 35mm original, edited together, adding sound effects and music by William Stromberg.. Nuclear alert sends pilots scrambling to their planes to deliver nuclear weapons on our adversaries. Film shot circa 1957, Footage available for licensing. CU of red light flashing. LS of B-47 crew rushing to aircraft. Scenes of alert scramble — shows Klaxon horn, crew in bathroom and running from quarters to jeeps. low angle & MS high angle of alert crew leaving quarters, rushing to jeep and pickup truck. CU of sign: YIELD RIGHT OF WAY TO REFLEX ACTION ALERT VEHICLES — PRIORITY IMMEDIATE AUX VEHICLES FASANT — pan left as alert vehicles move along road. Scenes of alert crews boarding B-47 — MD-3 generator unit and mountains in bg. LS to MS B-47 on takeoff run — mountains in bg. Scenes of B-47 taking off  and taxiing. MS of two military men at control tower consoles — aircraft taking off and mountains in bg. LS’s of B-47 on takeoff run and climbing over runwa
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