THE AIR FORCE MISSILE MISSION 1957 STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND FILM w/ JAMES STEWART 32352

In this incredible 1959 USAF film, the audience visits the library in the home of famous actor, but also reserve officer and USAF General James Stewart. The subject of the evening's lecture (!) is the reason that the USAF needs to develop both missile and aircraft capabilities to fight the Cold War. Featured are the Thor, Able, Polaris, Titan and Polaris missiles as well as the B-58 Hustler, B-52 bomber, F-104 Starfighter, F-101, F-102, F-105, and other aircraft. Explanations are made of ICBMs, IRCMs, surface to air missiles, air to air missiles, cruise missiles, manned fighters and bombers. The work of Strategic Air Command is also described.
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[@murrygandy6546]

Major Gen Jimmy Stewart, USAF (Ret) one of the last true American patriots from our Hollywood past. We had a lot of them in WW 2 - very few today. Jimmy Stewart was the real deal. He was a great spokesman for SAC, the Air Force and for America. We need more patriots like him today. God bless Jimmy Stewart. A SAC veteran.

[@Recordology]

We need Jimmy Stewart around these days....

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Was he the guy in the film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"?

[@sergiogustavonakamurakare792]

@@nicholasmaude6906 yyうううn

[@Recordology]

@@nicholasmaude6906he was!

[@RGB06084]

For the time period this was a really well put together piece of work!

[@allgood6760]

Thanks for this 👍✈️

[@jeramiebradford1]

Awesome thanks

[@markwarwick2920]

Amazing guy. Explaining the complexities of theUSAF.

[@slowneutron6163]

Hundreds of words were written about missiles. Literally. Hundreds.

[@dkoz8321]

At 15:00 B.G. Stewart mentions Lebanon situation of 1958. Yesterday's headlines are today's lead stories. MidEast never changes. One crisis after another.

[@chucknelson7187]

😊

[@nccrawford]

I like the Oscar for The Philadelphia Story sitting behind his desk...

[@scottwheeler2494]

Fascinating that in 1959 the need for a space force was clear to Jimmy and the Air Force - one wonders about why are we debating it today. 60 years ago it was obvious. It will only become more so over time.

[@DarkFire515]

I wonder if Gen. Stewart would be surprised or not to see that the B-52 is still in service all these years later?

[@Zoomer30]

Just strikes me as odd that Jimmy Stewart could have had to drop atomic bombs on people. He was actually in SAC.

[@JDAbelRN]

A first class warrior, true American hero.

[@montysmith6355]

nothing says" i love you" more than seeing your home city get vaporized right in front of you.

[@andycampbell91]

👍👍

[@sagn1962]

Brig. Gal. James Stewart was just as rational as his colleague Gal. Curtis E. LeMay but as a Hollywood star he seemed much more humane.

[@drjzzz]

We sure had a lot of different airplanes and missiles back then, of which only the awesome B-52 remains, amazingly, after more than 60 years. Why so many? Eisenhower answered that: the military-industrial complex. IMHO Veteran Jimmy Stewart is (a better actor and) much more compelling than a chickenhawk like John Wayne (bone spurs?) would have been. Stewart makes a reasonable case for both missile and plane legs of the triad. The fundamental sanity of MAD (mutually assured destruction) remains debatable.

[@sliderulelover]

The adherence to MAD is probably what kept America and Communist Russia from nuclear war.

[@Catcrumbs]

Your forgot the Sidewinder.

[@lawwong3508]

Sputnik's coming up.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I'm surprised this film is in black and white and not colour as these films were usually in colour.

[@CortoArmitage]

Stewart, being a decent person, did not know and could not imagine the true reason for all those USAF programs and acronyms- ''G-R-A-F-T''....

[@PeriscopeFilm]

+CortoArmitage LOL!

[@DMBall]

Great guy, but I think Jimmy was being a little disingenuous here. Any service branch can come up with an endless shopping list based on "what-if" scenarios. We ain't the world's policeman.

[@davidchristensen6908]

D. M. Bell we say today but that was a few years ago under different times. There where true discussions for that time

[@nccrawford]

You obviously lack perspective...