[1959 HOME MOVIE KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI]

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1959

Description: This untitled, b&w home movie from 1959 shows scenes shot at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, a city along the Gulf Coast in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. The base is named in honor of aviator 2d Lt Samuel Reeves Keesler Jr., a Mississippi native killed in France during the First World War and is home of Headquarters, Second Air Force (2 AF) and the 81st Training Wing (81 TW) of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). Film opens, aviation cadets or privates walk around base, probably looking for FOD for Foreign Object Debris, which is any object that can cause damage or injury to aircraft or airport personnel if it's in the wrong place (0:09). Cadets prepare and operate what appears to be Yard-Man 2250-0 Rotary Power Walk Behind 20" Lawn Mower to mow lawns on base (0:54). Cadets performing a rifle drill in unison, “Shoulder Arms” drill using M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle (1:50). Air field, air traffic control tower and what appears to be a grounded Douglas C-54 Skymaster; Perhaps Stearman PT-13D Kaydet appears to take off (2:38). Color guard or flag ceremony drill, guide-on or unit flag used to signify unit's presence and lead the marching formation (2:55). Wide-shot of air field (3:34). Formation of cadets seen in background, 1956 Chevrolet Task-Force drives along airfield (3:37). Formation of cadets march toward air field (3:45). Perhaps Kaman K-16B or Martin PBM Mariner (4:27). Cadets dismissed for the day, walk in mass on sidewalk while 50s-era vehicles drive past on road (i.e. 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special) (4:51). Film ends (5:01).

Complete Record: This untitled, b&w home movie from 1959 shows scenes shot at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, a city along the Gulf Coast in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. The base is named in honor of aviator 2d Lt Samuel Reeves Keesler Jr., a Mississippi native killed in France during the First World War and is home of Headquarters, Second Air Force (2 AF) and the 81st Training Wing (81 TW) of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). Film opens, aviation cadets or privates walk around base, probably looking for FOD for Foreign Object Debris, which is any object that can cause damage or injury to aircraft or airport personnel if it's in the wrong place (0:09). Cadets prepare and operate what appears to be Yard-Man 2250-0 Rotary Power Walk Behind 20" Lawn Mower to mow lawns on base (0:54). Cadets performing a rifle drill in unison, “Shoulder Arms” drill using M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle (1:50). Air field, air traffic control tower and what appears to be a grounded Douglas C-54 Skymaster; Perhaps Stearman PT-13D Kaydet appears to take off (2:38). Color guard or flag ceremony drill, guide-on or unit flag used to signify unit's presence and lead the marching formation (2:55). Wide-shot of air field (3:34). Formation of cadets seen in background, 1956 Chevrolet Task-Force drives along airfield (3:37). Formation of cadets march toward air field (3:45). Perhaps Kaman K-16B or Martin PBM Mariner (4:27). Cadets dismissed for the day, walk in mass on sidewalk while 50s-era vehicles drive past on road (i.e. 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special) (4:51). Film ends (5:01).