25TH ANNIVERSARY OF NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION

Year Published: 1967

Creator: Lockheed Aircraft

Description: Made in 1967 as the company merged with Rockwell to become North American Rockwell, this silent film looks back at 25 years of North American Aviation history and forward towards the Apollo program era. (Note: It was likely released with a soundtrack; we do not have the soundtrack.) The film captures the manufacturing, testing, and operation of famous North American Aircraft including the P-51 Mustang, F-86 Sabre and F-100 Super Sabre. It also shows some of the experimental aircraft that North American was working on, including the famous XB-70 Valkyrie. The film ends by showing North American’s contribution to the Apollo program, which included the construction of the second stage of the Saturn V and command module. 00:00 North American BC-1s taking off from rugged airstrips, 0:32 North American F-100 Super Sabre completing a rocket assisted takeoff, 0:59 a B-52 dropping a cruise missile, 1:05 North American XB-70 Valkyrie, 1:28 engineers working on plans followed by assembly of rocket parts, 1:46 aerial overview of the North American Headquarters, 2:10 workers arriving for their shift, 2:31 mass production of P-51 Mustangs 3:00 North American XB-21 landing, 3:14 BC-1s taking off from a carrier deck, 3:22 BC-1 landing on a carrier, 3:56 B-25 Mitchell Bombers on a carrier deck and then taking off, 4:25 P-51 Mustang taking off from a carrier followed by it inflight,4:59 F-86 Sabre taking off from a carrier, 5:18 B-45 Tornado taking off and receiving aerial refueling form a B-29, 5:47 the XA2J Super Savage prototype taking off from a carrier deck, 5:55 T-28 Trojans taxiing, 6:20 F-86s in flight, 6:58 F-56 taking off from and landing on a carrier deck, 7:27 the first prototype of the F-100 Super Sabre taking off, 7:40 the USAF Skyblazers acrobatics team flying in formation in North American F-100C Super Sabers, 8:12 X-15 in flight, 8:35 close up of the X-15 landing, 8:15 close up of the XB-70 prototype landing with a parachute, 9:48 aircraft components in the North American Factory, 9:57 the AGM-28 Hound Dog in the air during testing, 10:12 the command module for the Apollo program during construction, 10:32 a Saturn V rocket part being moved, 10:55 two Saturn V rocket stages, 11:08 a Saturn V rocket stage being transported by road and ship, 11:26 the assembled Saturn V rocket being put into its launch position at Cape Canaveral, 11:55 Saturn V Rocket taking off, 12:35 the first stage of the Saturn V rocket separating after takeoff and falling back to earth, 13:07 the second rocket stage igniting, 13:24 the Apollo Command Module being captured by a ship after reentry. North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft. Its products included the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the XB-70 bomber, the B-1 Lancer, the Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, and the Space Shuttle orbiter. North American Aviation became part of North American Rockwell, which later became Rockwell International, and is now part of Boeing

Complete Record: Made in 1967 as the company merged with Rockwell to become North American Rockwell, this silent film looks back at 25 years of North American Aviation history and forward towards the Apollo program era. (Note: It was likely released with a soundtrack; we do not have the soundtrack.) The film captures the manufacturing, testing, and operation of famous North American Aircraft including the P-51 Mustang, F-86 Sabre and F-100 Super Sabre. It also shows some of the experimental aircraft that North American was working on, including the famous XB-70 Valkyrie. The film ends by showing North American’s contribution to the Apollo program, which included the construction of the second stage of the Saturn V and command module. 00:00 North American BC-1s taking off from rugged airstrips, 0:32 North American F-100 Super Sabre completing a rocket assisted takeoff, 0:59 a B-52 dropping a cruise missile, 1:05 North American XB-70 Valkyrie, 1:28 engineers working on plans followed by assembly of rocket parts, 1:46 aerial overview of the North American Headquarters, 2:10 workers arriving for their shift, 2:31 mass production of P-51 Mustangs 3:00 North American XB-21 landing, 3:14 BC-1s taking off from a carrier deck, 3:22 BC-1 landing on a carrier, 3:56 B-25 Mitchell Bombers on a carrier deck and then taking off, 4:25 P-51 Mustang taking off from a carrier followed by it inflight,4:59 F-86 Sabre taking off from a carrier, 5:18 B-45 Tornado taking off and receiving aerial refueling form a B-29, 5:47 the XA2J Super Savage prototype taking off from a carrier deck, 5:55 T-28 Trojans taxiing, 6:20 F-86s in flight, 6:58 F-56 taking off from and landing on a carrier deck, 7:27 the first prototype of the F-100 Super Sabre taking off, 7:40 the USAF Skyblazers acrobatics team flying in formation in North American F-100C Super Sabers, 8:12 X-15 in flight, 8:35 close up of the X-15 landing, 8:15 close up of the XB-70 prototype landing with a parachute, 9:48 aircraft components in the North American Factory, 9:57 the AGM-28 Hound Dog in the air during testing, 10:12 the command module for the Apollo program during construction, 10:32 a Saturn V rocket part being moved, 10:55 two Saturn V rocket stages, 11:08 a Saturn V rocket stage being transported by road and ship, 11:26 the assembled Saturn V rocket being put into its launch position at Cape Canaveral, 11:55 Saturn V Rocket taking off, 12:35 the first stage of the Saturn V rocket separating after takeoff and falling back to earth, 13:07 the second rocket stage igniting, 13:24 the Apollo Command Module being captured by a ship after reentry. North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft. Its products included the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the XB-70 bomber, the B-1 Lancer, the Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, and the Space Shuttle orbiter. North American Aviation became part of North American Rockwell, which later became Rockwell International, and is now part of Boeing