# NAID 400242508 The B-47 Bomber USAF 1952

Produced in 1952, this original USAF film was designed to introduce pilots to the Strategic Air Command's main strategic jet bomber, Boeing's B-47 Stratojet. The B-47 was cutting edge for its time and a handful to film, so in this film, Hollywood star Reed Hadley, who had made numerous films as a member of the First Motion Picture Unit during WW2 and was the host of the rather spooky hydrogen bomb test film about Ivy Mike, here takes a group of new trainees through the development of the B-47 and the quirks of flying this very different type of aircraft.

Over 2,000 B-47s of various types were produced, and the aircraft would serve in the US Air Force from 1951 until the final EB-47E variant was retired in 1977. You can see an excellent example of an EB-47E at the Pima Air and Space Museum. Check PASM out via the links below.

NARA Film reference: "The B-47 Bomber", NAID: 400242508

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1952
- Runtime: 29 min
- By: United States Air Force
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NAID_400242508_The_B-47_Bomber_USAF_1952.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: United States Air Force
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/193846693?play=1)