# " TALL MAN FIVE FIVE " STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND CONVAIR B-58 HUSTLER SONIC BOOM FILM 72012

Created by Convair in the early 1960s to promote the B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber, this film shows its role with Strategic Air Command as one part of America's nuclear defense. It also does its best to defend the aircraft's loud "sonic booms" -- created as it broke the sound barrier -- against public criticism. On March 5, 1962 the crew and the airplane "Tall Man Five Five" established three National Aeronautic Association speed records for Speed Over A Recognized Course. 00:00: Chad Huntley describes the immense changes over the years, from mud paths to highways, Pony Express to telephone wires, and small flames to electric giants. 0:21: Town criers' voices have been replaced by newspapers, horse hoof beats by motors and horns, and aircraft engines by jets. The report, in cooperation with the US Air Force and Strategic Air Command, aims to inform about a new sound, its causes, capabilities, and the necessity for certain areas to live with it. 1:25: Introduction with dramatic music and applause. The geographical center of the US, near Omaha, is the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command (SAC), responsible for implementing deterrence philosophy and policy. 2:30: SAC's mission is to be prepared for global strategic air operations, capable of immediate nuclear attacks to destroy an aggressor's war-making capability. 3:00: From Omaha, the SAC commander can order bombers into the air within seconds, 24/7. Information from the North American Air Defense Command is fed into…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/72012U.S.AirForceB58Hustler)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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