B-36 Peacemaker USAF SAC Convair Strategic Air Command

This non monetized movie is made from clips out of the 1955 drama “Strategic Air Command“ staring James Stewart and June Allyson. It is only the second movie that Paramount made in wide screen color. The full movie is amazing and I found it for free in the National Archives. I’m having trouble with making this link work. Goto and search Strategic Air Command 1955 the full movie is 1 hour 53 min and really amazing - completely free of charge James Stewart was an actor and pilot who volunteered with the Air Corps in 1942. He fought in WW2 flying B-24 Liberators and rose to the rank of Colonel. After the war he stayed in the reserves of the United States Air Force until 1959. He went on to fly B-47’s and B-52’s and rose to the rank of Brigadier General. Convair built 384 of these heavy bombers nick named “Peacemakers“. They had a max range of 10,000 miles and a max payload of 87,200 lbs