PeriscopeFilm | 1959 HOME MOVIE KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI XD27035 @PeriscopeFilm | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 20 hours ago.
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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).
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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).
Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below.
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit PeriscopeFilm.com
