https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/adc3cddd-66fe-42d9-a7b6-4278ac60086a Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Probably dating to 1949, this short home movie shows a family's visit to what appears to be the National Air Races air show. The film is significant because it shows a B-36 Bomber, also known as the Peacemaker, on the ground (1:12) and in the air (2:30). The aircraft shown has the insignia of the 7th Bomb Wing and the motto "Mors Ab Alto" which means "Death from Above" (1:26). The National Air Races flags are seen at (1:33). Some of the other imagery seen in the film includes a young woman wearing sunglasses (00:17), a parachutist gliding to earth (00:42), Meteor jet aircraft (1:09), and a massive flyover of aircraft (01:48) including B-29 bombers (2:14). An article from 1949 states: "Air Force B-36 bombers will be featured in the aerial armada over Cleveland, Ohio, during the National Air Races there, Sept. 3-5, according to Eighth Air Force headquarters at Carswell AF base, Ft. Worth. Three bombers of the Seventh Bomb Group, commanded by Col. John Roberts, will fly over the city each day." The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built, although it was exceeded in span and weight by the one-off Hughes H-4 Hercules. It has the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft. The B-36 was capable of intercontinental flight without refueling. Entering service in 1948, the B-36 was the primary nuclear weapons delivery vehicle of Strategic Air Command (SAC) until it was replaced by the jet-powered Boeing B-52 Stratofortress beginning in 1955. All but four aircraft have been scrapped. 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 http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_-jkNnwh6M Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:25:12 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/adc3cddd-66fe-42d9-a7b6-4278ac60086a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.