https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/f930ba02-d8d3-478b-bb1e-2d0bb160b3de Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This 1959 color film "Mission: Sonic Boom" was made at a time when the U.S. Air Force was experiencing criticism for its pilots exceeding Mach 1.0 in training exercises -- producing sonic booms as they raced through the sound barrier that disrupted civilian life and caused property damage. The film represents a public relations effort by Koppers Co., which made sound deadening equipment, attempting to equate the sound of a sonic boom with freedom. Producer Koppers Co. is a global chemical and materials company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the time this film was made, Koppers had just launched a Noise Control division and was manufacturing prefabricated sound traps. The film features the F-104 Starfighter and the F-105 Thunderchief, a supersonic fighter-bomber used by the United States Air Force that was capable of Mach 2. Title: Koppers Company, Inc. presents Mission: Sonic Boom (:07-:42). F-104 planes fly in the air, an explosion is heard. A Colonel is invited over by the cameraman to talk, behind him is a fleet of F-104s. A scramble alarm goes off and pilots race to their planes. Planes ready to take off. An F-104 races down the runway into the sky. A pilot gets ready to board. As the Colonel talks, the pilot is in the cockpit putting his helmet on (:43-3:05). Interceptor Fighter Plane takes off down the runway and into the sky. The Colonel points at a map, then speaks to the viewer. The Colonel radios the pilot. An Interceptor Fighter Plane ascends in the sky. Inside the cockpit of the Interceptor Fighter. Gauges. The pilot looks around. Mach 1. A farmer hears a sonic boom and looks up, the cattle is rattled. Behind a Interceptor. The farmer and his friend look upward. Interceptor Fighter Plane in the sky. Planes take off from a Navy battleship, and land. A B-58 readies for takeoff (3:06-6:10). Flight regulation paperwork. A military officer speaks to his pilots about exceeding the speed of sound. Pilots in cold water use rafts and flotation devices. Everyday people cross the street, suburban neighborhood. A pilot removes his helmet, sits reading a magazine. A family in a yard hears a sonic boom and looks up. A pilot next door to them explains to them and shows them his magazine. A boat shown at sea causing havoc to waves. A plane in the air is explained affecting that air space that causes a disturbance all the way down to the ground, a diagram explains this. Washington, D.C. and New York City are shown on the map (6:11-8:38). The pilot next door to that family shows them his magazine and continues to explain a sonic boom. A jet races through the sky over a city. Radar screen. Aerial populated city shot. Different jets are shown including: Navy F8U-1 Crusader, Skyhawk jet, U.S. Air Force Thunderbird, Phantom II, F-4H-1F, F-105B, and other Air Force jets. Pilots remove their helmets. A sonic boom causes the off duty pilot and his neighbors to look up again. An F-105 flies through the sky (8:39-10:23). End credits (10:24-10:37). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link 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=Q5BUVPTEEns Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:11:45 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/f930ba02-d8d3-478b-bb1e-2d0bb160b3de 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.