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CAMERA MAKES PAST PAM 4 FEET TO LEFT FOR EXTREME CLOSEUP OF A RADIO OPERA- TOR rS FACE AND HAND WITH MIKE, , HE TALKS TO PILOT* SAYS ONE VERY QUICK SEN- TENCE* ("B-47 2351 ARE YOU READY FOR TAKE-OFF?,f) WE HOLD ON HIS FACE AS AUDIO COMES BACK FROM PLANE. MIDWAY IN AUDIO FROM B-4? TO TOWER OPERATOR WE CUT TO LONG LENS SHOT FROM CAMERA ON TOWER OUTER CAT- WALK. A PLANE IS BEGINNING TO MOVE RAPIDLY DOWN RUNWAY. BEGIN TO PAN WITH PLANE, SAME LONG LENS SHOT OF PLANE ON RUNWAY AS B-47 PILOT CHECKS OUT HIS CREW AND THEY TALK TO HIM GIVING AIR SPEED, ETC, CUT TO: RUNWAY CAMERA AS THE B-47 COMES IN GOOD VISUAL RANGE, STAY WITH THIS CAMERA DURING THE JATO TAKE-OFF, PANNING AS PLANE RUSHES BY AND ROCKETS ARE FIRED. WHEN SMOKE FULLY BEGINS TO OB- SCURE VIEW ?╟÷ CUT TO; LONG LENS CAMERA ON TOWER. QUICK DISSOLVE INTO THIS VIEW TRYING TO MATCH THE 2 VIEWS OF ASCENDING PLANE TRAILING SMOKE. LONG LENS CAMERA FOLLOWS B-47, THEN LIFTS TO REVEAL: Page 71 COLUMBUS - ITEM 32 TOWER AUDIO; This Is Tow&r #, Air Force 256 #?╜?╟≤ - ' L * " K , '< v S> l ?╜ you are clear for take-off, B-47 acknowledge. (AUDIO FOR PLANE ON TAKE-OFF AS CREW AND PILOT GIVE EACH OTHER DATA) VOICE OF AIR FORCE1 Strategic Air Command jets up an air plane every five minutes, 24 hours around the clock, and PILOT: Fire the rockets, AERIAL REFUELING SCENE OVER- when we re-fuel them like that,' HEAD AS JET FIGHTERS LEAD IN AT 1*000 FEET A B-47 we can fly around the globe, HOOKED UP IN REFUELING PROC- ESS TO A GIANT TANKER PLANE. JET FIGHTER SQUADRONS FORE AND AFT. CAMERA PANS WITH THEM AS THEY GO OVER. WE LEAVE THE SEQUENCE ON ANGLE SHOT OF THEM AFTER From home base to home base, we THEY PASS OVER US. CUE JJ keep the peace over your home. CUT TO;