Promotional film discussing the merits of the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing. From the archives of the San Diego Air and Space Museum http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/research/ Please do not use for commercial purposes without permission.
What a terrific find this movie is. This may be more footage of the YB-49 than was previously thought to exist. A couple of the shots from this film may have been used in the pre - Tom Cruise 'War of the Worlds' movie. The narrator actually notes that the plane is difficult to detect with radar, yet nobody realized the importance of stealth until decades later. :-) The narrator is not named, but sounds like the great Paul Frees who did so much good work for Disney projects.
What a terrific find this movie is. This may be more footage of the YB-49 than was previously thought to exist. A couple of the shots from this film may have been used in the pre - Tom Cruise 'War of the Worlds' movie. The narrator actually notes that the plane is difficult to detect with radar, yet nobody realized the importance of stealth until decades later. :-) The narrator is not named, but sounds like the great Paul Frees who did so much good work for Disney projects.
TotalForge 7 months ago