“ CRASH INVESTIGATION “ FLIGHT TV SHOW FATAL B-47 CRASH EPISODE 82744

Note: this rare film is deteriorated and has quite a bit of emulsion damage. This black & white film is an episode from the short-lived TV series FLIGHT, Season 1, episode 15 entitled ’Crash Investigation.’ This aired in 1958 and was directed by Jean Yarbrough. The plot centers around the crash of a B-47 Stratojet from the Strategic Air Command. The crash is being investigated by Lt. Col. Murray. The episode stars Robert Gist as Murray, Arthur Hanson as Fuller, John Eldredge as Thompson, Robert Karnes as Lt. Col. Edwards, Sue England as Polly, and Grant Withers as Col. Raymond. The episode was written by John Meredeth Lucas. 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 and 2k. For more information visit