AH-1W Firing Test captions transcript

AH-1W Firing Test

Footage of an AH-1W SuperCobra weapons test. The film covers test flights 278B, 281A, and 281B and features the tests of the LAU-10 and LAU-61 launchers and the CBU-55 cluster bomb. No sound.
Date: {1985-07-12,1985-07-18}
Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron
System: The UNT Digital Library
AH-1W Firing Test captions transcript

AH-1W Firing Test

Footage of an AH-1W SuperCobra weapons test. The film covers test flights 266A and 266B and features tests of the TOW missile launcher and the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. No sound.
Date: June 21, 1985
Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron
System: The UNT Digital Library
BF-2094: AH-1W Firing Test captions transcript

BF-2094: AH-1W Firing Test

Slow-motion footage of an AH-1W SuperCobra test firing the LAU-10 rocket launcher. The film covers test flights 282, 283, and 284. No sound.
Date: {1985-07-19,1985-07-22}
Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron
System: The UNT Digital Library
BF-3253:  Armed OH-58D Firing and Fort Apache captions transcript

BF-3253: Armed OH-58D Firing and Fort Apache

Video shows several weapons tests of the OH-58D, including the M296 machine gun, Hydra-70 rocket pods, AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, and air-to-air Stinger missiles. The video ends with a segment from NBC Nightly News on the use of the then-secret OH-58D. The previously top-secret OH-58D operated out of a converted oil exploration barge nicknamed "Fort Apache," to protect shipping lanes during the Iran-Iraq War.
Date: 1988-08-05~
Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron
System: The UNT Digital Library
BF 3861 - Tail Rotor Strike - 206L in South America captions transcript

BF 3861 - Tail Rotor Strike - 206L in South America

Test footage simulating a Model 206L tail rotor striking a tree branch.
Date: March 3, 1982
Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron
System: The UNT Digital Library
BF-4720: 412 Fatigue Test Machines captions transcript

BF-4720: 412 Fatigue Test Machines

Recording of the machines used to perform fatigue tests on the mast, yoke and spindle, and inboard blade of the Bell 412. No sound.
Date: 1981~
Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron
System: The UNT Digital Library
BF-1834: 214ST Briefing with Tiltrotor captions transcript

BF-1834: 214ST Briefing with Tiltrotor

Product briefing for the Bell 214ST, with some footage of the XV-15 tiltrotor.
Date: 1983
Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron
System: The UNT Digital Library
BF-2060: OH-58D Fort Hood Tests captions transcript

BF-2060: OH-58D Fort Hood Tests

Footage of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior at Fort Hood, showcasing its flight and observation capabilities.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron
System: The UNT Digital Library
BF-3377: 35 Years With the Huey captions transcript

BF-3377: 35 Years With the Huey

This video contains footage of a number of UH-1 models, including the experimental XH-40, and Huey variant models: UH-1A, B, D, E, H, and N. The video shows the aircraft performing a variety of operations, including combat, transportation, and medevac. Some of the combat footage was shot in Vietnam in 1965. The video concludes with a still image of U.S. President Ronald Reagan exiting Marine One, at the time a VH-1N.
Date: 1989~
Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron
System: The UNT Digital Library
BF-1411: 214ST Offshore Landing Simulation captions transcript

BF-1411: 214ST Offshore Landing Simulation

Promotional film for the Bell 214ST highlighting its usefulness in offshore oil exploration. The film strip also contains silent footage a test flight of the Bell XV-15 tiltrotor, at the 5:58 mark, performing take-off, level flight, and landing.
Date: 1982~
Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron
System: The UNT Digital Library