In an effort to provide information on recently declassified motion pictures and sound recordings the Motion Picture, Sound and Video Branch will publish a quarterly list of newly declassified records.
This quarter’s list includes a film from a series of Air Force Intelligence Reports (Local Identifier 341-IR/National Archives Identifier 5964869). The reports cover countries around the world during the 1950s and 1960s. The film below shows the pomp and circumstance of a military parade in Yugoslavia.
Yugoslavia May Day Parade, 1953 (Local Identifier 341-IR-98-53/National Archives Identifier 18559968)
From April 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015 the following records were declassified.
Motion Pictures:
Local Identifier Title
341-IR-98-53 May Day Parade, Yugoslavia, 1953
342-USAF-28653 Operational Systems Test Facility for ICBM Titan at Vandenberg
AFB, April 1960
342-USAF-34616 TAC Operations, McCoy AFB, November 1962
342-USAF-49604* Operation Eagle Pull / Operation Frequent Wind
*Only Reels 5, 12, 49, 69, 106 and 164 have been declassified
Sound Recordings:
Local Identifier Title
No sound recordings were declassified during this quarter.
Descriptive information for declassified records can be accessed by searching for the item number, ex. “341-IR-38-56”, in NARA’s catalog. You may also search on the Declassification Project Number (NND), if you know one. For example, searching on the declassification number “NND 64803” returns entries that are part of Declassification Project 64803. A list of declassified textual records can be found on the National Declassification Center’s web page.
Check out the post “From Top Secret Vault to Open Stacks: Declassification of Moving Images” to learn more about the declassification process. Lists of other recently declassified moving images and sound recordings can be located by clicking on the Declassification Quarterly Reports category on the left side of the blog.
Fascinating. Note the mixture of US Lend Lease, contemporary Soviet, and WWII German equipment from WWII.
Hi- looking for this: The guy in the movie is my father- he developed the technique, made the movie, but because he was Canadian was never able to see it. Trued looking everywhere, couldn’t find it. Would love some help…!!! Thanks- Garry
Hi Garry!
Thanks for your comment! If you have a research question, you can contact the motion picture staff at mopix@nara.gov with details and they’ll let you know if we have what you’re looking for.
Thank you!!