Aug 182016
The San Diego Air & Space Museum uploaded a 1958 Convair film showing tests of two air launched ballistic missiles carried and launched from B-58 “Hustler” bombers. The first test was a failure, the second a success. The ALBM is a capability we don’t have anymore, but could almost certainly use… prompt hypersonic strike systems are always going to be in fashion.
The video could use some TLC. The audio is rough and the film itself was old and faded, turning everything reddish. I suspect cleaning that up would require little more than pushing a few buttons now…
A similar report was produced a year later in 1959. This one is of better audio/visual quality.