These two songs were recorded for the Air Force in the early '80s by the "Vocal Majority" chorus from Dallas, now the 13-time International Champion Barbershop Chorus in the Barbershop Harmony Society. The Air Force added the video and they were used at Air Force bases worldwide in base theaters at the beginning of each showing of a movie. TV stations across the country picked them up to use as the "sign-off" at the end of the broadcasting day. Today, the chorus still sings "The National Anthem", only with a slightly different arrangement and interpretation. The arrangements were done by Jim Clancy, our longtime director (40 years!) and now the Executive Director. His son Greg now directs the chorus.
Star-Spangled Banner (0:08) : O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? (America! My home!) Lord, Guard and Guide the Men Who Fly (1:57) : Lord, guard and guide the men who fly, Through the great spaces of the sky; Be with them traversing the air In darkening storms or sunshine fair Aloft in solitudes of space, Uphold them with Thy saving grace. O God, protect the men who fly Thru lonely ways beneath the sky.
This is my favorite version of our national anthem. Never have I heard it better. Thank you for having this online I'm going to play this anytime anyone says anything about my country, my flag, and my rights! I love America!!!! USA!!!! USA!!!! USA!!!!
Thanks for posting 👍🏼👍🏼🤗. I remember this sign off as a kid in the 80s. I finally went to visit Mt Roushmore this month and I had a flashback of the F 16 sign off on tv 📺👍🏼. Good memories!
I remember watching both of these videos in Arnold Hall at the Academy in the early 1990s. The Academy Staff did a good job of keeping cadets focused on and dreaming about where we were headed during what seemed like four interminable years. The beauty of the Air Force Hymn coupled with aircraft stayed in my memory for over two decades, and years ago prompted me to look it up on RUclips. I keep the lyrics to the Air Force Hymn by Mary Hamilton on the wall. USAFA graduate and F-16 pilot
I like how the camera shows the plane appearing to be dead upright in the first video when it’s actually in a 30 degree banking turn. Sweet camera work!
yes, me too. this appears after the voice said "we will now conclude our final activation of the emergency alert system with one last playing of the national anthem. may god be with you, and god bless america."
This alone shows how far we've moved ourselves from wholesomeness and honor. Honor, being the most important one. Our country has fallen and I don't think we can bring it back. Salute.
One of the major political parties abhors patriotism and would rather focus on correct pronoun usage when addressing/referring to 1% of the population.
+NEPatriot, I accidentally removed your comment. I meant to reply to it and tapped the wrong thing. Sorry. We did the Anthem at sign off, and the Hymn at sign on.
Thank you for the upload. My favorite station sign-off to stay up late for and watch when I was a kid. --- Still struggling with that network affiliate swap WREX did with WTVO 😄
@@AreSheepElectric the CW subchannel in rapid city, sd switches to infomercials at 1:30-2 am . And the Fox channel there switches to infomercials at 3:30-4
*We will now include this Emergency Alert System activation for the final time, by playing our national anthem. God bless you all, god bless the United States of America.*
The first sign off message is used a lot in EAS Scenarios, wether it be the end of the world, the end of America, or if a tragedy hits America that’s bad enough to change the lives of its citizens.
I give "full, total respect" to every single citizen in the military. Listening to the Air Force Hymn allows me to reflect to those in the Air Force. May God continue to protect those who fly, and may God continue to bless them as well.
I think this is the highest quality version of the Aim High America SSB out there on RUclips.
Seems to be
still is
These two songs were recorded for the Air Force in the early '80s by the "Vocal Majority" chorus from Dallas, now the 13-time International Champion Barbershop Chorus in the Barbershop Harmony Society. The Air Force added the video and they were used at Air Force bases worldwide in base theaters at the beginning of each showing of a movie. TV stations across the country picked them up to use as the "sign-off" at the end of the broadcasting day. Today, the chorus still sings "The National Anthem", only with a slightly different arrangement and interpretation. The arrangements were done by Jim Clancy, our longtime director (40 years!) and now the Executive Director. His son Greg now directs the chorus.
I'm old enough to remember when TV stations signed off, and this was absolutely the best..!!
Star-Spangled Banner (0:08) :
O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
(America! My home!)
Lord, Guard and Guide the Men Who Fly (1:57) :
Lord, guard and guide the men who fly,
Through the great spaces of the sky;
Be with them traversing the air
In darkening storms or sunshine fair
Aloft in solitudes of space,
Uphold them with Thy saving grace.
O God, protect the men who fly
Thru lonely ways beneath the sky.
Thank you
Yeah thanks
It is a lyrics
@@TPSUnit5122 Ummm yeah? It is the lyrics...
@@visayanmissnanny2.076 yes it is
basically *Every End of the World EAS Scenarios*
pretty much xd
This is my favorite TV sign off. I love the national anthem!
The first one....RISING HEAT
Nah, Black Hole used it first
The second one....ABSOLUTE ZERO
@@bassandtreble6616 y e s
That was from radioactive girl300
visually crisp and clean version of the Air Force sign off.
0:09 - Used for WSBK-TV 38 in Boston in mid-1980s.
and KWRT 13 Texas 2000
WPSD-TV 6 Paducah, KY
KCRG-TV 9 Cedar Rapids, IA
Earth: Exists
Some Weird Thing: Ends World
Earth: Ends
EAS: Its Time For Our National Anthem
USA: Plays Anthem
Hey, Micheal
What up?.
Reminds me of the custom eas warnings. This is amazing. If i ever ended my youtube career, i would play this video.
The Air Force hymn 1983 film was used by WTVD (Durham, North Carolina).
This is my favorite version of our national anthem. Never have I heard it better. Thank you for having this online I'm going to play this anytime anyone says anything about my country, my flag, and my rights! I love America!!!! USA!!!! USA!!!! USA!!!!
EAS Scenario brought me here
me too!!!
Omg same lol
Same! :D
Same
Same here bro HAH!!!
Wow, was aiming to show my son this and never expected to find the one actually aired in my hometown.
Gus Polly, I remember WTAE-TV and WPGH-TV (both in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) using the Aim High SSB film.
"We now conclude our final activation of the Emergency Alert System, with our national anthem."
IdioticReborn that’s how I got here lol
@@_Dyyl_ same here! :D
@IdioticReborn literally
Yeah that is why I am here
We are all here from the EAS channels lol.
Thanks for posting 👍🏼👍🏼🤗. I remember this sign off as a kid in the 80s. I finally went to visit Mt Roushmore this month and I had a flashback of the F 16 sign off on tv 📺👍🏼. Good memories!
God bless America, God please end this pandemic😭😭 🇺🇸
Its gonna take awhile but i will tell you, we will get there soon
Welcome to the bad future. @@somedude5368
I remember watching both of these videos in Arnold Hall at the Academy in the early 1990s. The Academy Staff did a good job of keeping cadets focused on and dreaming about where we were headed during what seemed like four interminable years. The beauty of the Air Force Hymn coupled with aircraft stayed in my memory for over two decades, and years ago prompted me to look it up on RUclips. I keep the lyrics to the Air Force Hymn by Mary Hamilton on the wall. USAFA graduate and F-16 pilot
Love this rendition of this hymn, Just wish I could find the recording. Just love it !!!
Been looking for about 2 hours... nothing from the vocal majority... its like it disappeared
EAS creators: It’s free real estate
A fun fact about this SSB: It was used before screening in USAF movie theaters, just like in India.
Absolutely glorious!!! God bless America
So glad that I found this by accident. My dad had a cousin who was in the Air Force.
one of the AIM HIGH AIR FORCE national anthems, Channel 5 WOI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa used when they signed off broadcasting for the evening.
G O I N T O P A N I C M O D E
When the world ends
I like how the camera shows the plane appearing to be dead upright in the first video when it’s actually in a 30 degree banking turn. Sweet camera work!
This superseded their earlier sign-off (with a Moog rendition of our national anthem).
Then most stations switched over to 24 hours with late night infomercial blocks by the early to mid 90s.
I wish networks would sign off with the national anthem like this in 2020
The 1000th Subscriber :)
I've seen this in many EAS scenarios
yes, me too. this appears after the voice said "we will now conclude our final activation of the emergency alert system with one last playing of the national anthem. may god be with you, and god bless america."
Make me feel Red, White, and Blue all over, God Bless America.
I was always a night owl, so I'd see the first 'Aim High America' one on the Rockford channel all the time.
And the third one has brought me to tears because I know just how much they protect all of us here.
This alone shows how far we've moved ourselves from wholesomeness and honor. Honor, being the most important one. Our country has fallen and I don't think we can bring it back. Salute.
One of the major political parties abhors patriotism and would rather focus on correct pronoun usage when addressing/referring to 1% of the population.
We will be ceasing all programming with one final playing of the national anthem. God Bless You All.
+NEPatriot, I accidentally removed your comment. I meant to reply to it and tapped the wrong thing. Sorry.
We did the Anthem at sign off, and the Hymn at sign on.
How early did you sign on/off in the 80s/90s?
@@Peyethon I think it'd prolly be 12am at sign off and 6am sign on..
@@Peyethon From what i remember, it was generally sign on at 6am (some channels at 5:30am, depending on programming), sign off at 1 or 2am.
Thank you for the upload. My favorite station sign-off to stay up late for and watch when I was a kid.
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Still struggling with that network affiliate swap WREX did with WTVO 😄
@@AreSheepElectric the CW subchannel in rapid city, sd switches to infomercials at 1:30-2 am .
And the Fox channel there switches to infomercials at 3:30-4
This concludes our broadcast day thanks for watching adult swim
Beautiful
This is the final activation of the emergency alert system
I miss this stuff. TV stations signed off when I was a kid in the late 80s and early 90s.
Earth: *ends*
EAS:
Everytime this song plays, a universe ends
Aim High Air Force 1:59
AJ Cariño
AJ Cariño
AJ Cariño
*go into panic mode*
WREX Sign On & Sign Off 3:46 4:52
AJ Cariño
They used "Aim high" signoff as late as 1999?
*We will now include this Emergency Alert System activation for the final time, by playing our national anthem. God bless you all, god bless the United States of America.*
US National Anthem 0:10
Aim High Air Force 1:59
It's from 1984-2015
@@ajcarinomusic6511 it's from 1987-2005
I hear this in any EAS scenario about asteroids, the USA falling, planet collisions, etc.
Anyone here from the EAS scenario?
yes, me
Two stations in the Mobile, AL/Pensacola, FL area, WALA(NBC/Fox) and WEAR(ABC) used the Aim High America SSB whenever they signed off for the night.
Imagine you are watching the tv at night and the last thing you see is an F-16 flying, you know the TV is going off.
If you see this after the EAS...
*RUN*
Goodbye Go!Animate Animation Broadcasting Corporation
Happy fourth of july everyone!!!
Outstanding
WKRC-TV Sign On July 11, 2014
Back in 1996 WDRB FOX 41 used this sign off
Thanks for sharing.
I'm here from EAS Scenario EAS Sign Offs
0:10
AIM HIGH
🇺🇸
AMERICA
from UK 🇬🇧
Sadly tv networks no longer do this .
This is the exact National Anthem video that was played at base theaters before the movie began.
*AMERICAAAAAA MYYYYYY HOOOOOMMMMME*
Earth: *EXPLODES*
Thank you Lord for these Men of Honor and their beautiful voices...God save us and our great President Donald Trump !
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The first sign off message is used a lot in EAS Scenarios, wether it be the end of the world, the end of America, or if a tragedy hits America that’s bad enough to change the lives of its citizens.
Most of the time its an XK Class end of the world scenario.
It's from 1984-2015
Redo of the Air Force Hymn with a higher quality audio track: ruclips.net/video/Nv4L--rgAzk/видео.html
5:00 RUclips copyrighted lmao
❤😂🎉 classic
GOOOD MORNIN´says uncle Grandpa meanwhile fucks your eardrums with the sound of 4:49 YOU CAN´T FIX THAT??
1980s-2010s
きょうも一日お楽しみしてください
We’ll now conclude the final activation of the Emergency Alert System with the playing of our nation anthem.
Happy 4th of July Americans
Michael A Cain. I credit to NBC.
They shouldn't have carved those faces on the side of the mountain.
I give "full, total respect" to every single citizen in the military. Listening to the Air Force Hymn allows me to reflect to those in the Air Force. May God continue to protect those who fly, and may God continue to bless them as well.
Bro why is 4:47 freaking me the fuck out LOL
0:26
As I kid I liked the F-16, now I would rather have seen the F-20
Disney xd 2009-2015
イギリス国歌か
Whos here from EAS Scenario
I am obviously
Let's Go Brandon!
I remember this late at night at sign off time back in the 80’s. 🫡🇺🇸
BN.. BN. TV.. TV. CHANNEL
This is the final activation of the emergency alert system.