AVIATION TRAINING Reel 2 · Part 2

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Summary: Reel 1: 100'. 1) INT S Civilian passengers seated in C-3 in flight, pilot compartment in Bg. 2) INT S Pilot looking at map. Instrument panel of Ford Stout C-3 Bg. 3) INT S Same as sc 2. 4) DS Cultivated terrain and unidentified city. 5) DS Cultivated terrain small river, wooded areas. 6) AS Mountainous terrain. 7) INT S Same as sc 1. 8) DS City of San Diego. 9) DS Rockwell Air Dept., Rockwell Field, California. Three destroyers anchored in San Diego Bay. 10) Rockwell Airfield showing landing field, barracks and hangars. Rod Fg. Two destroyers anchored in San Diego Bay, Bg. 11) CU Civilian passengers leaving Ford-Stout C-3, wearing or carrying parachutes. 12) CU Two Pilot Officers standing in front of Aerial map. 13) CU Pilot Officer standing in front of Aerial map. 14) CU Ground instruction chart. 15) CU Air instruction chart. 16) CU Group of instructors and students standing in front O-38 plane, move away and Pilot and student climb in O-38. 17) CU Cockpit of O-38 showing controls and instrument panel. 18) CS O-38 instrument panel showing artificial horizon, altimeter, ball-bank indicator. 19) CS The Sperry Horizon Instrument, chart Bg. 20) CS Chart of the artificial horizon, showing how instrument operates. 21) CS Directional Gyro. 22) CS Chart showing how the directional gyro operates. 23) CS Altimeter. 24) CS Rate of climb indicator. 25) CU Instructor in rear cockpit of O-38. Student under blind flying hood in front cockpit of O-38. 26) CU Instructor and student in 0-38. Instructor talking in mike, student pulls blind flying hood overfront cockpit. 27) MS O-38 takes off in fog. 28) MS O-38 taziing in fog. 29) CU O-38 showing radio directional finder on top nose cowl. EM standing on lower wing. 30) Chart showing how radio compass operates in connection to radio range station. 31) MS Showing radio range station. Mts. Bg. Shows radio towers. 32) CU Chart showing entry and approach of plane making landing by use of radio range stations. 33) CU Chart showing line and angle of approach of planes landing by the use of radio [Quality: Good]. Reel 2: 1006'. 1) MS Ground formation of Douglas OA-4Bs warming up for take off. 2) MS Douglas OA-4Bs taxiing on runway. 3) LS Douglas OA-4Bs make landing in unid ocean bay. 4) LS A. formation of Douglas OA-4BS make landing on water. 5) LS Douglas OA-4BS taxiing water toward beach, lowers landing gears and taxi ashore onto beach. 6) CU EM take collapsible life raft out of Douglas OA-4B, unroll it on the planes wing and then inflates it. 7) CU EM in life raft paddle away from Douglas OA-4B which is stationary on water. 8) MS Douglas OA-4B taxiing on water. 9) CU Civilian talking the function of Naval navigation. 10) CU View of instruments which the navigator uses for blind fling in Douglas OA-4B. 11) CU View of the navigation charts used by the navigator of the Douglas OA-4B. 12) INT S Lt. Wolfe, pilot of the Douglas OA-4B, sitting in cockpit of the plane. 13) INT S Shot of Lt. Snavely, navigator of the Douglas OA-4B. 14) INT S Lt. that plots the flight. 15) INT S Sgt. Woord, radio operator of the OA-4B. 16) INT S Navigator, plotter and radio operator of the Douglas OA-4B, all working together [Quality: Poor]. Reel 3: 1000'. 1) LS Camera pans from R to L showing OA-4B taxiing down runway, as cameraman pans to L it shows OA-4B take off. Mts Bg. 2) LS Camera pans to L showing OA-4B flying over mts. As camera pans, it brings in shore line. OA-4B flying over water. 3) INT MS Sgt. Woods sitting at radio. Lt. Snavely, Navigator, sitting with earphones on. Plotter sitting next to Lt. Snavely. 4) CU Army field message which reads, "Time, Zero Eight Five Departed Pt Lama Course Two Six Two", Snavely. 1-FL-CR-809. 5) INT MS Sgt. Woods sitting at radio. Lt. Snavely, Navigator, talking to plotter. 6) INT CU Lt, Snavely looking thru a drift meter. Camera pans downward showing Lt, Snavely adjusting a magnetic compass. Camera pans upward showing Lt. Snavely talking thru microphone to Pilot, than he looks thru drift meter. Then he takes out a computer and looks at it. 7) INT MS Lt. Snavely talking to plotter. Sgt. Woods in L Fg. 8) INT CU Plotter writing on a paper which is attached to a board. 9) CU Lt. Snavely looking thru drift meter. 10) CU Taken thru window showing fog. 11) MS SV of OA-4B in formation overwater 12) LS DS of OA-4B oin formation over water. 13) INT CU Navigator looking thru sun sight. MS Navig. talking to Plotter. Then they both start to write the information they received from the sun sight. 14) INT MS Radio operator talking to Navigator and Plotter. 15) INT CU Army Field Message, "TIME ZERO EIGHT THREE FIVE BEARING TWO SIX TWO DISTANCE FIVE FIVE. SNAVELY 2-FL7-CR-038". 16) INT MS Officer working on a locator board, Radio operator in Bg., comes forward and gives Officer message. Officer in Bg. 17) INT MS Pilot sitting at controls, with back to camera. Pilots pick up hand microphone. 18) INT MS Navigator talking through hand micrcphone. Plotter sitting next to him. Radio operator in L Fg. 19) MS fog over water. 20) INT MCU Navigator looking through drift meter, then peeks up hand microphone. Camera pans to R showing plotter. 21) LS OA-43 flying into fog, then disappears into fog [Quality: Fair]. 22) INT MS Navigator reports the weather condition thru moicrophone. Navigator then takes a Sextant out of a case, then leaves his seat and opens a hatch and looks out. 23) MS Navigator using a sextant. 24) INT MCU Navigator gives reading to the plotter. Navigator sits down and straps on parachute. Plotter writes down all the information. 25) INT MS Pilot sitting at controls with back to camera. Pilot picks up hand microphone [Quality Good]. 26) INT MS Navigator gives instructions to pilot from a microphone. Plotter on the L of the navigator. 27) DS Buoy in water, camera pans downward. 28) MS OA-4B in flight [Quality: Fair]. Reel 4: 900'. 1) CU Navigational Star Chart. 2) MS Navigation instructor draws chart on blackboard. Students sitting in Fg. 3) AS A. formation of Douglas OA-4Bs in flight. 4) CU Drawn diagram showing why navigation is necessary when flying through clouds and fog. 5) MS Douglas OA-4Bs taxiing for take off during heavy fog. 6) CU Navigator takes reading on sextant from astrodome of OA-4B. 7) CU Astrodome. 8) CU Same as in sc 6. 9) Large naval vessels firing their heavy guns. 10) CU Same as in sc 9. 11) AS convoy of large naval vessels. 12) MS Same as in sc 11. 13) CU Drawing the advantage aircraft bombing of ships has over coastal batteries. 14) CU Two Air Force Officers discuss the aerial bombing of ships. 15) CU Radio operator sending message by wireless. 16) DS Office making navigation drawing on maps of the route that the B-10 bomber is taking. 17) CU Officer operating unidentified radio equip. 18) MS Radio operator removes earphones from his head, gets up from his desk and hands the map plotter a small slip of paper. 19) CU Plotter making navigation drawings. 20) CU Map showing exact location where B-10 will bomb enemy vessel. 20) CU Map showing exact location where B-10 will bomb enemy vessel. 21) AS B-10 in flight. 22) AS Enemy vessel. 23) CU Same as sc 20. 24) AS B-10 makes direct hit on enemy vessel and it sinks very rapidly. 25) AS B-17 in flight. Clouds in Bg. 26) AS A. formation of B-17s. Snowy mountain peaks and clouds in Bg. 27) INT S Pilot at the controls of B-17. 28) INT S Waist gunner of B-17. 29) INT S Bombay doors of B-17 opening and bombs being released. 30) AS A. formation of B-17s dropping bomb loads [Quality: Fair]. Good, Fair & Poor

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