AIR SHOW Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Summary: MS Prince Bernhard and party at airdrome, walking down steps and over to car. 35' MS four French military men and a girl stooped below wing of Dassault MD 450 Ouragan fighter, consulting map. Several angles, same scene description. 68' CU two men as they check the hydraulic system through an access door. 111' MS camera panning with a line of British Gloster Meteor F.MK8's which taxi right and pass a Sabre Mk2 (F-86) in bg. 134' pilots talking -- Meteor in bg. 146' MS NATO flag area. 180' MS personnel going through gates and entering bleachers. 205' LS people seated in bleachers. Several angles of personnel watching aerials, waving handkerchiefs. 368' MS Dutch band marching in front of bleachers. 446' MS USAF band marching in front of bleachers. 467' MS Oueen and Prince arrive in car, take their places, and watch the aerial display. Camera pans to formation of fighters (propellers) flying in formation in the shape of "40". 768' LS liaison type planes LS liaison type planes towing NATO flags to the left. ELS & MS formation in the shape of "40." 924' Total footage in reel. MS f1yover of a Fokker S-11 (Netherlands). 10' MS British Percival Provost TMK1 flying to camera left, executing a wingover, flying right, then diving. 14' MS the Netherlands Fokker 11 flying low, completing a right wingover, circling field, climbing, rolling, and demonstrating a very blow landing. 73' MS four British Navy AD4W Anti Submarine Search (Douglas) aircraft in line-abreast formation -- aircraft fly out of scene. 114' MS fly-by to the right of formation of four Netherlands Hawker Sea Fury F.B. Mk 11's -- formation climbs. 125' MLS Auster J.5F Aiglet trainer in a very steep descent, flying low to ground. 153' MS panning to the left with the takeoff of four Netherlands Gloster Meteor F.Mk 8's. 171' MS Meteors in flight to the right. Two aircraft bank, climb, and are followed by two other aircraft -- camera pans with the second two. 188' FV diamond-shaped formation of four meteors -- lead aircraft flying inverted flight, others normal. 197' MS to CU FV flyover of formation of four English Electric Canberra B.Mk 2's equipped with tip tanks repeat same scene description. 233' Fly-by to the right, formation of four Netherlands Gloster Meteor Mk 8's. 228'LS to MS fly-by to the left of Meteors -- formation climbs. Several views of the team in aerial maneuvers. 248' MS V-shaped formation of four Netherlands F-84E's. Aircraft performing a diamond fly-by to the left, a climb, a tailaway, a steep climb, and a roll. 295' Fly-by to the right of three French Dassault ND 452 Mystere II fighters equipped with tip tanks. 321' MS fly-by to the left of four Netherlands F-84E's in diamond-shaped formation. 343' Fly-by to the right of a Dassault MD 450 Ouragan fighter. 358' Inverted fly-by to the right of an MD 450 -- aircraft turns over to a normal flight. 368' FV formation of four KC-97's in flight to the right. 419' MS low angle of personnel sitting on top of truck, watching Air Show. 428' MS fly-by to the right of a British Percival Pembroke C.Mk 1, a Military Communications monoplane. 450' MS Queen's car and two others parked on grounds. 464' LS B-36 in flight to left. 478' LS formation of fifteen B-47's in flight to the left. 510' CU flash fly-by to the left of an English Hawker Hunter (fighter). 513' LS aerial maneuvers of a Hawker Hunter. 533' ELS FV formation of 20 British Canberras -- five sets of four. 555' ELS FV formation of 16 Canberras -- our sets of four. 565' ELS FV formation of 40 Canberras, two sets of four Netherlands flag in fg. 586' ELS eight sets of four jet, straight wing, fighters followed by 6 more sets -- flag in fg. 609' ELS RV ten sets of four canberras. 622' Total footage in reel. Reel 3: MS camera pans right with four men as they walk over to two early model French aircraft, a Caudron trainer G-5 anc a Santos-Dumont Demoiselle, stationary on field. Men examine the engine on the Demoiselle, then walk over to the Caudron trainer -- make a comparison of the engines. Written on the nose of the Caudron trainer: SGT. MILLET. 86' LS stage coach type vehicles, driven by four horses, loaded with personnel in period dress. Several angles, same scene description. 129' MS old model cars driven by people in period dress. 155' MS as men and women, in period dress, parade in front of camera. 186' MS personnel, in period dress, look at the Demoiselle. 202' MS men pushing the Caudron trainer G-5. Two men are seated in the cockpit of aircraft, engine is running. 227' MS camera pans right with the Caudron trainer taxiing-aircraft takes off. 260' MS personnel, in period clothes, waving. 283' CU RV same scene descfiption. 300' CU FV same scene description. 326' CU of Netherlands Sikorsky 5-51 fly-by to right -- name on side, JEZEBEL. 331' MS VIP section watching the helicopter maneuvering. 346' Several angles showing the maneuverability of the French Sud Ouest SO 1220 Djinn compressed air-driven helicopter. 402' MS crowd. 409' MS line of Belgian C-119's taxiing to the right. 463' MS French NORD 2501 (transport), with SNECMA engines, flies by low to left and climbs. 478' LS parachutists descending. 534' MS Danning with one of the descending parachutists. 578' LS C-119 f1yover, parachutists in fg -- parachutists jumping from aircraft. Repeat. 654' MS parachutists at touchdown. 656' LS flyover of a Belgian C-47, parachutists jumping. 671' CU parachutists at touchdown. 675' MS parachutists rolling chutes, 684' CU touchdown of parachutist. (Several scenes) 721' MS three parachutists descending. 743' CU Queen and party -- in bg Belgian paratroopers drive past in trucks. 782' MS crowd cheering. 797' MS crowd as truck of paratroopers pass. 820' CU trucks passing. 830' CU pan to the left of crowd waving, pan back to the trucks. 866' Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Orig neg)

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities