PLANES OF THE U.S. NAVY Reel 2 · Part 1

Description

Reel 1, a utility plane flies a photography mission and tows a target; a transport plane carries and releases paratroops: trainers take off and fly in formation; and patrol bombers are launched, flown, landed, and beached. Shows brief scenes of the Bureau of Aeronautics, the San Diego Air Station, and other unidentified air stations. Reel 2, seaplanes are catapulted, flown, landed, and picked up; fighters and scout bombers take off from a carrier and fly in formation; torpedo planes are fueled, armed, and flown on a practice mission; and a plane lands on a carrier and is attended by maintenance crews.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Navy Motion Picture Film Productions