Republic Aviation Family Open House (1960)

★★★★ · Look at the machine going back and forth! · Spuzz · 2014-12-17

Interesting movie here. The first half looks hardly amateur. Seems like it's a movie shot by Republic documenting this day. A lot of the shots are are of crowds entering and exiting exhibits. There is emphasis on a family, Mother, Father, three kids, but these are obviously a prop family for the film. Still, the shots of these guys, walking towards the camera towards a brighter future! Are golden. The second half is more stark and raw material of the exhibits themselves. They border a little bit beyond science fair exhibits and "college day" stuff. I wonder how excited Republic staff were to…