Civil Air Patrol International Cadet Exchange (1958)

Synopsis

Ambassadors With Wings is a short 1958 film, narrated by Jimmy Stewart, that gives viewers a glimpse at the Civilian Air Patrol’s (CAP) International Air Cadet Exchange program and celebrates the program’s 10th anniversary. The film opens with footage of the Wright Brothers flying one of their first planes at Fort Myer, VA, and Charles Lindbergh’s plane flying in the sky. American CAP cadets climb into an Air Force transport plane to head to Europe as part of the International Air Cadet Exchange program. The film shows viewers a little back story to CAP cadets training prior to participation in the program. CAP planes take off from an airstrip. CAP cadets march in a drill in Sherman, TX. Cadets train in pilot seats as well as in the classroom. Cadets fly Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars with their trainers. The film then cuts to the start of the exchange program, beginning with the cadets’ arrival in England. CAP cadets look at the British Parliament from across the Thames (04:58). The film also shows other scenes from London. CAP Cadets are reviewed by British Air Marshal Sir Douglas Macfadyen (06:00), before visiting the Royal Air Force Hawkinge Base in Dover where they study a British Spitfire. The American cadets greet British police officers, then head to Buckingham Palace where Queen Elizabeth II and her family appear on a balcony (06:54). The next stop is Brussels (07:13), and the cadets visit the Grand-Place, have breakfast with a host family, and watch a bike race…

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Running time

25 minutes

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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