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U.S. Air Force Mcdonnell F 101 Voodoo and Lockheed Nf-104A Training Exercise (1968)

1968 · Short film · 18 min

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This untitled, silent, color film from 1968 documents flying practice of two U.S. Air Force jets: the McDonnell F 101 Voodoo and the Lockheed NF-104A Aerospace Trainer 56-756. The film is not edited but rather a sequence of raw footage of the two jets that is pieced together with make-shift clapperboards denoting changes in shooting. The footage focuses on various aspects of the flying drill from prepping the planes, the pilots, and their uniforms to washing the exterior body of the jets. This film is a significant historical archive because, based on the jets featured in this film, it might portray tests and flight runs at the United States Air Force (USAF) Experimental Flight Test Pilots School at Edwards Air Force Base during the height of the space age. Clapperboard (0:06). Dry, arid, sandy landscape and McDonnell F 101 Voodoo speeding along tarmac to takeoff (0:11). U.S. Air Force pilots wearing orange CWU-1/P flight suits assisted into the jet’s cockpit (0:28). Camera pans exterior details of the jet as it drives along the aerodrome (1:12). A pilot’s jumpsuit is adjusted with the help of a USAF lieutenant and mechanic (1:38). The pilot receives adjustments in the cockpit of the jet by jet engineer (2:08). Camera does close-up pan of exterior details of perhaps the Lockheed NF-104A Aerospace Trainer 56-756 - including rescue instructions (2:26). Two men in white jumpsuits coordinate cleaning the exterior of the Lockheed NF-104A Aerospace Trainer 56-756 (3:29). Engineers…

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Running time
18 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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