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Red Display - Show Air Might To U.S. Air Chief

Reel Number: 221355-11

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1956

Country: Russia,USSR

Location:

TC Begins: 19:06:15

TC Ends: 19:06:57

Duration: 00:00:42

Red Display - Show Air Might To U.S. Air Chief High angle of large crowd walking into airport. Spectators see many helicopters landing in show for General Nathan Twining, Light planes w/ flags flying from them. Crowd watches planes spell: “Glory to the USSR” in Russian. Jet supersonic fighter fly-over, twin-jet medium bomber. Five MIGs. Cold War; 1956 Military Air Power; USSR; Russia; Oddities; NOTE: Gen. Nathan Twining viewing on 24Jun56 but not seen. First U-2 overflights of USSR began on 04Jul56.

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