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General Hap Arnold Tribute

Reel Number: 221212-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1950

Country: USA

Location: Hawaii,Pearl Harbor

TC Begins: 08:10:45

TC Ends: 08:19:35

Duration: 00:08:50

General Hap Arnold Tribute No main title. James Stewart narration. Opens w/ large white scenic cumulus clouds seen from air. CU of Wright brothers superimposed, then take off and flying biplane over. 1911 airmail flight of five miles. 1912 altitude record to 6540 ft. 08:11:56 Army biplanes in flight. 1917 & planes dogfighting (staged). War production & large motors assembled. 08:12:30 Very large triple-wing six-engine bomber taxiing. Early gag helicopters bouncing. First army airmail flights. Question Mark refueling over Los Angeles. Spaatz, Aiker. First flight to Alaska. 08:14:18 CU of Hap Arnold who did the above. Bombers in line. Arnold speaks. 08:15:01 Sketches of fighter planes. Two engine bombers; other sketches. Fighters in air. Large groups f fighter planes on ground; paratroopers out of planes; P-38 (good) in flight. Bombers in flight. 08:16:18 Well-off business men & wives sitting at dinner tables eating large dinners. Families eating. Dramatic clouds & lighting. from plane. headlines & footage of Pearl Harbor in flames. 08:17:01 WWII industry; women riveting & assembling planes. Assembly lines of aircraft & taxiing out of hanger, intercut w/ clock ticking. Taking off. Air to air shots of bombers in formation; view of machine gunner; contrails above & with planes. (GOOD). 08:18:38 Machine gunners shooting at attacking fighters. Aerials of bombs dropping & exploding. Biography; WWII; Air Force; Aviation; Aircraft History;

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