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Thunderbirds

Reel Number: 220344-07

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1980s

Country: USA

Location: Manhattan, New York city,NYC:

TC Begins: 08:28:15

TC Ends: 08:44:12

Duration: 00:15:57

Thunderbirds Air Force Now (?) Clouds. Aerial tracking shot low over sea, coastline & rolling hills. Aerial over snowy mountain peaks. Wheat field & harvesting. Six second aerial over lower Manhattan, NYC. US flag (good). 08:29:24 Overhead of 6 General Dynamics Thunderbird F16 Phantom jets in formation toward camera; past; close shots. Titles. Thunderbirds acrobatics w/ smoke or trails in various formations, climbs, turns & maneuvers. Superimposed over Native American face (sculpture) re Native American legend of great power coming out of sky. Then individual & groups continue performing. 08:31:31 Public air show. Crowd in grandstand. Maintenance crew & pilots march to aircraft. Audience, mainly families with children. CU kid takes snapshot. Taking off in close formation. Split screen pilot in cockpit. Thunderbirds takeoff. Good shots pilots in flight. Manoeuvres & flight in formation. Audience clapping. POV flying over desert while doing various aerobatics. 08:37:14 Support crews doing maintenance work in hangar. Large group of pilots wave to audience. Pilot hugs wife. 08:38:08 Thunderbirds flying low & audience reactions. Plane flies in between diamond formation. More sharp turns and amazing spins. Wing-tip to wing-tip formation. View from plane while climbing & rolling etc. 08:42:12 Crowd of spectators rush to meet pilots on airfield & mingle. Pilots give leaflets. Six plane formation. Recruiting; Promotion; Danger; Skillfull; Oddities; Patriotism; American desert landscapes; Americana; 1980s; Air Show; F-16;

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