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Go to HomepageReel Number: 250198-08
Color: Colour
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1943,1940s
Country: USA
Location: California,Edwards AFB
TC Begins: 17:12:14
TC Ends: 17:25:10
Duration: 00:12:56
NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1943ca, USA Homefront, Aviation: XP-59A Bell Fighter Jet Aircraft Testing Leader / title: Secret - This motion picture contains information affecting the National Defense... Main title 17:12:53 MS Pan front of hanger as jet aircraft XP-59A Airacomet towed out of hangar onto tarmac. MLS XP-59A parked. MS. 01:13:42 MCU of two / both jet-engine exhaust tailpipes. 17:13:49 MS rear view / RV XP-59A. MLS partial side view / SV. MCU of nose & left air intake opening. Full SV XP-59A. CS both air intake ducts w/ front wheel. CU pan part of XP-59A. High angle / HA of XP-59A. 17:14:44 MCS lower part of wing & landing gear. MLS full SV. MS RSV/ MCU low angle of tail. MS SV. 17:15:30 MS two civilians taking cowling off engine. CUs. CU showing part of engine after cowling has been removed. MS. 17:16:48 CU nose of XP-59A showing air intakes; rear of engine tailpipes. 17:17:04 MCU man inside plane closing canopy. INT control stick; instrument panel; throttle assembly. INT controls reads HIGH PRESS. STOP COCK. 17:17:45 SV w/ mechanics working on plane.. 17:17:56 CU flame out of tailpipe as engine started. MCU looking into engine pipe from rear. 17:18:38 LS XP-59A taking off. 17:19:33 Aerial shots of XP-59A maneuvering. 17:20:25 XP-59A landing, taxiing. 17:21:00 MCS pilot in cockpit w/ canopy raised. MLS crowd gathering around ship. MS Army colonel. MS another Army officer. MCS two men shaking hands, one man is in cockpit of XP-59A. CU unidentified pilot. CU English officer. 17:21:38 MCS two men talk beside XP-59A. INT two men examining a jet engine. 17:22:01 MS two unidentified civilians. 17:22:06 MCU flame coming out of tailpipe. LS XP-59A taking off. 17:22:36 Aerial shots of XP-59A maneuvering. Rolls, dives, etc. 17:24:33 LS SV XP-59A. MS RV XP-59A. MS FV XP-59A. 17:24:52 CS night view of flame coming out of tailpipe. 17:25:03 The End WW2; Aviation; Jet-Propulsion Fighter Aircraft Development; 1940s; Test Pilots; Military Airplanes; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: First flight 01Oct42 by Robert M. Stanley; first official flight 02Oct42 by Col. Laurence Craigie. British engineer / designer Frank Whittle helped develop jet engine tested in XP-59A. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk