This color recruiting film showcases the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers, airplanes, pilots and flight crews. It was shot aboard a number of carriers including the Essex class USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), USS Forrestal (CV-59), USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). Copyright is 1970.
Opening: An eagle soars through the air. Other types of birds fly. Different U.S. military jets. Title: FLIGHT, THE ROMANCE OF NAVAL AVIATION (:07-:56). A U.S. Navy carrier at sea. Pilots get into their jets. Jets are ready for takeoff, men move around the sip, a jet takes off. A group of Douglas A-3 Skywarrior jets. A-4 Skyhawks. A-1 Skyraiders, a lone A-5 Vigilante flies over a carrier. Two A-6 Intruders (:57-1:53). FJ-1 Fury flies. McDonnell F3H Demons. Carrier at sea, a plane takes off from the ship. F-11 Tiger. Navy men. Fingers point at coordinates on maps. Men work under the planes. Navy men prepare planes for takeoff. Men wave their hands and fingers. A pilot in a cockpit. A pilot ready for takeoff. A battleship sails at sea. Men wave and kneel (1:54-3:22). F-4 Phantoms on deck (3:34). Corsair II (3:46) take off. A North American T-34 Mentor takes off. Multiple planes take off from multiple angles on the runway (most of the planes are seen from behind). E-2 Hawkeye plane. Multiple planes shown – A-4 Skyhawk (4:10), A-1 Skyraiders. Four Flying Dumptrucks in formation. F-11 Tiger refuels in mid-air (3:23-5:41). Sikorsky SH-34 Seabat helicopters. Bell TH-13L helicopter. Aerial shot from a helicopter. T-2 Buckeye (6:03). Planes in formation. A-1 Skyraiders. Aerial shot of Grumman A-6 Intruders flying in formation. POV cockpit shot of coming in for a landing on a Navy carrier at sea. U.S. Navy Blue Angels F-4 Phantoms (6:48). Navy men watch as plane after plane lands. Plane flies at dusk (5:42-7:21).
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