| Enter Jet Age: Japan Air Force Gets US Sabres | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1620 |
| Catalog #: | 354227 | |
| Clip Number: | 354227-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 029-060-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:29:21 - 00:30:22 | |
| Location: | Japan | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Foreign Aid, Military Support LOCATIONS/ASIA: Japan MILITARY: Air Force MILITARY: Air Force, USA (USAF) TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Military | |
| Description: | Japan's small air defense force is catapulted into the air age with the arrival of American F-86 Sabre Jets. Assembled by US. and Japanese technicians, they carry the Nipponese insignia aloft, an important new re-alignment of power in the orient. Establishing shots - At a dock somewhere in Japan, Sabre Jets are being unloaded. CUS - As the jet is lowered on to the deck, sailors make adjustments as to where the Sabre Jet will be sitting. MS/OH - Sabre jets queued up on the deck of the aircraft carrier. MS - The planes protective cocoons are stripped and the air frames are thoroughly overhauled by United States Air men and Japanese technicians working side by side. In preparation for the first flight of the F-86 Sabre Jet. CUS - Japanese pilots being trained by the United Stats 5th air force for the transition from propeller craft are being brief for the flight that will catapult them into the Jet Age. Air to Air - Sabre Jets in formation with some clouds in the back ground. Air shot - Sabre Jets flying in horizontal formation | |
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