| French Air Show: De Gaulle Sees Radical Craft | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1712 |
| Catalog #: | 362186 | |
| Clip Number: | 362186-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-049-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:02:51 - 00:03:57 | |
| Location: | France | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Spectators LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France PERSONALITIES: De Gaulle, Charles TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Exhibitions TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Military | |
| Description: | France opens her 25th annual air show by unveiling some radical craft. President Charles de Gaulle sees a plane that flies with super-sonic speed and then stands still in midair [Vertical Take-Off and Landing/VTOL plane]. There's also a demonstration of the US. one-man rocket belt that lifts a soldier over the terrain. France Air field with helicopters and planes and a lot of people waking around. MS - Charles De Gaulle walking around with his entourage. MS - The back of a little girl sitting on his father's shoulders watching a helicopter in flight. MS - A super sonic fighter coming to a dead stop in the air. CUS - Man demonstrating a "Rocket Boy" jet pack as he zooms up 60 feet in the air and he zooms off to his left and then lands a perfect landing. | |
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