| Instant Airstrips: Bombed Runways Repaired Quickly | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1739 |
| Catalog #: | 426752 | |
| Clip Number: | 426752-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 038-071-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:36:19 - 00:37:30 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Airfields & Helipads ENGINEERING: Misc LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA MILITARY: Air Force, USA (USAF) TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Military | |
| Description: | A well-placed bomb can put an airstrip out of operation for many days. Now the Air Force has developed a method of getting a runway back in business in a matter of hours. Bulldozers fill the crater and an aluminum sheath makes the strip as good as new. TLS ground explosion. High angle TLS/LSs - construction equipment driving onto damaged runway. TLS bulldozers filling in bomb crater with sand. TLS/MSs - United States Air Force airmen repairing, installing new patches of airstrip. High angle LSs - tractors dragging new patches onto runway. MSs - airmen installing new patches with bolt guns. H/a LS man using machine to paint guideline on new patch. Panning TLS USAF F-4 C Phantom jet fighter taxiing on runway. | |
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