| Testing The Ejection Seat For Starfighter Jet | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1758 |
| Catalog #: | 425703 | |
| Clip Number: | 425703-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-017-04 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Plymouth, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INVENTIONS: Health & Safety INVENTIONS: Mechanical LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Airplane & Pilot Safety TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Military, Aircraft Carrier | |
| Description: | The British demonstrate their jet ejection seat aboard a carrier off Plymouth, England. West Germany wants to replace seats in their American-made Starfighter jets with the British model. Reason: loss of forty pilots in sixty-five Starfighter crashes. Establishing shot - British aircraft carrier. Camera Zooms In - Ejection Seat and Naval personal watching the test. CU - The Ejection Seat speeding down the deck of the aircraft carrier. LS - The Ejection Seat going off the aircraft carrier and the two dummies aboard are ejected. Low Angle Shot - The two dummies are ejected and their parachutes deploys ensuring them a safe landing. It works! | |
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