" APPROACHING THE SPEED OF SOUND " AVIATION AT MACH 1 SHELL FILM UNIT EDUCATIONAL FILM 74842

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Created by the Shell Film Unit, "Approaching the Speed of Sound" . The Royal Air Force commissioned Shell to make these films to detail hazards and physical issues related with high speed flight. Peter de Normanville directed the film; he served as scientific director of London Shell Film until 1963. He utilizes a process known as Schlieren technique using vivid colors to show shock waves built up on the aircraft's wing and tail surfaces as it flows through the sound barrier. The films in this series were considerably successful; hundreds of copies were sold and it won numerous prizes. It is comprised of a series detailed diagrams and animations showing the relationship between speed of the aircraft and the speed of sound and shots of planes approaching Mach 1 or the speed of sound.
The film opens on the Shell logo (:10). It was created by the Shell Film Unit (:33). An RAF Vulcan Jet zooms onto screen (1:46). The film begins with a series of demonstrations on how sound travels through the air (1:59). A slinky is first used (2:20). Sound waves are compared to ripples in the water (2:39). An explosion is set off (2:59). The speed of the aircraft and the speed of sound are compared (5:27). The nose of the Vickers Valiant B MK-1 bomber (5:40) appears. Mach number is discussed (5:47) and the Mach meter is shown (6:03). A diagram details how Mach number is calculated (6:12). A wing section is used to show drag (7:31). A Blackburn Beverly (9:21) flies onto screen. Flight Mach number (9:48) and local Mach number (9:59) are compared. Shots of the pilot follow within the cockpit (10:58). On the gear panel, the flight Mach number is noted to have been altered (11:11). Shaky footage captures the aircraft buffeting violently (11:24). A high speed wind tunnel is used in example (11:53). The compressed air jet is turned on showing spurts of blue and red (12:23) detailing increasing and decreasing density (13:25). Shock waves are visible as a missile spins through the air (14:47). Still footage shows the shock waves better (15:07). A diagram explains what happens when the craft reaches critical Mach number (15:40). Wave drag is explained (18:04). The meter appears as it approaches the speed of sound (18:34). The pilot grips the controls as he experiences loss of stability within the cockpit (19:17). Wool tufts are stuck on the wing for this experiment to show separation in flight (19:27). Hues of blue show the speed up of air around the aircraft (19:57). Shock waves lead to an increase in drag (20:09). How to combat or avoid drag is covered (20:31). The Folland Gnat (20:36) and the Avro Vulcan (20:43) swim on screen. The thin wings are employed on the crafts in order to help reduce drag. As speed increases the shock wave forms (21:19) around the thicker wing. Mach number .9 is displayed (21:44). The Vickers Valiant (21:58) zooms above. A wing is used to show air flow changing as the wing is swept back (22:27). A Northrop jet zooms over (25:11). A Fairey Delta 2 mid-wing tailless delta monoplane appears in flight (26:03). A Boeing 707 passenger jet (26:20) follows. The shell logo closes the film (26:46).
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit www.PeriscopeFilm.com

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@gerryortiz8324 Жыл бұрын

Not only the golden age of aviation but the golden age of aeronautical educational content. 👏

@GrantJohnston-dr9rt 10 ай бұрын

British I might add!

@princegroove Жыл бұрын

That wonderful 50’s sense of romanticism and charm never ages. 👍🏻

@andyharman3022 3 жыл бұрын

The wind tunnel tests showing the formation of shock waves on the airfoil section are very enlightening.

@AlbertDongler 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating. Brilliantly illustrated!

@_RAF_SkyRider_ 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect old style explanation! Easy to digest!

@rapman5363 Жыл бұрын

Dr Zoom and the Sonic boom! 💥

@solarpower09 Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thank you very much for this magnificent piece of engineering history!

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@salbers 3 жыл бұрын

It was viewing this film in Physics Class CIRCA 1965 that got me into aviation.

@smfield 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative and easy to follow.

@pilotominal9323 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading this video. By the way, some of the illustrations are remarkably didactic.

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@alwayscrabby7871 7 жыл бұрын

That was great ! Thanks.

@dziban303 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding video

@kiwidiesel Жыл бұрын

I gotta hand it to those early test pilots, The balls one needed to push these barriers was planetary.

@camiemengineer 2 жыл бұрын

VERY GOOD .. THANK YOU.

@Skeeter51244 3 жыл бұрын

Is that a Blackburn Beverly at about the 9:20 mark? I had the pleasure of going through the last one of them at Fort Paull, near Hull, England while visiting friends there.

@Mikeb8134 Жыл бұрын

thanks

@johnpinckney7269 2 жыл бұрын

Very good film

@zamacabandb6017 6 жыл бұрын

After such an eloquent reasoning... the last paragraph should read: "At high altitudes the speed of sound is lower because of the lower air density."

@dougball328 6 жыл бұрын

Incorrect - for a gas. See above explanation of the equation for the speed of sound in a gas. Here is a link that explains the speed of sound in different materials. www.nde-ed.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Sound/speedinmaterials.htm

@ianrkav 2 жыл бұрын

@@dougball328 He's not quite incorrect though is he. Air density is important and sound does travel faster through denser air. This quote from your link, "Suppose that two volumes of a substance such as air have different densities. We know the more dense substance must have more mass per volume. More molecules are squeezed into the same volume, therefore, the molecules are closer together and their bonds are stronger (think tight springs). Since sound is more easily transmitted between particles with strong bonds (tight springs), sound travels faster through denser air. However, you may have noticed from the table above that sound travels faster in the warmer 40 ^{\circ} C air than in the cooler 20 ^{\circ} C air. This doesn't seem right because the cooler air is more dense. However, in gases, an increase in temperature causes the molecules to move faster and this account for the increase in the speed of sound."

@dougball328 2 жыл бұрын

@@ianrkav The speed of sound is the square root of the product of gamma * R * T where gamma is the ratio of specific heats, R is the gas constant and T is the temperature. Please notice that density is not in the equation. This equation is for gases only - and different gases can have a different R. You correctly pointed out the flaw in your own density argument when you noticed that the speed of sound went up on warmer gases. CORRECT !

@ianrkav 2 жыл бұрын

@@dougball328 Well you did mention a 'constant' there:-) Speed of sound at 30,000ft is about 660mph. At sea level about 760mph. Why? Just because density isn't in the particular equation you mention doesn't mean it isn't a factor, but for that particular gas equation you would be correct:-) But so is the other guy:-) Anyway, thanks for your fast response from a four year old post.

@dougball328 2 жыл бұрын

@@ianrkav I repeat, the density doesn't matter. You could cool the air down at sea level and the speed of sound would drop even if you kept the pressure the same. And yes, because density is not in the equation DOES mean it isn't a factor. As a 40+ year aeronautical engineer, I know this subject far better better than you. Sorry, but that's a fact. Now I am done wasting time trying to educate you. I suggest you get some books on gas dynamics and study.

@zamacabandb6017 6 жыл бұрын

Somebody help. The speed of sound depends on material or fluid density: the denser the material the higher the speed of sound (think putting your ear on a train track...). At sea level the air is denser and therefore the speed of sound is higher than at high altitude (any altitude) because the air pressure is less. Yet at 3:20 - and this is not the only youtube location where I find this stated (!), it is said that the speed of sound depends on temperature, and because the temperature is lower, so is the speed of sound. The opposite is true: the lower the temperature the higher the air density, so the higher the speed of sound. At high altitudes the speed of sound is higher because of the lower air density (the temperature may have a negative but not linear contribution, and I am sure there are plentiful studies).

@fiftystate1388 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@dougball328 6 жыл бұрын

For a gas, the speed of sound is the square root of (gamma*R*T), where gamma is the ratio of specific heats, R is the gas constant, and T is the temperature.

@craigwall9536 5 жыл бұрын

@@fiftystate1388 It's not rocket science. In a GAS, the molecules are not touching- so to transfer mechanical energy, the speed of the individual molecules sets how fast a wave can travel through it and the speed of the molecules is set by the temperature. The higher the temperature, the faster the molecular motion and the faster sound propagates because that's how fast one molecule can move to hit the next molecule in succession. As the *density* varies, the distance the molecule has to travel is less, but that has nothing to do with the molecular _velocity_. More precisely, a shorter path has a minor effect on the speed of sound, but in a gas it is a tiny effect compared to the effect of temperature. In cold gas the density might or might not be higher- but the molecules STILL are not touching each other and the speed of propagation is less because the speed of each molecule is less and they take longer to bump into the next one in succession. Get it? Don't assume that because the gas is colder it is denser- density is a variable that is usually NOT connected to temperature in the atmosphere; the higher you go the air gets colder but it ALSO gets LESS dense. Stay with me... In liquids or solids, the molecule ARE touching...so the "mean free path velocity" has no effect because there IS no free path. Higher gas temperature means higher free path velocity. (The "mean" free path velocity means AVERAGE velocity. There is some distribution of velocities because, like billiard balls during a break, some move faster and some move slower. But that's simply a detail of the statistics.) Be careful extrapolating from what you THINK you know. Because sometimes you over-reach. This is one of those times. Remember: Mach numbers only apply to GASES. NOT liquids and NOT solids. Only where a molecule has to travel some distance to hit another molecule does the Mach concept apply.

@lawrencemiller3829 2 жыл бұрын

Consider the speed of sound is faster in steel, per Bing search, 16,400 FPS. I wondered about air Temperature vs Pressure too.

@mikecawood 3 жыл бұрын

How do we get rid of the irritating clock at the bottom?

@PeriscopeFilm 3 жыл бұрын

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@oldsledpurgatory3595 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone know who narrated this film? I've been hearing this guy's voice for decades and always wondered who it was.

@deathsheadknight2137 3 жыл бұрын

Troy McClure

@frankroberts9320 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that's Ed Reimers, the 'You're in good hands with Allstate' guy. Here's another of his voiceover jobs: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdZkpMiTx5eak6s.html

@vladimirputinforUSA 2 жыл бұрын

It was Donald Trump You didn’t know that ???

@mrb.5610 Жыл бұрын

Sounded American or Canadian - slightly at odds with the all-British aeroplanes !

@NikovK Жыл бұрын

1950's corporations should run the public schools. Shell, Bell Labs, IBM, GM... sure we lose environmentalism, but at least our kids would understand more science than ideology.

@SoloRenegade Жыл бұрын

Wow, modern education really has degraded badly. this is far superior to education today.

@jamesbugbee6812 Жыл бұрын

American accent, British birds (as a rule), a bit odd.

@bowl1820 Жыл бұрын

There's two versions of this, The other one has the British narrator and the british credits. Also this is only part one of a three part series. High Speed Flight - Part 1 - Approaching the Speed of Sound High Speed Flight - Part 2 - Transonic Flight High Speed Flight - Part 3 - Beyond the Speed of Sound Here's the British one, much better copy. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMyZlpOXlcuunWg.html