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Made in the late 1940s or early 1950s, this promotional film for North American Aviation is a great historical document of the history of mass produced airplanes used mostly for warring efforts of the United States, told from the perspective of one of the largest airplane manufacturers in the world. It is filled with historic footage of various types of World War II fighter planes, surveillance planes, bombers and fighter jets. Spectacular air battle scenes from World War II and the Korean conflict are scattered throughout this film. Lots of explosions and rockets being fired as well as scientists pointing at blackboards and rolled out maps while smoking pipes.
Time code 1:41 shows an AT6 plane being rolled down a residential street. Time code 2:39 features a flying shot of an observation plane. Time code 5:07 a montage of shots of the U.S. Capital building in Washington DC. Time code 5:43 shows a montage of shots of an assembly line of planes at North American
Time code 6:10 - Historic footage of Jimmy Dolittle’s squadron attacking Japan. The first such attack on Japanese soil in nearly 2,000 years. Time code 10:50 begins a montage of historic air battles, many bombs dropping, machine guns firing that goes on for over 5 minutes featuring the fabled P51 Mustang attack planes.
At time code 15.57 close up on a jet engine being fired up in the lab followed by montages of jets flying, taking off and landing, refueling in the sky and a montage of Sable jet fighters in battle.
Time code 28:19 begins a segment on Super Sonic flight featuring the F-100 doing barrel rolls and formation flying.
From time code 30:44 to the end of the film, there is a series of vignettes about the development of nuclear technology for power plants and medical reactors.
North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70, as well as Apollo Command and Service Module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, the Space Shuttle orbiter and the B-1 Lancer. Through a series of mergers and sales, North American Aviation became part of North American Rockwell which became Rockwell International and is now part of Boeing.
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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