Skyraider Plane
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Home transfer from 16mm original.
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The 1949 newsreel showcases the Douglas A-1 Skyraider, a powerful Navy attack plane capable of carrying a significant arsenal, including the devastating Tiny Tim rocket. The aircraft is highlighted for its impressive payload capacity and its role in military operations.
Keywords
Skyraider, Douglas, Navy, attack plane, Tiny Tim, rockets, military, ordnance, aviation, 1949
Transcription
[Music] America's airborne Arsenal takes on a cargo of deadly rockets including Tiny Tim a 1,300 pound package of total destruction this is the Douglas ad skyraider the Navy's most powerful attack played at the US Navy ordnance test station in Yorker in California the plane is loaded with 12 rockets and the mighty Tiny Tim the sky Raider is ordinarily carrier-based at its takeoff his catapult launch also carrying a 2,000 pound bomb the fighter can strike with an arsenal of 12,000 pounds of deadly explosive power there goes Tiny Tim [Music] American genius and know-how again comes through
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, catalog record, video
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