1970s U.S. NAVAL AVIATION MUSEUM FILM " WINGS OF EAGLES, WINGS OF GOLD " PENSACOLA (Print 2) 25934
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2020
- This film is a color film with B&W clips. Produced by the U.S. Navy and narrated by Rod Serling. A summary of the pioneers of the U.S. Naval Aviators and their accomplishments over time. 1:10 Opening Title Screen: “Wings of Eagles, Wings of Gold”. Executive Producer: Cdr. Wes Larson, USN. 1:25 View of men preparing to board Aircraft on an air carrier. 2:21 Naval Aviators are called “eagles”. 2:47 Pensacola Florida, a city synonymous with the birth of naval aviation, began in January 20th, 1914. Aviation unit from Annapolis, under John G. Towers, arrived to set up a flying school. 3:06 Sign of Naval Aviation Museum. Flight students have totaled in the tens of thousands. Students are challenged purposefully towards their goals of surviving on land and sea. 4:00 Naval men seen in basic and free flight training. 4:17 Flight students attend classroom activities. 5:25 “Dual Aces”, an advanced designation for aircraft accomplishments, are seen training naval students. 6:01 Air tactics over time are discussed. 6:55 Illustrations of naval men are viewed. 7:07 At the Naval Aviation Museum, the past influences the present and affects the future. 7:25 Men who have received the Medal of Honor during aerial combat are presented in the museum. 8:12 In November 1910, Eugene Ely, a civilian aviation pioneer, is credited as flying the first shipboard aircraft to takeoff from a ship. From the perch of a wooden platform built over the bow of the light cruiser USS Birmingham ship, Ely successfully takes flight from the ship deck in a Curtis Pusher. This event ushers in the age of Naval aviation. Early photos of aircraft are shown. 8:52 Early flights and their mishaps are shown. 9:28 Naval enthusiasm for aviation grows over time. World events, including depression and dictatorship impact their motivation. 11:30 Footage of Pearl Harbor and the destruction of battle ships and aircraft. 12:50 Aircraft fighting from major battles are shown. 13:00 Various WWII battles are mentioned including and beyond the Pacific Theatre: Guadalcanal, Bougainville, the Coral Sea, Midway, Tarawa, Sicily, Salerno, Normandy, Saipan, Luzon, Guam, Okinawa. 13:44 Aviation carrier ships totaling 165 are active during operations, but soon turn to silence at the war’s end. 13:50 Total active ships quickly falls to less than two dozen. 16:15 As war activity begins for the Korean War, it is difficult to restock the equipment and men needed for battle. 16:20 Vice Admiral Bill Hauser remembers fondly the use of the Corsair during the Korean War, also known as the “bent wing monster” and the “hog”. 17:13 Korea was positioned as a land power, not a sea power. 17:51 After the Korean War, peace extends new strategies to the naval airforce, with experimentation and exploration of new technologies. Larger air carriers learn to land on carriers. 18:20 Project “Test Pilot” during C-130 carrier trials aboard USS Forrestal with Commander James Flatly, III, whose father and grandfather served before him. Jim is seen visually checking an aircraft before take-off. 19:43 Air bombers drop bombs from the sky over Vietnam. 20:06 Naval jets land on carriers. Commander Jerry Danton does not come back, but is captured and held by the enemy. 20:34 The Apollo program lifts the hearts of Americans after the Vietnam War. 21:44 Captain Jeremiah Denton returns safely to American soil. Denton walks off aircraft, and makes announcement regarding his service to the country. He thanks the commander in chief and the American Nation. 23:32 The Naval Aviation Museum will be home to the many old historical artifacts of the men and old machines of the past. A process of recovery at the museum begins. 23:55 Men are seen repairing and rebuilding old aircraft from times gone by. 24:32 Retired Captain Charles Pete Conrad discusses his naval history. 25:54 Image of the lunar module landing on the moon. Excitement of the crew as they see the crater awaiting their landing. 26:27 Astronaut seen exiting the module. 27:11 View of the galaxy, as Edward R. Murrow expounds the promising future for mankind’s planetary exploration. 27:26 Closing screen of an eagle flying in slow motion. For Naval Aviation, the journey may have just begun.
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Thank you Periscope Films! This was a trip back to my formutive years growing up in Pensacola and watching the Trainers fly all day every day it seemed and dreaming of being a Naval Aviator and an Astronaut. We would go out to P-cola Beach and watch the Blue Angels practice all the time and while a Sea Cadet I remember sitting in an old trainer parked near the Yacht Club and pretending to shoot down Migs! I remember touring the Naval Air Museum when it first opened and the awe of seeing all the aircraft and even space craft (Apollo Command Module)...Great memories and great place to grow up! I had to settle for building aircraft instead of flying them but no regrets. I love that Rod Serling narrated this!
Awesome! ... onward and upward!
Loved every minute
Yes..that is rod sterling
Indeed it is!
Lived on NAS Pensacola back in 1970-71. Still vividly remember when the Blues would come home from some distant airshow, and announce their return by low-flying their F4's at almost stall speed over the wooded area the Officer's Housing surrounded, standing the birds on their tails, and then kicking on the afterburners while spiraling the planes up into the sky. The place would reek of kerosene for hours, afterwards, but is was SO COOL, that I never cared.
At the same time, was an unofficial docent at the museum, demonstrating the operation of the ball turret they had on display there (I was small enough to fit inside). I also was privileged to be one of the caretakers of "Miss Baker", the monkey who had gone into space and spent her days afterwards at the museum.
Awesome film! 👍😎 I cannot believe Rod Serling narrated this. He had such a captivating voice I would even be mesmerized by him reading the ingredients on a box of cereal!
I actually own an original reel-to-reel copy of this film! It’s awesome to actually watch it here.
Enjoyed being stationed at Training Squadron Four 83-86 at NAS Pensacola. Visited the museum a couple of times when family came to the base.
Outstanding film. Thanks!
Military aviation of good old days 👍
I was stationed flying 130s at Hurlburt Field down the road for 7 years. used to visit the NAS all the time.
My hometown,it was great in the 60's,70's now not so much just like everywhere else.
My dad retired to Pensacola. Korean war era vet, Army, and drove an anti-USSR bomber missile truck all over Germany. They camped in forests and inside tunnels the whole time, other than on leave. No wonder he hated camping when I was growing up...
Sounds like Rod Sterling is the narrator.
I believe you're correct on that.
Sounds like he wrote it too.
I wish the counter was removed from the bottom of the screen
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That's rod sterling.
Serling.
@@PeriscopeFilm Yes. My speech to text function on my phone doesn't do too good sometimes.
@ 6:30s when Cunningham is referring to the lack of a 'target rich environment offering opportunity', perhaps if the US ever fought a war against an equally powerful State instead of inflicting their military might on relatively impoverished third world countries he might have enjoyed that opportunity.