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WHITE FLUFFY CLOUDS.
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GRUMMAN PLANT, 1940s YOUNG WOMAN SHIELDING HER
EYES FROM THE SUN WEARING VARSITY SWEATER
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NAVY PILOT WALKING TO F6F FIGHTER PLANE, GRUMMAN
PLANT #4
00:01:44 56.95
MECHANICS GIVING F6F FINAL PRE-FLIGHT CHECK
CHECKING FOLDING WINGS. MECHANIC BANGING WING
WITH MALLET.
00:03:11 142.95
1940s CROWD AT PLANT AS TEST PILOT ARRIVES,
CHECKS HIS HELLCAT PLANE, CONNIE.
00:04:05 196.95
CU TEST PILOT CLIMBING INTO HELLCAT, CU
INSTRUMENT PANEL
00:04:15 206.95
CU PIPE SMOKING ROY GRUMMAN DRAWING SKETCH OF
FIGHTER PLANE, 1941 JAKE SWIRPLE. DESIGN OF A
PILOT SHIP. SWIRPLE PICKS UP TELEPHONE
00:04:42 234.95
EXTERIOR MONTAGE GRUMMAN PLANTS
00:04:47 239.95
SWIRPLE IN MEETING WITH PLANT MANAGERS
00:04:54 246.95
MINIATURE PLANES SUSPENDED FROM CEILING
00:04:58 250.95
MODEL OF HELLCAT F6F FIGHTER PLANE BEING
TESTED IN WIND TUNNEL
00:05:07 258.95
ENGINEERS DESIGNING PLANES. CU DRAWINGS OF MOTOR
MOUNT. WING FLAPS. WIDE TREAD HUSKY LANDING
GEAR.
00:05:59 311.95
CU PIPE SMOKING BUSINESSMAN LOOKING IN THE AIR
AS IF IN DEEP THOUGHT. GETS AN IDEA, WRITES IT
DOWN. ROY GRUMMAN
00:06:12 323.95
GRUMMAN ENTERS "THINK TANK" WHERE ENGINEERS ARE
LOOKING AT BLUE PRINTS. CU WRITING THE NAME
HELLCAT UNDER FIGHTER PLANE. ENGINEERS AT WORK
DESIGNING FIGHTER PLANE
00:06:56 368.95
MILITARY GUARD AT ENTRANCE OF BUILDING MARKED
"EXPERIMENTAL NO ADMITTANCE WITHOUT A RED BADGE".
DOOR OPENS, MILITARY OFFICERS EXIT
00:07:11 382.95
HS PLANT EMPLOYEES ENTERING TOP SECRET BUILDING
SHOWING RED BADGES TO POLICEMAN
00:07:26 397.95
CU DOOR OPENING, PEOPLE EXITING. FEET COMING
& GOING. SHIFTS COMING & GOING
00:07:46 417.95
EMPLOYEES BRINGING OUT PLANE PARTS PIECE BY
PIECE, SLIDING OPEN DOORS TO TOP SECRET
RESTRICTED AREA, HANGAR WHERE EXPERIMENTAL
HELLCAT PLANE IS BEING ASSEMBLED. TOP SECRET
MISSION
00:08:00 431.95
HELLCAT #1 PLANE COMING OUT OF HANGAR, CURIOUS
CIVILIANS WATCH
00:08:44 475.95
NAVY TEST PILOT CLIMBING INTO HELLCAT. CU CROWD
PEOPLE CRANING THEIR NECKS. CU HAND PROPPING
PLANE, CREW MAKING FINAL CHECKS, FREEING BRAKES
PILOT TAXIS
00:10:02 553.95
CU CURIOUS ONLOOKERS LEANING OUT OF BRICK
BUILDING'S WINDOWS
00:10:04 555.95
PILOT WAITING FOR THE WORD, CU AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROL TOWER, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER CLEARING
PILOT FOR TAKEOFF. CU SIGNAL, RED LIGHT GOES OFF
TEST HELLCAT TAKES OFF. CU WHEELS TAKING OFF
GROUND
00:10:44 596.95
POV IN PLANE WATCHING HELLCAT QUICKLY ASCEND
3200 FEET IN A MINUTE. QUICKLY RISES ABOVE
& DIPS BELOW CAMERA PLANE
00:11:31 643.95
F6F HELLCAT IN FLIGHT
00:11:55 667.95
CU MECHANIC ON GROUND POKES FELLOW MECHANIC,
POINTS UP
00:11:58 670.95
F6F HELLCAT ON TEST FLIGHT
00:12:29 701.95
CU PLANE'S WHEELS LOCKING INTO PLACE, WHEELS
TOUCHING EARTH, HELLCAT LANDING
00:12:58 730.95
CU GROUP OF 1940s WOMEN CRANING THEIR NECKS TO
SEE AS IF WAITING FOR ROCK STAR OR MOVIE STAR
00:13:11 742.95
1940s CROWD SHOT. NERD PULLS PEN FROM POCKET
WRITES ON NOTE PAD
00:13:16 747.95
HUGE PHOTO TEMPLATE. MEN DRAWING LIFE SIZED
PIECES OF PLANE ON METAL, LIKE A BLUE PRINT.
00:13:44 776.95
ENGINEER TAKES SHEET OF METAL, PROJECTS
DEVELOPED NEGATIVE ONTO BLANK SHEET OF METAL.
00:14:10 801.95
MEN COMPARING TEMPLATE TO ORIGINAL DRAWINGS
00:14:19 810.95
FEMALE EMPLOYEE CHECKING ROOM FULL OF TEMPLATES
CU PATTERN, TEMPLATE. BRINGS TEMPLATE TO GRUMMAN
EMPLOYEE. PATTERN FOR PART OF PLANE
00:14:35 826.95
PROCESS OF MAKING PARTS FROM TEMPLATES, CUTTING
FLAT SHEETS OF METAL, CU EMPLOYEE CUTTING OUT
DIAMOND GUSSETS, CU DRILLER DRILLING PIECES OF
METAL, CUTTING OUT PLANE PARTS FROM METAL.
GROUP RUBBING CUT METAL PIECES.
00:15:38 889.95
HUGE HYDRAULIC PRESS SHAPING METAL, PLANE PARTS
00:16:22 933.95
MEN HEATING METAL AT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN 920
DEGREE SODIUM NITRATE BATH
00:16:40 951.95
CU RINSING PARTS DIPPING PARTS IN DE-GREASING
SOLUTION OF TRICHLOROETHYLENE
00:17:17 988.95
WORKER SPRAYING RED PAINT ONTO PARTS
00:17:34 1005.95
WORKERS HEATING PLEXIGLAS, PRESSING INTO SHAPE
OF RUNNING LIGHTS FOR WING TIPS
00:18:18 1049.95
WORKERS CLEANING PLEXIGLAS WINDSHIELDS
00:18:22 1053.95
WORKERS BENDING COPPER INTO SHAPES
00:18:41 1072.95
WORKER JOINING GROUP OF COPPER TO BE INSTALLED
AS AN ASSEMBLY
00:18:49 1080.95
WORKER ASSEMBLING GUN CHARGER PANEL. EMPLOYEES
ASSEMBLING FILLER NECK BOX. WORKERS DRILLING
BLANDING GEAR STRUTS.
00:19:30 1121.95
MONTAGE AIRPLANE ASSEMBLY PLANT
00:19:54 1145.95
EMPLOYEES RUSHING OUT OF PLANT, CRAWLING UNDER
OPENING DOOR, RUNNING FOR LUNCH BREAK
00:20:13 1164.95
EMPLOYEE BASEBALL GAME
00:20:43 1195.95
EMPLOYEES THROWING HORSE SHOES NEXT TO PLANES
00:20:57 1209.95
CU HOLE FILLED TARGET, EMPLOYEES SHOOTING BOW
AND ARROWS AT TARGET, ARCHERY
00:21:08 1219.95
EMPLOYEES PLAYING BASKETBALL
00:21:15 1226.95
EMPLOYEE VOLLEYBALL GAME
00:21:27 1239.95
WATCHING TRIO OF F6F TEST PLANES
00:21:56 1268.95
CU TWO EMPLOYEES STICKING THEIR HEADS OUT OF
WINDOWS, HEADS FOLLOW PLANE PATH
00:22:05 1276.95
GRUMMAN WARTIME NURSERY. MOTHER HUGGING HER
CHILDREN. WOMAN READING STORY TO CHILDREN.
00:22:23 1294.95
FEEDING CHILDREN LUNCH
00:22:27 1298.95
TRIO OF YOUNG GIRLS SITTING ON TOILETS. LITTLE
POTTY TRAINED GIRL PULLING UNDERWEAR UP. LITTLE
GIRLS GOING TO THE BATHROOM.
00:22:35 1307.95
EMPLOYEES GOING BACK TO WORK AFTER LUNCH BREAK
00:22:51 1323.95
MONTAGE AIRPLANE ASSEMBLY PLANT. TESTING
ARRESTING HOOK.
00:23:14 1345.95
EMPLOYEE CLOSING DOOR "INSPECTION NO ADMITTANCE"
INSPECTORS CHECKING PLANE PARTS. RECOIL STRUT.
00:23:34 1366.95
EMPLOYEES ASSEMBLING SECTIONS OF PLANES
00:23:49 1381.95
MONTAGE CHECKING TESTING PLANE PARTS VALVES
ETC.
00:25:40 1491.95
TRUCK CARRYING OUT LOAD OF PLANE PANELS, CENTER
SECTIONS TO PRODUCTION LINE WHERE EMPLOYEES
ARE ASSEMBLING PLANES.
00:27:34 1605.95
WORKERS WEARING PROTECTIVE MASKS SPRAY PAINTING
PLANE
00:27:46 1617.95
WORKERS PLACING AIRPLANE WINGS ON PLANE, CU
WING HINGE BOLT.
00:28:18 1649.95
CU GAUGE ON MAGNETIC CURRENT MACHINE.
00:28:31 1662.95
MAN STANDING ON WING OF PLANE AS IT'S MOVED
INTO PLACE
00:28:47 1678.95
WORKER ON A TRACTOR TOWING PLANE OUT OF HANGAR
00:28:57 1688.95
CREW MOVING AIRPLANE SPARE PARTS
00:29:25 1716.95
CU STENCILING SIGN ON WOODEN BOX: "TO
SUPPLY OFFICER NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSON
FLORIDA". CU MONTAGE SIGNS FOR VARIOUS
DESTINATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
00:29:51 1742.95
CU LETTER TO MR. GRUMMAN FROM FRANK KNOX.
00:30:00 1751.95
WAREHOUSE FULL OF TBF "THE AVENGER" PLANES
00:30:09 1760.95
GRUMMAN TBF PLANE WITH FOLDING WINGS COMING
DOWN INTO PLACE
00:30:24 1776.95
CROWD APPLAUDING AS AMERICAN FLAG IS RAISED
CEREMONY REWARDING THE BUILDING OF THE HELLCAT
CU GRUMMAN ? FLAG WITH "E", AN ARROW & THREE
STARS ON IT FLYING WITH AMERICAN FLAG.
00:30:37 1789.95
TEST PILOTS PREPARING FOR TEST FLIGHTS. CU
AVIATRIX, FEMALE TEST PILOT. PILOT WRITING
OK FOR DELIVERY ON BLACKBOARD
00:30:56 1808.95
WOMAN PERCHED ON END OF PLANE'S WING AS IT IS
MOVING INTO LINE WITH MANY OTHER HELLCATS.
00:31:14 1825.95
POV DRIVING PAST LONG LINE OF F6F HELLCAT PLANES
00:31:24 1836.95
TEST PILOTS BEING ASSIGNED HELLCAT PLANES
00:31:40 1852.95
SCOOTER BRINGING GROUP OF PILOTS TO THEIR PLANES
00:31:47 1859.95
PILOTS MOVING HELLCATS OUT ONE BY ONE, TAXIING,
TAKING OFF, FLYING IN THREES
00:33:34 1966.95
LS UNITED STATES AIR CRAFT CARRIER. INTERIOR;
MESSAGE COMING THROUGH, PREPARING F6F HELLCATS
FOR FLIGHT ON FLIGHT DECK, PLANES TAKING OFF
FLIGHT DECK, ON ROUTE TO MISSION.
00:34:28 2019.95
TRIO OF HELLCATS ATTACK ENEMY SHIP
00:34:55 2047.95
HELLCAT FIGHTER PLANE PEELS OFF, DROPS OFF FROM
OTHERS
00:35:05 2056.95
POV IN HELLCAT IN LAND ATTACK, SHOOTING AT
GROUNDED ENEMY PLANES
00:35:52 2104.95
CU F6F HELLCAT DROPPING BOMB IN WATER, HELLCATS
ATTACK ENEMY BATTLESHIP, AIR-SEA BATTLE
00:36:46 2157.95
HELLCATS RETURNING TO AIR CRAFT CARRIER'S FLIGHT
DECK FROM MISSION. MS PLANE'S WINGS FOLDING,
LOWERED BELOW DECK HIDDEN FROM SIGHT.
00:37:35 2206.95
AERIAL OVER GRUMMAN PLANT, BETHPAGE, LONG ISLAND
00:37:48 2219.95
LINE OF 1940s CARS PARKED AT PLANT
00:37:55 2226.95
CU MEN OPENING "RESTRICTED AREA LOITERING
PROHIBITED" HANGAR DOORS. TIGER CAT PLANE INSIDE
CREW MOVING TIGER CAT TEST PLANE OUT OF HANGAR
00:38:27 2258.95
WS 1940s CROWS CURIOUS ONLOOKERS WATCHING
00:38:29 2260.95
PILOT STARTS TIGER CAT FIGHTER PLANE. CU LAUGHING
CROWD. TIGER CAT TAKES OFF INTO THE CLOUDS
00:40:00 2351.95
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Year: 1944  Color: Color
Genre: AVIATION

Description: F6F FIGHTER PLANES, MANUFACTURING, ETC. GRUMMAN DEADLY AIR FIGHTER PLANES. HELLCAT. TIGER CAT. NAVY PILOTS.

Keywords: munitions


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