00:00:48 0 |
WHITE FLUFFY CLOUDS.
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00:01:02 13.95 |
GRUMMAN PLANT, 1940s YOUNG WOMAN SHIELDING HER
EYES FROM THE SUN WEARING VARSITY SWEATER |
00:01:13 24.95 |
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
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00:04:47 239.95 |
SWIRPLE IN MEETING WITH PLANT MANAGERS
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00:04:54 246.95 |
MINIATURE PLANES SUSPENDED FROM CEILING
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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
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00:11:55 667.95 |
CU MECHANIC ON GROUND POKES FELLOW MECHANIC,
POINTS UP |
00:11:58 670.95 |
F6F HELLCAT ON TEST FLIGHT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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00:21:15 1226.95 |
EMPLOYEE VOLLEYBALL GAME
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00:21:27 1239.95 |
WATCHING TRIO OF F6F TEST PLANES
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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00:28:57 1688.95 |
CREW MOVING AIRPLANE SPARE PARTS
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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.
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00:30:00 1751.95 |
WAREHOUSE FULL OF TBF "THE AVENGER" PLANES
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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
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00:31:24 1836.95 |
TEST PILOTS BEING ASSIGNED HELLCAT PLANES
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00:31:40 1852.95 |
SCOOTER BRINGING GROUP OF PILOTS TO THEIR PLANES
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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
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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
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00:37:48 2219.95 |
LINE OF 1940s CARS PARKED AT PLANT
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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
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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 |
TAPE ENDS
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Description: F6F FIGHTER PLANES, MANUFACTURING, ETC. GRUMMAN DEADLY AIR FIGHTER PLANES. HELLCAT. TIGER CAT. NAVY PILOTS.
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