05:01:30 47 |
MONTAGE JAP ZERO FLIES & MANEUVERS THRU AIR AS
NARRATOR DESCRIBES ITS FEATURES FOR EASY IDENTIFICATION |
05:03:48 185 |
CU NARRATOR SHOWS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN U.S. P-40 &
ZERO PLANES |
05:06:00 317 |
RONALD REAGAN AS PILOT OF P-40 REPORTS TO COMMANDING
OFFICER (THIS SEQUENCE HAS THE COMMANDING OFFICER EXPLAIN TO ED SAUNDERS (REAGAN) THAT THE CLOSE RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE P-40 & THE ZERO HAS CAUSED FLIERS TO SHOOT DOWN THEIR OWN PLANES BY MISTAKE. REAGAN DESCRIBES THE ZERO, SECTION AT A TIME, ON A CHART |
05:11:18 635 |
AERIAL P-40 IN AIR
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05:11:28 645 |
MONTAGE RONALD REAGAN IN P-40 COCKPIT FLYING PLANE
ON PATROL |
05:11:35 652 |
CU RONALD REAGAN WITH GOGGLES & PILOT'S HAT
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05:11:40 657 |
IN THIS SEQUENCE REAGAN SPOTS ENEMY & ATTACKS ONLY
TO FIND THAT HE SHOT AT A P-40 BY MISTAKE |
05:12:58 735 |
CU LOOK OF DISMAY AS REAGAN REALIZES HE FIRED ON
HIS OWN |
05:14:46 843 |
IN THIS SEQUENCE REAGAN APOLOGIZES TO PILOT AS
THEY REVIEW HIS FILM OF THE ACTION, ON REVIEW OF FILM HIS COMMANDING OFFICER POINTS OUT HIS ERRORS OF IDENTIFICATION. HOWEVER, ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE INCIDENT, REAGAN PROPERLY IDS A ZERO AND SHOOTS IT DOWN. HAPPY ENDING |
Description: TYPICAL WWII WAR PROPAGANDA FILM STARRING RONALD REAGAN PRODUCED TO INFORM NAVY AND AIR FORCE FLIERS AND GUNNERS ON HOW TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY A JAPANESE ZERO FIGHTER PLANE.
Keywords: dogfight
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