- Title: HD-384
- Summary: NAVAL AVIATORS: INCOMPLETE FILM DESCRIBING THE TRAINING AND BENEFITS OF BEING AT NAVAL AVIATOR. FILMED AT NAVAL AIR BASE IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, EARLY 1930'S
- Description:01:00:01 - GRAY SCALE TEST PATTERN 01:01:02 - SCROLLING TITLE CARD IMPOSED OVER SKY SCENE WITH CLOUDS AND SUNRAYS. "THO THOSE WHO CAN MEET THE STRICT EDUCATIONAL AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS THE REWARDS ARE EXCITING: PAY OF $105 A MONTH, WHICH INCLUDES SUBSISTENCE, DURING A YEAR'S TRAINING; PAY OF $155 A MONTH THEREAFTER DURING A THREE-YEAR TOUR OF DUTY AS NAVAL AVIATORS IN THE US FLEET OR AT ONE OF THE FLEET AIR BASES AND ...A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF $1500 AS A NEST EGG FOR THE START OF CIVILIAN LIFE, AT THE CLOSE OF THE FOUR-YEAR PERIOD WHICH HAS CONVERTED THE FLEDGLING CADET INTO A HIGHLY EFFICIENT AIRMAN - HIS WINGS OF GOLD, A GILT-EDGED PASSPORT TO A CAREER IN COMMERCIAL AVIATION. 01:01:42 - AERIAL VIEWS OF NAVAL AIR STATION IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA 01:02:17 - WS PAN OF BUILDINGS AT NAVAL STATION, AVIATION CADET BARRACKS, COLUMNED BRICK BUILDING 01:02:26 - CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON ENTRANCE TO CADET BARRACKS 01:02:35 - INTERIOR OF NAVAL CADET DORM ROOM, CADET TAKES WHITE JACKET OUT OF CLOSET, GETTING DRESSED, NEAT CLOSET 01:02:45 - MS OF CADET PUTTING ON HIS HAT, CLOSES LOCKER DOOR 01:03:04 - PAN OF DINING ROOM FOR CADETS, ALL DRESSED IN WHITE UNIFORMS, ALL WHITE, ALL BLACK WAITERS ENTER ROOM TO SERVE THEM, RACIAL DIVIDE 01:03:18 - MARCHING CADETS PASS CAMERA, MILITARY DRILLS 01:03:37 - NAVAL SHIP AT SEA 01:03:46 - MS OF SAILORS BEING INSTRUCTED AT SEA, SHIP'S WHEEL IN BRIDGE 01:03:54 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF CADETS BEING TRAINS ON DECK OF SHIP, LIFEBOATS AND GUNS 01:04:04 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF SAILOR TURNING THROTTLE IN ENGINE ROOM OF SHIP 01:04:09 - SEAPLANE TOWED OFF RAMP AT PENSACOLA BASE 01:04:16 - MS OF SEAPLANE ON WATER 01:04:27 - SHOT OF AVIATORS IN SEAPLANE WEARING LEATHER HELMETS AND GOGGLES 01:04:38 - SEAPLANE TAKING OFF 01:04:42 - AVIATOR INSTRUCTOR USES HAND SIGNALS, TOUCHING THE CHEEK, AVIATORS LOOK AROUND, PLANE TURNS LEFT 01:05:30 - SEAPLANE IN AIR BANKING LEFT AND RIGHT 01:05:38 - CLOSE UP OF AVIATORS IN SEAPLANE, FLORIDA COAST AND PENSACOLA AIR BASE IN DISTANCE 01:05:58 - SEAPLANE LANDING IN WATER, BI-PLANE 01:06:04 - LS OF MULTIPLE SEAPLANES IN THE SKY OVER WATER 01:06:24 - AVIATORS CLIMB INTO SEAPLANE 01:06:31 - SEAPLANE PIVOTS AROUND IN WATER, BI-PLANE, TAKES OFF FROM WATER 01:07:04 - SEAPLANE IN AIR, LANDS IN WATER 01:07:21 - MS OF SEAPLANE LANDING, COASTLINE IN DISTANCE, INSTRUCTOR GIVES A THUMBS UP 01:07:50 - MS OF SEAPLANE, INSTRUCTOR STEPS OUT, STANDING ON WING 01:08:21 - MS OF OFFICER IN PITH HELMET, SHOUTS FROM SHORE 01:08:27 - SEAPLANE TAKES OFF 01:08:47 - SEAPLANE IN AIR, BIPLANE 01:08:55 - SEAPLANE TAXIS IN WATER, APPROACHES CAMERA ON SHORE, SEAMAN GOES OUT TO MEET PLANE AND GRABS WING 01:09:11 - PLANE IS ANCHORED TO SHORE AND PILOT GETS OUT, WALKS ALONG WING, SALUTES OFFICER WAITING, CRANE ON BASE PLATFORM 01:09:28 - OTHER SAILORS, CADETS RUN OUT TO GREET HIM, CONGRATULATE HIM, THROWS AVIATOR INTO THE WATER 01:09:47 - AVIATOR INSTRUCTOR IN CLASSROOM AT BLACKBOARD 01:09:52 - WS OF CLASSROOM, BACKS OF CADETS SITTING AT DESKS 01:09:55 - CADETS LOOK AT MODEL OF PLANE ENGINE 01:10:00 - CU OF PLANE'S PROPELLER 01:10:03 - ECU OF PISTOLS IN ENGINE 01:10:05 - CADETS LOOK AT MODEL OF PLANE ENGINE IN OUTDOOR SHED 01:10:09 - OVERHEAD VIEW OF CADETS IN CUBICLES LISTENING TO HEADPHONES AND TAKING NOTES, RADIO OPERATORS TRAINING 01:10:17 - INSTRUCTOR USES SKY CHART FOR NAVIGATION 01:10:21 - MS OF AVIATOR USING COMPASS TO LEARN NAVIGATION 01:10:30 - SPINNING AIRPLANE MODEL IN BUILDING WITH LARGE WINDOWS 01:10:35 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1932
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: HD-384