https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/2a9e238b-8003-4f04-9817-fe9ae35775f1 Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This color recruiting film showcases the U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers, airplanes, pilots and flight crews. It was shot aboard a number of carriers including the Essex class USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), USS Forrestal (CV-59), USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). Copyright is 1970. Opening: An eagle soars through the air. Other types of birds fly. Different U.S. military jets. Title: FLIGHT, THE ROMANCE OF NAVAL AVIATION (:07-:56). A U.S. Navy carrier at sea. Pilots get into their jets. Jets are ready for takeoff, men move around the sip, a jet takes off. A group of Douglas A-3 Skywarrior jets. A-4 Skyhawks. A-1 Skyraiders, a lone A-5 Vigilante flies over a carrier. Two A-6 Intruders (:57-1:53). FJ-1 Fury flies. McDonnell F3H Demons. Carrier at sea, a plane takes off from the ship. F-11 Tiger. Navy men. Fingers point at coordinates on maps. Men work under the planes. Navy men prepare planes for takeoff. Men wave their hands and fingers. A pilot in a cockpit. A pilot ready for takeoff. A battleship sails at sea. Men wave and kneel (1:54-3:22). F-4 Phantoms on deck (3:34). Corsair II (3:46) take off. A North American T-34 Mentor takes off. Multiple planes take off from multiple angles on the runway (most of the planes are seen from behind). E-2 Hawkeye plane. Multiple planes shown - A-4 Skyhawk (4:10), A-1 Skyraiders. Four Flying Dumptrucks in formation. F-11 Tiger refuels in mid-air (3:23-5:41). Sikorsky SH-34 Seabat helicopters. Bell TH-13L helicopter. Aerial shot from a helicopter. T-2 Buckeye (6:03). Planes in formation. A-1 Skyraiders. Aerial shot of Grumman A-6 Intruders flying in formation. POV cockpit shot of coming in for a landing on a Navy carrier at sea. U.S. Navy Blue Angels F-4 Phantoms (6:48). Navy men watch as plane after plane lands. Plane flies at dusk (5:42-7:21). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERY3VyVinrY Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:28:34 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/2a9e238b-8003-4f04-9817-fe9ae35775f1 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.