https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/434ad856-cd9e-4eb5-a975-119e21cccf53 "Muscle Power for Planes" was the name of an industrial film made for the Allison Division of General Motors in 1956. Unfortunately, the film appears to be lost, but the good news is that portions of a master print survive. This excerpt from a "lab roll" shows many aircraft from the 1950's including the SM-62 Snark missile, F-89 Scorpion, A-3 Skywarrior, F3H Demo, and other aircraft. The film opens with a Northrop SM-62 Snark intercontinental ground-launched cruise missile test launch (:12). A JATO bottle is used for launch, separation after the bottle is expended is pictured at (:26). The Northrop F-89 Scorpion (:36) flies over an unidentified mountain range. The Scorpion was the first combat aircraft armed with air-to-air nuclear weapons. It took first flight in August of 1948. Blueprints are unrolled (:45). The J-71 Axial Flow Turbojet engine follows (:57). The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior (1:21) was the largest and heaviest aircraft to operate from an aircraft carrier. It was nicknamed “Whale”. A scale model of the Martin P6M Seamaster is presented (1:28). McDonnell’s F3H Demon (1:43) was the company’s first swept wing aircraft. A good shot shows the craft from the front angle (1:48). The Demon flies over open land (1:55). Engines are pictured in the test assembly area (2:52). The Avro Type 748 (3:02) stands at the airbase. The Martin JRM Mars Seaplane (3:11) runs across the surface of the water. A close shot captures propellers in the air (3:29). At the shoreline, amphibious vehicles roll out (3:46). Foot soldiers spill out like ants (3:49). The Piasecki H-16 transporter (3:58). A scale model of the Convair C-131 Samaritan (4:58) is pictured. The heavy and notorious C-130 Hercules runs down the runway (5:42). This craft was attributed with shaping aviation history. Hercules lifts off (5:47). The McDonnell Demon reappears (5:54) bending and falling away from view. The Piasecki Transporter is also filmed again (6:03). The film concludes with the 545C Consolidated equipped with an Allison engine (6:09). 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=B-R6nzrvqpo Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:20:10 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/434ad856-cd9e-4eb5-a975-119e21cccf53 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.