STK-ID 33302

PANs of large crowds of spectators gathering at Saint-Hubert Airport for second day of air show. ESTABLISHING HAS of numerous parked cars. HACU of "Swannie" Taylor announcing arrival of US Army flyers in microphone. GROUND TO AIR SHOTs of six planes flying over field. Shots of pilot and passenger from Albany, New York posing in cockpit and in front of plane. CU of G Brown, Master of Ceremonies. Several shots of planes taking off. CU of Lieutenant V Hines and Lieutenant DL Putt posing. Shots of several Curtis P1-A "Hawk" Fighter Aircrafts on field. CU of insignia on plane. Shots of men in Douglas M-2, taxiing and taking off, flying in formation, swooping and looping in sky, intercut with AERIAL SHOT of crowd watching. Sequence on 30 mile all-model race showing airplanes taxiing, flying low over camera and over airfield. Shot of FGM Sparkes winner of several prizes in pageant. [Titles interspersed]

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Air Pageant
Location
Saint-Hubert
Year
1929
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Bétacam, Reel 35 mm, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w, 35mm dupe neg b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486