U.S. NAVY & U.S. AIR FORCE F-86 SABRE, FJ-1 FURY, F6U PIRATE, A-1 SKYRAIDER FOOTAGE 88944

This film of features “b-roll“ type images of US Air Force and U.S. Navy jet airplanes including the F-86 Sabrejet, the YF-93 as well as other aircraft built by North American Aviation and Douglas. It opens with the F-86 Sabre, aka Sabrejet, spinning and throwing smoke behind it (:18). It falls away revealing an aerial view of an unknown coastline (:24). Close shots show the pilot in the cockpit while in flight (:30). This airlane was produced by North American Aviation and it was first introduced in 1949. The was the first swept wing fighter plane able to go up against the swept wing Soviet MiG-15 during the Korean War. Gun camera footage as the F-86 pilot fires off rounds (:37). A Mig-15 is hit and loses a wing (:53). The Vought F6U Pirate (1:12) was first flown in October of 1946. It peels off and is followed by another North American Sabre (1:18). A magnificent shot shows rounds fired off from the M-3 .50-caliber machine guns (1:32). The North American YF-93 (1:43) appears on the ground with crewmen atop its wings. This was the American fighter development of the F-86 Sabre first flown in 1950. The North American F-86D (2:00) follows. This craft was a transonic jet interceptor developed in the late 1940’s. Rockets are fired off (2:18). A close shot shows the nose and cockpit of the Sabre (2:37). The North American FJ-1 Fury (3:12) flies alongside the North American XFJ-2B Fury (3:12). A close shot shows the nose and wing shape of the XFJ-2B (3:23). Wheels extend on the FJ-2/-3 (3:36) as it prepares to land (3:44). The Douglas AD Skyraider appears (3:48). Four North American FJ-3’s fly in formation (3:58). Rows of the stand on the ground with ground crew members and pilots (4:26). Another shoots down the runway for takeoff (4:38). The North American FJ-4B flies over blue waters and white clouds (4:50). A back angle shows the tail of the craft as it readies for takeoff (5:12). A red stripped North American F-86 (5:26) appears prior to the Canadair F-86 (5:29). The F86 takes to the air (5:35). The film concludes as a final North American F-86 heads down the runway (6:06). Motion picture films don’t last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we’ve worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you’d like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we’d love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink 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