THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROYAL DUTCH AIR FORCE AND THE SECOND ANNUAL NATO AIR DEMONSTRATION, SOESTERBERG, NETHERLANDS - REEL 2 [Allocated Title]
Title:THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROYAL DUTCH AIR FORCE AND THE SECOND ANNUAL NATO AIR DEMONSTRATION, SOESTERBERG, NETHERLANDS - REEL 2 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1373
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Old-fashioned transport: Marinus van Meel, the first Dutch pilot, shows a 1911 German Fokker Spin and a 1918 French Caudron to his friends; a stagecoach and veteran cars are driven past with people in period clothes; the Caudron takes off with some assistance; Helicopters fly over spectators; Aircraft fly low and disgorge paratroopers, who descend into the arena, land and gather up their chutes; The paratroopers, now in trucks, pass by Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard; crowds wave. [Film largely mute, with two sections of sound.]
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
