Title:EXERCISE LAKE MAJOR, AUGUST 1955 - REEL 1: SHORT SELECTION [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1502
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Symbolic shot of allied air cooperation: Greek and Italian airmen pose around an F84, standing on the wings and on the ground in front - a Greek fighter squadron of 5th ATAF at an Italian aerodrome. The aircraft is fuelled up. Greek pilots study map at Istrana airfield. At Villafranca airfield, Italy, airmen fight an accidental fire on a Turkish F84 (of Turkish 161st Fighter Bomber Squadron, commanded by Major Neuzat Akuc, based here during Exercise Lake Major); the fire is extinguished. F84s fly in formation over Istrana airfield. Tank troops march alongside train carrying tanks. Mk 47 tank is guided from railcar and drives off. Pontoon bridge is set up over river by Engineers: Mk 47 tanks and convoy of trucks drive over. Bersaglieri and Alpini troops marching. In mountains, VIPs and observers gather, including Admiral Fechteler: they watch troops using weapons in action, including mortar, bazooka, and machinegun. Smoke and explosions. Machinegun crews take up positions in the field. Tanks drive across a plain; F84s fly overhead and drop napalm, causing thick black smoke to rise.
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
