Title:NATO 1956 COMMAND AIR SOUTH GUNNERY MEET, BRINDISI, ITALY, 11 OCTOBER 1955 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1542
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Aerial gunnery competition between Greek, Italian and Turkish teams.
Description:Scenes at the training area. Turkish team check ammunition (bombs, drums and belts). Italian aircraft is checked before jeep drives up full of ammunition. Greek team relaxes outside their tents. Electrical circuits in Greek aircraft are checked. DA 2.2 and 2.25 "propulsure" bombs are assembled, and bombs are fixed onto the plane. Arrival of dignitaries at airport, where they are greeted by General D A Ludovico and honour guard; amongst these are General D A Lalatta, General Sawting (Greece), General C A Primieri, General Timberlake and General Norstad. Turkish, Greek and Italian air crews prepare; Turkish and Italian jets take off. Crowds watch as aircraft fly past in formation. Target is flown in and dropped to the ground, where it is prepared; three Greek officers prepare to score. Target attacks: skip bombing and rocketry. Shots of control tower and soldiers writing score on the daily missions schedule. General Norstad, General Timberlake and others inspect targets and congratulate Greek team. Results are posted on panel. Greek flag is raised and band plays for the presentations: General Timberlake presents trophy to the winning team and a silver cigarette box to the highest scoring pilot, and General Rafaelli gives a silver cup to the winning team. General Lalatta and the Mayor of Brindisi present gold wrist watches respectively to the pilot with the third highest individual score and to the unit commander (thought to be Manlio Poto) with the highest score. Finally, General Ludovico and General Millard C Young USAF (Chief of Staff, Allied Air Forces Southern Europe). General Norstad and party leave.
Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
