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USAFE precision flying demonstration team, the "Skyblazers" perform. Various aircraft involved in crashes in Europe

A documentary titled: 'No Sweat' on accidents of USAFE (United States Air Force in Europe ) aircraft. USAFE precision flying demonstration team, the Skyblazers, perform a formation takeoff in their F-86 F Sabre aircraft. They maneuver in close formation. The airplanes leave smoke trails behind. View of an airplane diving into the ground and crashing. Views of crashed U.S. Air Force aircraft in Europe, involving a variety of airplanes, including F-86, T-33, C-119, C-47, and numerous other aircraft, some completely destroyed so as to be unrecognizable.

Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077268
USAFE Flight Safety film depicting problems that can cause aircraft accidents

USAFE ( United States Air Force in Europe ) Flight Safety film illustrating the kinds of errors that can cause aircraft accidents. A Flight Safety Officer points to photograph of a crashed F-86 airplane and lectures to pilots. He says that most of accidents occur because of minor mistakes. A Captain, pilot, naps during the lecture. The most common pilot errors in USAFE written on a blackboard. After ignoring the lecture, the Captain prepares a flight plan at Base Operations. He fails to check NOTAMS (notices to Airmen)and declines assistance from Base weather officer. He performs perfunctory preflight inspection, initials Form 1, and taxis for takeoff breathing 100% oxygen. After takeoff, he levels at 30 thousand feet and makes position report. Sensing hypoxia, he sees oxygen depleted and must dive to lower safe altitude (where fuel consumption rate is too high). He tunes destination radio beacon, becomes disoriented and calls for steer to destination, which is below minimums for GCA (ground controlled approach). He goes to Alternate, has trouble with landing gear, runs low on fuel, and luckily lands safely, but runs out of fuel and must be towed to parking place. A litany of his mistakes is recounted.

Date: 1955
Duration: 18 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077269
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion reviews Israeli sailors before they board a ship in Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion reviews Israeli sailors in Israel. Sailors look at a ship leaving a harbor. 'Ins Elath' written on a tube. Israeli officers descend from stairs. Prime Minister David Ben Gurion speaks to troops. Naval officers seated in a line. A family bids farewell to sailors before they board the ship.

Date: 1955
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064676
An official inspects bomb damaged buildings in Europe.

A huge crowd of people standing in an open area in Europe. Officials stand in front of a few coffins. Explosions with smoke rising. View of bomb damaged buildings. Interior of a house with a wrecked refrigerator. A man stands with a rifle in hand. An official inspects the bomb damaged area.

Date: 1955
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064679
Italian police officers battle with rioters on streets in Rome, Italy.

Riots in Rome, Italy. A huge crowd of civilians on streets. Rioters with flags in hand. Italian police officers control the crowd. The rioters battle with police officials on the streets.

Date: 1955
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064680
The museum at the Springfield Armory houses original old guns in Springfield, Massachusetts.

A Big Picture production about use and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. Sergeant Stuart Queen at a desk as he speaks about the importance of marksmanship. A reconstruction depicts soldiers loading shells in a canon. A soldier with a rifle. An old U.S. flag with 13 stars flies from a pole. The Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Exteriors of the armory and a sign reads '1794'. A sign reads 'Museum'. The original Blanchard lathe at the museum. Billinghurst Requa Battery gun at the museum.

Date: 1955
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065960