A C-47 control aircraft flies low over an airfield. It will be coordinating the filming of F-86 sabre jets to commence shortly.
Three F-86 Sabre jet aircraft take off in formation from runway. They make several successive passes in formation, over the field. A C-47 control aircraft is seen high above the airfield.
Man and woman holding toddler in hand. They watch an aircraft overhead. The family stands in the lawn in front of a building. Little boy waves.
Three F-86 Sabre jet aircraft taxi. They take off from runway. Aircraft in formation. F-86 Sabre jet aircraft leave a trail of smoke as they fly overhead. Number of F-86 parked in line.
A local policeman , wearing a steel helmet, poses for photograph. Several other armed men in casual clothes are seen. A U.S. Army Captain shakes hands with an Army Christian Chaplain, wearing a religious stole around his neck, a large brim hat, and only a small Christian cross on his shirt collar. Woman descends from a DC-3 aircraft that just landed. She posed with a group of men. Another DC-3 lands, bearing Red Cross markings. A medic and two other men emerge. Several other DC-3 are seen on the dirt field. An officer with "Mexico" written on his left shoulder patch poses. He wears an armband with letters "OEA" on it (Organization of American States -- in Spanish). Groups of people rummage through boxes and debris by trees in the field. They hold up armaments, such as mortar bombs with fins.
Accompanied by military personnel, reporters, photographers, officials and newsmen board a Honduran Air Force DC-3 aircraft in Honduras. 'Fuerza Aerea Hondurena'(Honduras Air Force) is stenciled on the plane. Aerial views of farmland. The aircraft lands on broad field, where local people and officials look at an unexploded bomb. Officials examine the bomb, with particular attention to the fuse in its nose. Reporters take notes. A large number of local people gather around the site. Some are on horseback, wearing straw hats and smoking cigars. Local men show small water-filled ditches created by bombs. Men on horseback ride away. A man shows a sleeve of his uniform. A small boy and girl are seen. An armed military aviation officer talks with reporters. A badge of 'Fuerza Aerea Honduras' is stitched on his uniform sleeve. Press photographers take pictures of a larger crater. A man bails water from the crater, exposing a bomb.
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