USN Aircraft Carrier Landing & Spotting F4F TBF WWII films

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USN Carrier Landing Stories
This DVD is a collection of very RARE films on Carrier Landings and the history of naval aviation. The rarest film on this DVD is called “Landing and Re-spotting Aircraft”. We are a small father and son team and we collect old and rare films. This is one them. I have never seen this film anywhere and we hope you’ll enjoy this DVD.
1st film; “Landing and Re-spotting Aircraft”. This is a really amazing film in great color about the way a crew lands F4F Wildcats and TBF Anvengers on a WW2 aircraft Carrier at sea. Lots of really great team work plus, fantastic footage of these 2 great planes. This may be the only copy of this film left. This is the orginal phase “Hook Down, Wheels Down, Flaaps Down” in great WW2 fashion. Runtime 25:22 Min’s
2nd Film: “Hook Down, Wheels Down”. This is a USN 1960’s version of “Hook Down, Wheels Down” with an hour of great Carrier stories, plus a great history lessons of the USN Aviation. Runtime 57:10 Min’s
3rd Film: “USN Carrier Newsreels”. This is a small collection of USN Carrier newsreels, 1st. Launching Shangri-la. 2nd. CV-3 Saratoga fights Kamikazes. 3rd. Carriers attack Tokyo. 4th. Carriers fight Weather. 5th. Post War Carrier launched. Runtime 13:32 Min’s
4th Film; “After the Cut”. This is a short USN Cartoon film about WW2 F4F landing on a carrier and the importance of paying attention to landings and the aftermath to repairs needed aircraft that landed to hard. Runtime 5:09 min’s
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience)
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 8 x 1 inches; 2 ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Carriers
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, DVD, NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 23 minutes
Actors ‏ : ‎ US Navy
Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified (Stereo)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Campbell Films
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CACDZ6W
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1