- Title: VARIOUS: BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE SMOKE SQUADRON
- Date: 1st January 1969
- Summary: 0. Brake 7. Passing in formation 32. Squadron's flag 35. Pilots entering briefing room 44. Major Arthur Braga, Squadron commander 48. Capt. Wilton 49. Capt. Delcio 50. Capt. Rangel 51. Capt. de Castro 52. Capt. Land 53. Capt. Gonzaga 54. Briefing 55. Pilots turning over plaques reading +OK+ after instruction. 70. Planes being read 74. Pilots approaching their planes 79. Squadron takes off from Rio's Santos-Dumont airport 94. View of Rio's Guanabara Bay and Torre filming a diamond formation from one of the Squadron planes. 121. Control tower at Pirassunungo, Air Cadet School and cadets. 125. Squadron pilots feted in cities visited ???. Front line show ???. Corkscrew filmed from plane over the city of Belo Horizonte 142. Solo plane flying what is know as +the crank+, ending in a sensational six or seven turn corkscrew, while the other planes regroup 144. Crowds watching 146. Crossing 149. More crowds 151. Solo plane in another sensational manoeuvre 169. Brake -- one of the most dangerous stunts and which caused one of the only four fatal accidents suffered by the Squadron 173. Squadron in formation flying under a bridge at Florianapolis, in the southern state of Santa Catarina 182. Flower festival in the south 201. Squadron helps in city celebrations 210. Night demonstration 233. Iguacu Falls with planes barrel rolling, filmed from Plane No. 2 257. Both pilots and cameraman show their expertise in a diamond formation take-off and going into a +snake tail+ 310. Note the cameraman's face reflected in instrument panel. Same maneuvers as in 257, now filmed from the ground to emphasize the low flypast. 370. Seven and eight planes looping, separated by only one or two meters at wingtips 382. Downward falling leaf, forming the outlines of the Brasilia cathedral. 386. Seven fly a formation as one plane 405. Take-off from a dirt field 412. Six planes in a barrel roll at night -- one of the most difficult 433. Campos dos Affonsos Air School, with Squadron demonstrating for President Arthur de Costa e Silva, cadets and guests, for the first time with seven planes. Note cuts from land to plane. The President thinks very highly of the Squadron and believes it has contributed much to the Air Force. 1 ........ Direct reversal 1. Demonstration over the city of Pelotas, in Rio Grande do Sul State 2. Major Braga, Squadron commander (1) 4. Capt. da Costa (3) 6. Capt. Gonzaga (2) 8. Lt. Rizental (solo) 9. Capt. Curtiss (4) 12. North American T-6 planes 14. Squadron's emblem 21. Pilots take to their planes 40. Props turning over 52. Take-off in formation 68. Looping and entering into formation 78. Fly by 83. Soloist 87. Passing and returnment 2 0. Four in a barrel roll 18. Soloist and crowds watching 21. Double falling leaf and crossing 37. Soloist 42. Flyby 47. Soloist in low level buzz 50. Brake 57. Passage 74. Night flyby and buzzing 88. END Initials The +copy roll+ in this story was cut by Torre from a documentary he made, on Government assignment, and included in this story because he could not get some of the scenes repeated. Part of it is with sound. The other two rolls, filmed for Visnews, have already been developed in order to get the captions straight. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: VARIOUS
- Country: Brazil
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