- Title: BRAZIL: CIVIL AND MILITARY AIR SHOW
- Date: 17th October 1959
- Summary: Civil air show: Dupont 930, ASA 50, good light: Opening shot: Copacabana palace hotel, at Copacabana beach.-Flags. Helicopter on beach, and public Veteran brazilian airline: CRUZEIRO DO SUL (Southern Cross) opens show with passenger Convair and cargo C-52, both on one engine only. Attending pilots and stewardesses REAL airlines new AEROVIAS BRASILIA convair, making evolutions at 30 feet altitude, on one and both engines. VARIC airlines new french CRAVELLE airliner, evolutioning over beach. Various shots of officials present, including ARGENTINA's minister of Aeronautics especially invited. Final shots are of VASP's new Viscounts presenting themselves over beach. MILITARY air show: ROLL NO; TWO. Dupont 936, ASA 80, good light: Long shot of sunday copacabana beach, public mostly in bathing suits. 64 air force planes on show 4 Meteor jets in ensemble acrobacies Bombing off shore ship, which is put on fire, kids react to noise, ship burning. ROLL NO. Three: Dupont 936 Ship is sunken by bombers, off shore Officials attending air show: brazilian and argentine aeronautics ministers. Brazilian planes that have fought in Italy, during WW II, finally sink ship. Cutaway shot of public Air pressure broke many windows along copacabana beach buildings Final shot of helicopter leaving copacabana beach. Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: RIO
- Country: Brazil
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