Archives: Film of VP-6F
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This is a 9-minute silent film. I can make NTSC and PAL copies from a digital master; e-mail me if you're interested.
| Date | Description | Sequence | Length (min:sec) | Size (bytes) 1937-Jan-27
| Last-minute maintenance and a wash.
| 1 of 7
| 2:19
| 31,619,076
| Fueling up.
| 2 of 7
| 0:49
| 11,198,468
| 6-P-5 makes a test flight.
| 3 of 7
| 1:40
| 22,855,684
| 6-P-3 makes a test flight and 6-P-5 lands. 6-P-5 is "flown onto the water", is beached and re-fueled. Note the sailor in the waist hatch retrieving the sea anchor, used to help steer the plane when it's on the water. The tires in the beaching gear are partially filled with water so that they're not too buoyant to be locked down into place. If a man got careless, it was quite possible to get a foot caught in the beaching gear, resulting in a severe leg injury.
| 4 of 7
| 2:39
| 36,134,916
| The pilots, mechanics and radiomen who comprise the flights crews of VP-6.
| 5 of 7
| 0:28
| 6,350,852
| Lt.Cmdr McDade and Lt. Stephens check weather conditions.
| 6 of 7
| 1:30
| 20,543,492
| Start the engines.
| 7 of 7
| 0:53
| 11,808,772
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