Lt. Cmdr. James Verdin sets jet speed record in Douglas F4D Skyray jet in CA flight

Title card: "Aviation News" with drawing of jets in flight and their vapor trails behind / title "Navy Pilot Sets New Jet Record - 753 Mph" superimposed over Douglas F4D Skyray jet on tarmac, with ground crew members nearby / US Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. James Verdin smiles and waves at door of jet / Verdin smiles as he looks down from cockpit (USAF emblem is right below him on side of plane) / bank of journalists, cameramen, and spectators stand behind man with timing mechanism in fg / shirtless timing technician at controls of mechanism, wearing headphones / VS jet streaks past, passing over desert scrubland / uniformed USAF officers (and one Navy officer), many wearing sunglasses, look on / jet streaks past / operator moves timing mechanism / VS fast-moving jet flies / Verdin, at left, smiles and shakes hands with men congratulating him after man writes speed rate on chalkboard
Title card: "Aviation News" with drawing of jets in flight and their vapor trails behind / title "Navy Pilot Sets New Jet Record - 753 Mph" superimposed over Douglas F4D Skyray jet on tarmac, with ground crew members nearby / US Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. James Verdin smiles and waves at door of jet / Verdin smiles as he looks down from cockpit (USAF emblem is right below him on side of plane) / bank of journalists, cameramen, and spectators stand behind man with timing mechanism in fg / shirtless timing technician at controls of mechanism, wearing headphones / VS jet streaks past, passing over desert scrubland / uniformed USAF officers (and one Navy officer), many wearing sunglasses, look on / jet streaks past / operator moves timing mechanism / VS fast-moving jet flies / Verdin, at left, smiles and shakes hands with men congratulating him after man writes speed rate on chalkboard
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Editorial #:
1090982544
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
03 October, 1953
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:36:12
Location:
Thermal, California, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003437_02_02.mov