Japanese Air Force Gets First Jet Aircraft AKA First Jets For Japanese Air Force (1956)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. An American newsreel item, full title reads “ Japanese Air Force Flies First Jets“. Tsuiki Air Base, Kyushu, Japan MS Group of four Japanese pilots. CU Pan across pilots’ faces. MS Pilot entering cockpit of Sabre jet. CU Pilot with helmet and oxygen mask on, waves. CU The American-built Sabre jet pulling away. LS Two jets taking off. Aerial view of Mount Fujiyama. (2 shots). Ground to air Sabres flying over in formation, two boxes of four. Ditto, three boxes of four aircraft. Note: “Date received“ on original paperwork reads: 01/03/1956. American commentary. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from th