1950s CARRIER OPERATIONS USS LEYTE (CV-32) A-1 SKYRAIDER F9F COUGAR F4U4 CORSAIR XD31111

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This silent 1950s color footage offers a glimpse into life on the USS Leyte (CV-32) aircraft carrier, showing numerous takeoffs and landings from iconic period aircraft (TRT 10:27) including F4U-4 Corsairs, F9F Cougars and A-1 Skyraiders. An underexposed shot of a United States Navy battleship cutting through sea water, taken from a high angle. A rope line runs to somewhere below the camera (0:06). Cruising through tall waves (0:31). A fighter plane numbered 47 comes in for a landing against an overcast sky. It brakes as the film cuts (0:35). Next, a Douglas A-1 (AD-4) Skyraider swerves into landing position (0:42). The folding wings of the fighter point skyward and the plane taxis away (0:53). Another Skyraider landing and a longer shot of the folding wing craft taxiing (1:04). A U.S. Navy Sikorsky H-5 or HO3S-1 helicopter hovers overhead as men hold onto their h