1944 Curtiss-Wright Corp. propeller wind tunnel testing

MS men on scaffolding work on engine-propeller assembly in plant / WS tilt up three men on scaffolding work on propeller and engine in wind test tunnel / Various shots close up three men attach propeller to engine / from below three men turn propeller / Medium shot three men turn propeller, two men stand at either side and one stands on top of engine / WS propeller spins in test tunnel, puffs of smoke come off engine, operators view from window / MS operators thru window / Pan to turbine turning propellers / MS man in suit enters cylinder of pipes where two men are working / MS three men inside cylinder / EXT panels raise up on outside open air block grid that has large cylinder running into it / CU Pan grid / Pan control room window with two men inside / from behind army officer and two men at controls in room looking out through window at propeller rotating / CU hand moves lever in control room / Pan up to man moving lever looking at gauges on wall / CU finger pointing to different gauges switches on wall for RPM, power, reversing, automatic and clutch / shadow silhouette of man watching propeller through window in dim lighting, light goes out and only exhaust fire seen from engine / from inside dimly lit test tunnel tilt up at spinning propeller as operator looks through window, light becomes brighter in tunnel / VS woman walks across bridge in tunnel with hair and clothes blowing / MS woman holding on to railing to steady herself in wind / MS operators thru control room window / Pan to CU rotating propeller / Note: exact day not known
MS men on scaffolding work on engine-propeller assembly in plant / WS tilt up three men on scaffolding work on propeller and engine in wind test tunnel / Various shots close up three men attach propeller to engine / from below three men turn propeller / Medium shot three men turn propeller, two men stand at either side and one stands on top of engine / WS propeller spins in test tunnel, puffs of smoke come off engine, operators view from window / MS operators thru window / Pan to turbine turning propellers / MS man in suit enters cylinder of pipes where two men are working / MS three men inside cylinder / EXT panels raise up on outside open air block grid that has large cylinder running into it / CU Pan grid / Pan control room window with two men inside / from behind army officer and two men at controls in room looking out through window at propeller rotating / CU hand moves lever in control room / Pan up to man moving lever looking at gauges on wall / CU finger pointing to different gauges switches on wall for RPM, power, reversing, automatic and clutch / shadow silhouette of man watching propeller through window in dim lighting, light goes out and only exhaust fire seen from engine / from inside dimly lit test tunnel tilt up at spinning propeller as operator looks through window, light becomes brighter in tunnel / VS woman walks across bridge in tunnel with hair and clothes blowing / MS woman holding on to railing to steady herself in wind / MS operators thru control room window / Pan to CU rotating propeller / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
1170917810
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 January, 1944
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:17:11
Location:
Caldwell, New Jersey, 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:
sr004010_04_01.mov