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Jet Ace!

Jet Ace!
Clip: 434987_1_1
Year Shot: 1956 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 500
Original Film: WPA 986
HD: N/A
Location: USA
Timecode: 01:44:36 - 01:54:31

Corporate/Industrial film on Chevrolet's "ram-jet" fuel injection system.

Jet Ace!
Clip: 434987_1_2
Year Shot: 1956 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 500
Original Film: WPA 986
HD: N/A
Location: USA
Timecode: 01:44:36 - 01:46:38

Air to air TLS what appears to be F9F-8 Panther jet fighter doing barrel roll. TLS commercial passenger airliner taking off. TLS Chevrolet Corvette zips by on airport runway. TLSs of Chevy Two-Ten convertible cars on country roads. CU "Fuel Injection" emblem on side of car with checkered & company flags crossed. Cut to TLS biplane landing in field. MS 1901-05 curved dash Oldsmobile running down country road to camera; MS Model T driving on street. Animated graphics illustrating carburetor (interaction of air, fuel, valve and throttle in modern engine). CU carburetor on 1956 Chevy. POV shot (from over back seat) through front of 1956 Chevy driving on country road.

Jet Ace!
Clip: 434987_1_3
Year Shot: 1956 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 500
Original Film: WPA 986
HD: N/A
Location: USA
Timecode: 01:46:38 - 01:48:13

Air to air TLS 4-propeller commercial airliner in flight; MS/CU flight engineer in cockpit, working controls. Head-on TLS of Boeing B-47E Stratojet in flight; MS tail with smoke trailing to show air flow (test film?). Great animation of "Ram Jet" and how it works; difference between carburetors and direct fuel injection is explained.

Jet Ace!
Clip: 434987_1_4
Year Shot: 1956 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 500
Original Film: WPA 986
HD: N/A
Location: USA
Timecode: 01:48:13 - 01:50:41

TLS delivery truck driving along country road, uphill. LS Chicago & North Western passenger train zipping by camera. TLS auto race. POV shot over driver's shoulder as he passes slow moving truck; more good CUs of Chevrolet Two-Ten convertibles. CU key in ignition, starting engine. MS/CUs "car engineer", (a ghostly superimposed man working controls for air and fuel flow) moving throttle and other levers. CU speedometer, dial going from 20 to 50 mph. More of the ghost "engineer" activity (to simulate fuel injection system).

Jet Ace!
Clip: 434987_1_5
Year Shot: 1956 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 500
Original Film: WPA 986
HD: N/A
Location: USA
Timecode: 01:50:42 - 01:54:31

Illustrated diagram of air flow control on fuel injector. MCUs operating model of Chevrolet ram jet fuel system on V-8 engine; closeups of model showing how it all works. Fuel pump, fuel metering system, fuel injection, cylinders, air cleaner and meter, ram pipe, manifold, etc. More diagrams, too. MS Chevrolet Two-Ten pulling out of suburban driveway; MS convertible pulling up to stop sign in suburban tract housing development. MS man waving checkered flag at Corvette zipping by on airport runway. POV shot from rear seat of car passing a truck. Various shots Chevrolet cars on roads. CU airline pilot in cockpit, headset over ears. Low angle air to air TLS US Navy F9F-8 Panther jet fighter in flight. MSs man wearing fedora driving Chevy; CU fuel injection emblem on car.