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Preliminary Progress Report CF-105 : [out-takes]

Item number (ISN):

312678

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1954-08 ?

Item number (ISN):

312678

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

AVRO

Accession:

1978-0204

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1954-08 ?

Production company:

Avro Aircraft Limited

Description:

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Unedited footage of the development and construction of the Avro Arrow CF-105 interceptor jet aircraft by Avro Aircraft Limited. It is identified by film can label as Avro mock-up. It shows: close-up of man working with wooden and metal model of Avro aircraft; exterior shot of building with American flag flying; sign on building says Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory; workers in a lab; two men in lab coats; close-ups of small metal parts; man with various machines; two men working on plans; one worker taking measurements; more tests; out-of-focus close-up of diagram showing aircraft and parts; man on ladder; more shots of diagram; workers making parts; man spray painting a sheet of what appears to be metal; close-up of man assembling what appears to be a circuit board; more blurry shots of plans; rolls of plans stored in cardboard cylinders on shelf; man takes a plan off shelf; close-up of small metal parts; small metal models of airplane; various small parts being assembled and tested; making a wooden model; more testing of small metal parts; large wooden model filmed from underneath; making small wooden and metal model parts; cockpit/nose cone piece mounted on a dolly in an exterior location; exterior of the Cornell lab building; more shots of cockpit; more shots of wooden model parts; testing some parts outside; intertitle which reads “Preliminary Progress Report CF-105 August ‘54"; this intertitle repeated; more shots of men working on various parts; cockpit on large rack on top of a pickup truck which is driving along; man outside truck; closer shot of the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories building (of Cornell University); more shots of men working on model parts; small metal model; two men working in the cockpit of larger model; more shots of workers at lab; men in lab coats; close-up of metal parts; wooden fuselage parts (footage is blurry at first); men looking at plans on large roll of paper; more shots of large wooden parts; more shots of men studying plans; making copies of large rolls of plans; cockpit controls; intertitle which reads “Because of the reflections an anti-reflection shield was added”; more shots of plans; man looks through equipment while making parts; more shots of making small parts; exterior shot of the Cornell lab building as cars and a bus drive by; man in white lab coat opens a wooden crate addressed to Cornell Aerolab, 4456 Genesee Street, Buffalo, N.Y., from a location in Ontario (only the Ltd. is legible in the “from” address); one worker wears overalls with the word Cornell printed on the back; unpacking the box; opening a crate; close-up of a metal component; man in cockpit model; men working on large cylinder surrounded by scaffolding; workers smoothing the cylinder, which looks like it might be made of plaster; close-up man tightening parts of circuit board; intertitle which reads “Structural Testing of Components”; intertitle “Elevator Hinge Test”; parts of a wooden model; upside down shots; more shots of workers making parts out of wood; looking at plans; man flipping pages of book; intertitle reads “This film has shown the progress which has been made in the development of the CF-105 to the present time. As the aircraft develops, our cameras will continue to record its progress.” This is followed by shots of men at work on metal parts; view of large part suspended overhead, being moved into place in a large factory; more workers at work on parts of aircraft prototype; more shop floor scenes (some are very dark); small plastic models of planes labelled with RCAF insignia; model of the CF-105 being towed by a small vehicle; model of shop floor; man puts small pieces in it; model of the shop floor is in two parts and includes scaffolding; pilot lowered by a crane into cockpit; workers guide him into the cockpit; more scenes of workers assembling parts on the shop floor; people walking around on the shop floor; partially-built large yellow model of aircraft (some shots are blurry); base frame with wings, tail and wheels filmed outdoors; this large yellow model being backed into hangar; man wearing headphones and microphone; more tests of what appears to be part of a wing; man in Cornell lab coat in a lab full of machinery; and more shots of men working on metal components.

Language:

Silent

Notes:

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1. Transonic testing for the Avro CF-105 took place at the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory in Buffalo, New York.~2. Filmed and produced by Avro Aircraft Limited Photographic Department.~3. For more information about the Avro film unit, see the article entitled “Shooting arrows: how Avro's film department captured – and rescued – a priceless aviation archive” by Allan Britnell, published in the magazine The Beaver -- Exploring Canada's History, February-March 2009.

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Vault ISN:

347600

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7806-0459

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Max. shrinkage:

.2%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictionsCopyright owner of material originally copyrighted to Avro, as of 17 October 1996: Magellan Aerospace Corporation, 3160 Derry Road East, MISSISSAUGA, Ontario L4T 1A9; telephone: (905) 673-6250 ext. 3571; FAX: (905) 673-5300.Copyright of other titles in this collection resides with various owners.

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