LEADER 00000ngm a2200373Ki 4500 001 971982321 003 OCoLC 005 20170209013108.0 007 mr ba||dnnarann|c|||||| 008 170209s1928 cau031 mleng d 040 CUY|beng|erda|cCUY 245 04 The flying cadets /|c[U.S. Army Air Corps ; directed by Charles Banfill]. 257 United States. 264 1 [Los Angeles, California?] :|b[U.S. Army Air Corps?], |c[1928]. 300 1 film reel (31 min.) (approximately 780 ft.) :|bsilent, black and white, 18 fps ;|c16 mm 306 003100 336 two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 337 projected|bg|2rdamedia 338 film reel|bmr|2rdacarrier 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. |5 CBPF. 520 "Produced by the U.S. Army Air Corps as a recruitment tool, this charming late silent short uses Hollywood-style narrative to portray a boot camp for aspiring pilots. When his old jalopy breaks down en route to Brooks Field in San Antonio, recruit Jack gets a lift from fellow newbie Archibald, though the salt-of-the-earth former is very different from the spoiled-rich-kid latter. ("Father's going to buy me a plane of my own when I learn to fly," he sniffs.) Archy is dismayed when Jack advances much faster than he but gets a significant attitude adjustment after a General berates his whining, and soon the unlikely friends are excelling as a team. FLYING CADETS is a rough-hewn but fascinating look at training techniques at a point when flying was still in its relative infancy. A year earlier the very slick hit mainstream feature WINGS had made military air service look awfully exciting to millions just as TOP GUN would decades later. The rechristened U.S. Air Force wouldn't be founded as an entity wholly separate from the Army until 1947."--Dennis Harvey, www.fandor.com 541 0 |3PFA 1612-01-15350. |a D0494 |c donation |d 2012/04/06 |5CBPF 590 PFA 1612-01-15350.|aApproximately 780 ft., or |aCONDITION NOTE: 610 10 United States.|bArmy.|bAir Corps|xRecruiting, enlistment, etc. 650 0 Military cadets|vDrama. 650 0 Air pilots, Military|vDrama. 655 7 Short films.|2lcgft 655 7 Promotional films.|2lcgft 655 7 Propaganda films.|2lcgft 700 1 Banfill, Charles Y.,|efilm director. 710 1 United States.|bArmy.|bAir Corps,|esponsoring body. 956 20170209 |bpfmcq|cCO 957 OCLC xref loaded 20170219 994 C0|bCUY