Swiss Air Force (1948)

Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. Switzerland. American voiceovered newsreel material. Swiss Army air manoeuvres in Alps. Several shots of the aeroplanes flying over mountains in central Alps during Swiss Army air manoeuvres. Planes peeling away. General view of the Alps. Swiss airman looking through binoculars. Plane diving in between mountains to bomb. Bombs exploding on target. Long shot of Alps with tail of plane in foreground. Close up shot of airman’s hands pushing forward joystick. Shot taken from plane as it dives. Close up shot of pilot’s face. Close up shot of pilot’s hands on joystick. Long shot of plane zooming up and over. Long shot of Alps. Plane zooming. Possibly connected with 48/79 - MD. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé al