Jet carrier

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Movie
Original title Jet carrier
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1954
length 17 minutes
Rod
Director Otto Lang
production 20th Century Fox
camera Joseph LaShelle

Jet Carrier (reference Title A Day Aboard a Jet Carrier ) is an American documentary - short film by Otto Lang from 1954, the two categories for an Oscar nominee.

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The USS Yorktown after the second conversion

Shown is a day on the US aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) , which also known as The Fighting Lady or The Lucky Y changed its name. Yorktown operated in the Pacific during World War II . She became famous for participating in the Battle of the Marshall Islands , the Battle of the Mariana Islands and the Battle of the Philippine Sea . The aircraft of the USS Yorktown, among them the Jet Carrier , were an important part of the aircraft carrier and were instrumental in its successes.

Production, publication

The film, produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox , was created in Technicolor and recorded in 4-track stereo. The film company produced a series of short films in the mid-1950s for CinemaScope and 4-track stereo sound.

The film was first seen in the United States in August 1954. The series title is: CinemaScope Specials (# 9): Jet Carrier .

Awards

Jet Carrier was nominated for an Oscar in two categories in 1955 :

However, the trophy went to Denis Sanders and Terry Sanders and their production A Time Out of War , which takes place during the American Civil War , in the “Best Short Film” category , and to the British production Thursday's Children , made by Children who attend a school for the deaf.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 27th Academy Awards | 1955 sS oscars.org (English)