The Arm and the spear

Duration: 28 min

Year Published: 1960

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: Sound

Description: Story of "Operation Big Slam" in which MATS flew 21,000 troops and 11,000 tons of equipment to Puerto Rico on the biggest peacetime airlift operation of its kind ever staged. Presents the need for jet aircraft to modernize the MATS fleet.

Complete Record: Source: DouglasAir Interest level: jh-sh-c-ad Price: free-loan Format: sd color

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)