World War II Fighter Jets - Paul Schaefer Collection

The fighter planes featured in this 1970s news footage from San Antonio’s KMOL-TV (now WOAI-TV) belong to the Confederate Air Force (now the Commemorative Air Force), a non-profit dedicated to preserving World War II combat aircraft. Dynamic aerial shots showcase historic planes in flight, including a P-51 Mustang, a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, and a Vaught F4U Cosair. Onlookers cheer, and the planes land. Unidentified guests disembark a C-47 transport plane and prepare for a ceremony. Most of this footage is silent.

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, length, sound, description, video