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13168_10674_wright_field2

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1955
B&W

Wright Field in Ohio. Shot of a piece of metal placed into engine to show what happens when a jet plane sucks up a piece of debris off an airport runway; captured via slow-motion camera. CU of computer screens. Air force has already devised screens that eliminate efficiency. Private industry has come up with a mobile vacuum cleaner (first demonstrated here). Panning shot of apparatus. Demonstration of capabilities. Manufactured by U.S. Hoffman Corporation. Truck utilizes the same principles used in hundreds of factories to keep them safe and clean. Representative shows debris picked up. CU of plane taking off into air.