Crop spraying SuperCub

[Robert Lees]

Can anyone identify the year? I reckon early fifties.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jWufkTHbj8

[Mark Julicher]

Re: Crop spraying SuperCub

Too cool.
I think you hit it right on the date. If the film were any newer it would be in color, and if it were anywhere near modern there would be tracer fire from the drug lord that owns the land.

[Ed O'Brien]

Re: Crop spraying SuperCub

Given that likely the "flying fumigators" were spreading DDT... those pilots are all now dead. SO, our guess is as good as any. 1957 works for both the narration style and the music. By 1963 the music wouldn't have been near so presentational and the narration would have been less stentorial. The US information Agency (USIA) did most of these kind of docs. I performed and wrote numerous versions of similar documentaries in the 70s. BUT, I had to watch lots of the older stuff for style and archive retrieval purposes. So as far as dating it... 1956-1963, or '64 is about right. That said, this copy is cleaner and in better shape than most I ever witnessed. Somebody took good care of it. I wonder why? Probably it was a lost master that was well stored and just appeared out of no where.
With regards; ED OBRIEN

[lfries]

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Thanks for the link. Lots of good videos there.
Son is an IA in the Aerial Application Business and
his father in law use to fly Ag Cats.

[Ed O'Brien]

Re: Crop spraying SuperCub

One way to ferret out the date is Music fidelity which is old... likely 78's to audio tape or audio wire. The recording mics diaphram type at best. Music was probably recorded in the later 40s to early 50s. Perhaps on an old RCA-DX model omni directional mic. Voice over: all to tape or maybe even to straight 16mm film loop using a directional mic. This would only have happened between 1955-64. Everything was done differently before and after those dates. I don't know squat about these mechanical and airframe issues but I'm hell on wheels with this audio production stuff. With regards; ED OBRIEN

[Chet Peek]

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Couldn't see the spray booms, but it is probably a Sorenson rig. Made in Worthington, MN and used on lots of Cubs, 1960 more or less.

Chet

[Ron Greene]

Re: Crop spraying SuperCub

The title says "Extreme cropdusting 1957"

Maybe that is a clue.

Ron Greene

[dedrekon]

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RCA 77-DX? Great old ribbon mike, I've got one in pristine condition. I even have some OLD pics of it in use. They have a very warm sound, especially when used for horns and low register male voices.

TCraft Content: My struts are off the plane and ready for testing!

V

[Ed O'Brien]

Re: Crop spraying SuperCub

RCA DX came in several models. Johnny Carson used to have one on his desk, more as a prop than anything else.
As a "warm sounding" mic? -- They were that -- but limited dynamic range. SO the more sound you poured into them -- the more squished the sound. When tube mics came along in the 50s-60's the warmth increased but more than that the dynamic range went up too... which is why the music on the piece is dynamically squashed... but the voice isn't, in relative terms. All the best; ED OBRIEN