In Popular Culture
The 1949 film Sands of Iwo Jima has footage at 1:26 of CV-20 USS Bennington using a short hydraulic catapult to launch propeller-driver Corsairs.
The 1955 film An Annapolis Story has actual footage of flight deck operations including jet and helicopter take-offs. One take-off shows a wing fold up on take-off and subsequent crash off the bow.
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