81944 U.S. NAVY GAG FILM "KOENIG'S KROWDED KORNER" NAVAL AEROSPACE RECOVERY FACILITY
This silent color gag film "Koenig's Krowded Korner" is a comedy about parachuting made under the auspices of the U.S. Navy's Aerospace Recovery Facility / Parachute Test Range at El Centro, California. It was made in January 1967, although we don't know by whom, possibly Richard Solewin who is mentioned in the credits. <p><p>Opening: A disclaimer opens the film. A Prank Production - Koenig's Krowded Korner or Bill's Life at KNARF (:15). (NARF was the name for the Naval Aerospace Recovery Facility. A knarf however is synonymic for "slave boy" or internship business development wannabe, responsible for printing supplies.) United States Navy Aerospace Recovery Facility Sign (1:57). A woman enters an office and sets some items up (2:11). A male astronaut enters the office and the two look at one another (2:46). The man makes a phone call at the desk (3:20). The astronaut is done with the call, gets up and leaves the desk (4:30). The astronaut walks around outside (4:48). Men dressed in red jumpsuits, some with parachutes stand around (5:08). Each jumpsuited individual is shown as the astronaut talks at them (5:32). One older man wears a United States Navy pilot's helmet (5:51). The astronaut returns to his office and makes a phone call (6:34). The astronaut starts to clean his shoes (7:31). A woman enters the office (7:40). The astronaut puts on a heavy backpack (containing a parachute), grabs a helmet and leaves the office (7:58). The woman races outside to wave and get the man's attention, she's holding a bag, apparently he's taken the wrong bag. The man is gone so she shrugs and walks back inside (8:47). A plane takes off down a runway (9:08). The astronaut leaps from the plane in the sky with the wrong parachute pack on and hurtles towards the ground (9:14). The man floats towards earth and checks his watch, opens the pack but stuff falls out (9:43). The man cleans his shoes in the air (9:57). A title cards asks for a commercial to be placed here (10:20). A desert, trees, and a palm tree. A man looks in the sand(10:31). A woman looks at a horse (11:09). Title card for the B.S. Foundation (11:25). The astronaut lands on the ground as his parachute is stuck on a wire (11:48). The man pulls his parachute free from the wire (12:30). The woman places something on the man's desk as he returns with his parachute (13:10). The astronaut gets out of his jumpsuit (13:46). He puts on a red jumpsuit and parachute pack (14:00). He picks up the phone, leaves the room and returns quickly (14:54). The astronaut guy is home making food; he flips burgers repeatedly with a spatula (15:23). The woman shows up and is annoyed as she points out the time (15:43). The guy jumps up and down in a tantrum (16:00). End credits (16:25). <p><p>We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference."<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com