# U.S. NAVY F-4 PHANTOM PILOT RECRUITING FILM DRILL INSTRUCTOR 25424

This U.S. Navy recruiting film entitled PRESSURE POINT was made in 1974 by John J. Hennessy Motion Pictures, with a script by Michael Ross. The film's point is that attention to detail, something beat into new recruits by a drill instructor, is absolutely critical for a U.S. Navy pilot. Teamwork is another aspect highlighted by the film. The film also shows how training goes on for nearly 12 weeks before anyone gets to even touch an airplane. The film begins aboard an aircraft carrier before cutting to the U.S. Navy pilot candidate school in Pensacola, Florida (1:14). A drill sergeant is encountered at about the 1:30 mark, straight out of "Officer and a Gentleman" or "Full Metal Jacket". This material with the D.I. is intercut with emergencies at sea and in the air. At 2:27, a barricade landing for a crippled F-4 is shown and a short time later, an aircraft goes out of control and destructs in flight. The pilot ejects and is rescued at sea by a helicopter. At 8:28, a practice ejection is shown, and at 8:39 a water landing. Navy pilot primary flight training is briefly shown starting at 10:40. We don't know the narrator of the film but it sounds sort of like William Dafoe, although too early (1974) to actually be him. Incidentally, this film used real Navy Aviation Officer Candidates from AOCS Class 22-74 or the 22nd class in 1974 going through Aviation Officer Candidate School.The Drill Instructor was the real deal and one of a number of DIs assigned to this school to train…

- Kind: Film
- By: Periscopefilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/25424pressurepoint)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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