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'Prince Michalikais' attempts stunt with jet pack
Title card: "Rocket - Inventive Genius shoots in the works" / A man in a fedora assists Prince Michalikais in donning a 'jet pack' on his back; a close view of the assistant adjusting explosive packs / Michalikais leans over and the...
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brain storming: great idea
Focus group brainstorming new ideas working as a creative team to find innovative concepts and inventions represented by people holding hands around a light bulb
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brain storming: great idea
Focus group brainstorming new ideas working as a creative team to find innovative concepts and inventions represented by people holding hands around a light bulb
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An inventor demonstrates a homemade flying saucer in his backyard.
An inventor demonstrates a homemade flying saucer in his backyard.
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A man cranks an early telephone before he can talk; a woman talks into a telephone with a shoulder rest.
A man cranks an early telephone before he can talk; a woman talks into a telephone with a shoulder rest.
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German flying ace Captain Franz Carl Schleiff demonstrates his rubber car bumper invention by crashing cars
Captain Franz Carl Schleiff driving open car crashes into car on street causing dust, crowd watching in front of building; crowd starts to run toward scene / Schleiff looking for damages to bumper and cars from crash / Schleiff, driving...
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Glider pulled by car mimics airplane navigation to train students
Title card: 'Learn flying in glider on auto, Greensburg, PA - Inventor Harry Traver explains newest device to train student pilots' / Harry Traver, in straw boater, speaking (no audio); behind, a seated teenage boy moves a joystick / car...
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Sauvan deliberately crashes in glider
Title card: "Ze Grand Idea - M. Sauvan tests new invention to make gliding safe" / men help Sauvan into cockpit of glider perched on stone wall hanging over steep incline, people on road watching / pan from glider on wall down incline /...
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At Idlewild Airport in NY City, new mechanical docking system for passenger airplanes that keeps passengers and luggage dry
Rain falling as passenger stands next to piece of luggage being carried on conveyor belt underneath parked plane at Idlewild Airport (later known as John F Kennedy International Airport), piece of luggage slides onto another conveyor...
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Views of ornithopter "The Gray Goose"
Men, maybe one is inventor Jonathon Caldwell, pulling line attached to ornithopter, aeronautical engineer Caldwell's invention with words "The Gray Goose" on side, people watching and building in bg; craft moves past camera with man...
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A bulletproof vest for use by the US military
Clapperboard: "US Naval Photographic Center 2/26/1952..." / A close view of a vest and neck hole and zipper
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The kitchen of the future is demonstrated in New York City
Title: "Kitchen Magic" superimposed over tomorrow's kitchen with mother and daughter / MS mother opens cabinets, mother taking out roast and package of rolls from freezer / CU mother's hand pushes button, freezer starts to close / CU...
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Fan-driven eye goggle wipers invention
/ man wearing a pair of goggle-like glasses that have miniature windshield wipers for each lens / fan in center of glasses / man deliberately spraying water into the man's face. Fan-driven eye goggle wipers invention on January 22, 1934 ...
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Wright Brothers National Monument at Dusk Tilt Up
Wright Brothers National Monument,Wright Brothers National Memorial at Dusk Tilt Up in Kitty Hawk NC shot with Canon C300
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Wind turbines and Solar panels with Green energy Concept
Wind turbines and Solar panels with Green energy Concept
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Wind turbines and Solar panels with Green energy Concept, close-up
Wind turbines and Solar panels with Green energy Concept, close-up
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Young business woman opening a small business holding a 'We Are Open' sign
Young business woman opening a small business holding a 'We Are Open' sign