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JACQUELINE COCHRAN FIRST WOMAN TO FLY FASTER THAN SOUND
AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA, AN F.-86 SABREJET IS TAKEN ALOFT BY SPEED FLIER JACQUELINE COCHRAN. ALREADY WORLD RENOWED FOR MANY RECORD SERIAL PERFORMANCES, MISS COCHRAN BLASTS THROUGH THE SOUND BARRIER. SHE ALSO SETS A NEW...
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North Korean defector No Kum-sok at press conference
Overhead view of United States military and news media awaiting arrival of North Korean defector, pilot Lieutenant No Kum-sok (later known as Kenneth Rowe) / car arrives, Lt. No decars, walks with officials / scrum of news media:...
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US Vice President Richard Nixon inspects airplanes at the front line in South Korea
MS Officer shows Richard M. Nixon, US Vice President, an airplane; Nixon walking to examine plane, photographers around, Nixon turns around talking as stepping onto plane / WS Nixon getting off plane, greeted by officers / Nixon...
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Charles Lindbergh is sworn in as reserve Brigadier General and serves on site commission for first U.S. Air Force Academy
Title: "Now A General - Lindbergh On Air Force Academy Mission" superimposed over zoom in shot Charles Lindbergh, noted aviator, and Harold E. Talbott, U.S. Secretary of the Air Force, as they stand talking / [4/8/1954, Washington, DC]...
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Donald Campbell's jet-engined hydroplane Bluebird sinks following trial runs on Lake Mead in Nevada
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 19" / title "Bluebird Sinks - Accident Delays Campbell's Speed Runs" superimposed over craft speeding over Lake Mead / Bluebird being rolled into water on trailer, people gathered by water, parked...
Sky News
Prime Minister toured RAF Valley
CLEAN: Exterior shots of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visit to RAF Valley on Anglesey speaking to RAF training pilots next to aircrafts on 27th January 2022 in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom.
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USAF bombers at Strategic Air Command bases in New Mexico and Louisiana
Card: "Paramount News issue no 9" / title "Air Force tests skill, 'World Series' of bombing" superimposed over airman walking guard past parked bomber / B-36 bomber taking off from Walker Air Force Base in New Mexico / row of parked B-36...
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Dassault Mystere IV fighter bomber ceremony in hangar at Bordeaux Air Field and SNCASE Baroudeur in maiden flight over Istres, France
Title: "Aviation--New French Fighter Joins NATO" superimposed over Dassault Mystere IV fighter bomber / VS Mystere inside hangar at Bordeaux Air Field during ceremony / CU Mystere IVA written on side of plane / VS military brass and men...
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Teams of USAF jet fighter pilots in rocket-firing contest at Yuma Air Force Base in Arizona
Card: "Paramount News issue no 21" / title "Target - Supersonic sharpshooters compete" superimposed over shot from plane of jet fighter in flight firing rockets / aerial shot of jet fighters parked in rows at Yuma Air Force Base / member...
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US aviator Amelia Earhart landing plane in Newark, NJ and deplaning
Plane flown by Amelia Earhart landing / Earhart climbing down from plane / Earhart standing in front of plane posing for photo opportunity / Note: exact day not known
Sky News
Floral Tributes for Air France Plane Crash Victims
Floral Tributes for Air France Plane Crash Victims
Sky News
Memorial Service for Air France Concorde Crash
Memorial Service for Air France Concorde Crash
Sky News
Memorial Service for Air France Concorde Crash
Memorial Service for Air France Concorde Crash
Hearst Metrotone News
An airman prepares the Enola Gay bomber plane during WWII.
An airman prepares the Enola Gay bomber plane during WWII.
Hearst Metrotone News
French well-wishers greet aviator Howard Hughes as he gets off his Lockheed 14 airplane following his around the world flight.
French well-wishers greet aviator Howard Hughes as he gets off his Lockheed 14 airplane following his around the world flight.
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USAAF pilots prepare for bombing mission during World War II
USAAF pilots mill around outside building after receiving instructions for bombing mission over Europe / pilot rides bike to plane / flight crew boards B-17 Flying Fortress plane / another flight crew arrives at its plane via jeep / VS...
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Dallas-China airplane flight commences in Dallas
Single engine airplane 'Dallas Spirit' taxis on field / man, probably pilot William Portwood Erwin, chewing food as he stands in building doorway / airplane starts takeoff and flies low / Note: exact day not known
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Celebration upon successful completion of Byrd and Bennett's flight across the North Pole
VS ground crew and others, including explorer Roald Amundsen, gleefully greet aviators Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett as they deplane from the 'Josephine Ford', having successfully flown across the North Pole; crewmen jump, cheer,...
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Richard E. Byrd, Floyd Bennett, and the 'Josephine Ford' return to Spitsbergen after crossing the North Pole
INT 'Josephine Ford' airplane as (probably) pilot Floyd Bennett opens window, looks out / POV from plane of the expedition's camp below, on Kings Bay in Spitsbergen, Norway / VS 'Josephine' flies above / CU a steam whistle, possibly...
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'Doolittle's Raiders' receive medals from Gen. Henry 'Hap' Arnold in Washington, DC
VS US Gen. Henry 'Hap' Arnold pins medal on USAAF airman as Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle and others look on / 2-shot Doolittle and Arnold / CU Distinguished Flying Cross medal pinned to shirt, hand turns medal over / airmen standing at...
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Men of the WWII 'Doolittle Raid' receive Distinguished Flying Cross medal in Washington, DC
VS Gen. Henry Arnold awards a military medal to a US airman during a medals ceremony at Bolling Field for airmen involved in the Doolittle Raid; Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle and another officer stand nearby; Arnold shakes the recipient's...
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Crippled Liberty Ship SS Henry Ward Beecher is towed to Bermuda by SS Cecil N. Bean
Aerials: VS SS Cecil N. Bean tows SS Henry Ward Beecher in Atlantic Ocean / circle around Army transport ship USAT Saturnia anchored near Bermuda to rescue troops aboard the Beecher / pilot boat leaves Saturnia side / VS Saturnia gets...
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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...