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Italian aviator Italo Balbo at Shediac, NB, and Montreal, QC
Men on a motor launch move past / a crowd of people on dock / Italo Balbo, wearing his military uniform, reads a document / VS seaplanes coming in for landing / a crowd stands next to the water / Balbo's entourage is greeted with Fascist...
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Richard DuPont and glider
CU pilot Richard Du Pont in glider / takes flight, flies and lands
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RAF pilots from airfield in Hawkinge, England, perform aerial maneuvers in preparation for Hendon Air Pageant
Row of planes parked on airfield, their propellers spinning / man standing near plane / planes taxiing forward together / planes taking off together / two shots from plane of RAF planes flying in formation / shot from plane of RAF planes...
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Aviator Felix Waitkus takes off from Floyd Bennett Field in NY on transatlantic flight to Lithuania
Title card: "News Flashes!" / men rotating Felix Waitkus's plane into position, hangar behind them / close shot of Waitkus posing for photo opportunity / man turning propeller and starting motor / propeller spinning / Waitkus taking off
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Aviator Charles Lindbergh in parade in Los Angeles as he continues his Guggenheim Tour
Charles Lindbergh landing his plane "Spirit of St. Louis" on airfield, crowd waiting / Lindbergh's plane taxiing and coming to stop / Lindbergh surrounded by crowd climbing into back seat of decorated open car / policemen on motorcycles...
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Pathe Newsreel delivered across country in 13 hours via airmail on TWA
Title card: "AIR LINER ON LAST MAIL HOP SPANS NATION IN 13 HOURS!" / WS airliner fueling up / VS NIGHT of luggage and passengers loading into TWA airliner / MCU Captain Eddie Rickenbacker speaks into mouthpiece / LS airplane flying / VS...
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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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Transpacific aviators Lester Maitland and Albert Hagenberger in Maitland's hometown, Milwaukee, WI
Airplane taxiing to stop / woman lifted over fence / motorcade, with large bald eagle replica on front of car / marching band in parade on Milwaukee street honoring transpacific aviators Lieutenants Lester Maitland and Albert Hagenberger...
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Retired US Gen. John Pershing presents the Hubbard Medal to aviators Orvil Anderson and Albert Stevens
Title card: "News Flashes!" / WS Captains Orvil Anderson and Albert Stevens stand with General John Pershing / Pershing presents each captain with the Hubbard Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society / both captains thank Pershing
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US aviator Dick Merrill lands in New York after round trip flight to England
Title "Aviation conquers Atlantic" superimposed over close shot of spinning propeller / plane taxiing after landing at Floyd Bennett Field small crowd waiting on tarmac / two shots of Merrill on left and co-pilot Jack Lambie standing on...
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US Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer presents 10 T-33 jets to South Korea's Air Force at Suwon Airbase
PAN Officers stand saluting / VS jets flying in formation / MS jets flying over head in formation / WS TR-731 and other war planes in line at air base / Tilt up from TR 630 plane on ground to 12 planes flying in formation / VS unid...
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Korean War: US flying aces Fernandez and McConnell
Title card: "Top Jet Aces McConnell, Fernandez Bound for Home" / Korean War / air-to-air CU group of Air Force F-86 Sabre jets in flight / various views of pilots Captain Manuel Fernandez and Captain Joseph McConnell / McConnell boards...
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North Koreans release Guy Bumpas and coffin of Charles Brown to UN officers; both were shot down while flying an unarmed training plane
Title card: "US Flier Freed by Korea Reds" / title superimposed over North Korean officers, one writing on pad, photographer at end / UN delegation approaching exchange location / CU sign "No United Nations Troops Will Go Beyond this...
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Wounded French soldiers from Battle of Den Bien Phu in Indochina (now Vietnam) arrive in Japan and then US
Title "'Operation Wounded Warrior'" superimposed over USAF airplane carrying wounded soldiers landing at airport in Tachikawa, Japan / plane taxiing / people waiting on tarmac, pan across to open door in nose of plane / wounded solider...
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US Air Force displays new downward ejector seat in bomber in flight over Gulf of Mexico
Title "Ejected - new downward catapult for US airmen" superimposed over shot from plane of pilot falling downward from bomber after being ejected from it / shot from plane of bomber in flight / shot from plane of bomber in flight above...
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Former German soldiers return from Russian captivity
Title card: "Freedom...War Prisoners reach Germany from Soviet" / A train pulls into Herleshausen station at night / Hands waving in the light; men enter a train decorated with garlands of flowers; the train loaded with people // An...
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Bombers take off and land on USS Boxer during the Korean War
WS aircraft carrier on seas, ship moving in bg / USS Boxer / pan deck of carrier, hook in fg / planes on deck, wings folded, plane rising on elevator on side / crew pushing plane / loading ammunition belt into plane / loading bombs /...
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After end of Korean War, Commander of UN Command US General Mark Clark visits US troops in South Korea before his retirement
Two shots of plane carrying Gen. Mark Clark taxiing at airfield / plane taxing, group of people waiting on tarmac / Clark and his wife Maurine coming down steps from plane / VS Clark and Maurine greeted by officials and their wives on...
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Germany's oldest woman, Luise Rissmann, takes her first airplane ride on her 106th birthday, 1955
Title card: "Germany -- At 106, She Takes First Plane Ride" / VS 106 year old Luise Rissmann in her grandson's cigar store / CU Rissmann lights cigarette for customer / high angle person hands Rissmann birthday cards / high angle...
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Military parades on Armed Forces Day in US and Germany
Card: "Paramount News issue no 79" / title "Armed Forces salute, Power for peace" superimposed over US Army soldiers marching in formation down street in New York City / title "Armed Forces salute, Power for Peace" superimposed over MPOV...
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Test flight in San Diego of US Navy vertical take-off plane
Card: "Paramount News issue no 25" / title "Vertical take-off, level flight, 'Pogo Plane' makes history" superimposed over shot of propellers on nose of plane spinning / pilot Skeets Coleman climbing up ladder leaning against plane /...
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Pilot Jacqueline Cochran becomes first woman to fly faster than sound in USAF jet from Edwards Air Force Base, CA
Title "Jackie Cochran, First woman to fly faster than sound" superimposed over aerial shot of jet flying low overhead /VS member of ground crew towing jet across tarmac with tractor / Cochran in flight suit walking towards camera next to...
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New US military airplanes on display in New Orleans, LA
Title: "Report on Airpower" superimposed over soldiers standing near military airplane / United States Air Force airplane on display / New Orleans Municipal Auditorium interior / overhead people at Air Force Association Airpower Panorama...
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Pres. Dwight Eisenhower presents the Harmon Intl trophies to aviator Major Chuck Yeager and aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran at the While House
Title: "Top Awards in Aviation - Harmon Trophies Presented" superimposed over freeze frame - Jacqueline Cochran, noted flyer, and Maj. Charles E. Yeager, U.S. Air Force pilot, and trophies / President Dwight Eisenhower escorting...