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B/W 1947 Chuck Yeager showing man parts of Bell X-1 airplane / California / newsreel
B/W 1947 Chuck Yeager showing man parts of Bell X-1 airplane / California / newsreel
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B/W 1936 close up Howard Hughes with goggles / newsreel
B/W 1936 close up Howard Hughes with goggles / newsreel
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B/W 1942 pilot climbs into fighter plane / Flying Tigers - Curtiss P-40B Warhawk / newsreel
B/W 1942 pilot climbs into fighter plane / Flying Tigers - Curtiss P-40B Warhawk / newsreel
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1945 pilot of Memphis Belle waving from cockpit after final mission / tilt up to man cheering on roof
1945 pilot of Memphis Belle waving from cockpit after final mission / tilt up to man cheering on roof
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Oliver Echols discusses American aviation during WWI
Oliver P Echols behind a desk talking / explains that American pilots operated French airplanes during WWI / explains 'our planes took off 18 strong all the airplanes force landed from engine failure' / airplanes taking off / CU of...
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Sam Heron improves airplane engines
Sam Heron adjusting airplane engine / Older Heron seated and talking importance of air cooled cylinders on plane engines / views of engines and cylinders / discusses octane gasoline. Sam Heron improves airplane engines on January 01,...
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Development of American Air Force
Different military airplanes flying / plane taking off from carrier / sailors on top of aircraft carrier ship / plane on deck sinks below into ship. Development of American Air Force on January 01, 1953 (Footage by Getty Images)
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Early airplane companies
Inside airplane factory / workers at various tasks assembling planes, making parts and operating machinery. Early airplane companies on January 01, 1953 (Footage by Getty Images)
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Pre-WWII military weapons technology
Line of large ships in the ocean / horse drawn wagons and horses riding along / armed soldiers crouched in a field / soldiers running / weapons on the backs of wagons and guns planted among the grasses as soldiers train at College Park,...
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General Mitchell argues for American Air Force division
Brigadier General William Mitchell Jr standing beside airplane / ship on the ocean / planes inside hangar / CU of bombs on the underside of plane / planes flying in uniform / Lawrence Bell of the Glenn Martin company explains: 'try to...
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General Spaatz discusses mid-air fueling
Narrator discusses General Carl Tooey Spaatz and Lieutenant General Ira C Eaker flying for seven days straight / General Carl Tooey Spaatz in 1953 discussing mid air fueling / Spaatz explains how mid air fueling was Lieutenant General...
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Donald Douglas discusses plane engine development
Inside airplane engine factory / several men holding an engine / Donald Douglas talks about Charles Lawrance and air cooled engine development / tells how Lawrance engine 'powered the Lindbergh flight' / George J Mead working on planes...
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Lieutenant Foulois discusses early aviation
Lieutenant Benjamin Delahauf Foulois sitting behind desk talking about early aviation. Lieutenant Foulois discusses early aviation on January 01, 1953 (Footage by Getty Images)
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President Coolidge advances aviation industry
President Calvin Coolidge institutes Morrow board making sustained aircraft development priority / Exterior of Capitol building / narrator discusses president Calvin Coolidge Morrow board recommendations regarding aviation / workers...
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Pilots become stuntmen after WWI ends
Jenny airplane flying in air / pilot flies as second man hangs from bottom of plane / hanging man's perspective / narrator quotes Richard H. Depew, Jr. stating: 'the greatest risk in flying is starving to death' / plane landing on ground...
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William Boeing discusses first international airmail
Men wind the propeller of airmail plane / In 1953, William Boeing discusses his role in international mail service / 'In 1919 Eddie Hubbard and I took a flight up to Vancouver, B.C. - this was the first international mail ever carried...
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Chamberlin and Devine make record nonstop transatlantic flight
Chamberlin and Devine make record nonstop transatlantic flight from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Eisleben, Germany / 1953 clip of Clarence Chamberlin on farm holding a lamb / Charles Levine and Chamberlin climbing into airplane /...
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General Eaker discusses equipment to aid in blind flying
In 1953, Lieutenant General Ira C Eaker discusses equipment to aid in blind flying / 'I ran into a typhoon. The rain was so heavy I couldn't see the horizon. I fell in a spin and only the fact the Manila Bay was yellow and the rain was...
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Princes William and Harry interview at RAF Shawbury
CLEAN: Interview with Princes William and Harry at RAF Shawbury re their training as helicopter pilots
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Princes William and Harry interview at RAF Shawbury
CLEAN: Interview with Princes William and Harry at RAF Shawbury re their training as helicopter pilots
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MS View of Pilot Standing in Cockpit of B-24 Bomber / Boston, Massachusettes, United States
MS View of Pilot Standing in Cockpit of B-24 Bomber / Boston, Massachusettes, United States