Bridgeman Arts
Early Flight Prototypes
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
Bridgeman Arts
Early aircraft model in hangar, the Wright Brothers, 1900s
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
Bridgeman Arts
R100 Airship construction, aerial shots London, C19th engineers, battleships
Clip from Centenary, an award-winning documentary (BISFA Gold Award 1967 best UK documentary) made by Peter Baylis & John Edwards, a duo who won BISFA Gold for a record-breaking three years running. 'Centenary' was sponsored by Vickers &...
Bridgeman Arts
Pilots and designers experiment with very early aircraft prototypes, 1900s. One crashes.
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
Bridgeman Arts
"Bird man" Franz Reichelt attempts to fly off the Eiffel Tower, 1912
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
Bridgeman Arts
Barnes Wallis, 1966/1967
Rare footage of scientist, engineer and inventor, Barnes Wallis, working in his office. This is the last known colour footage of Wallis and is taken from a longer film, Centenary, chronicling the social and industrial history of the C20th.
Bridgeman Arts
WW1 aircraft and pilots, military funeral of legendary German fighter pilot, Baron von Richtofen
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
Bridgeman Arts
Wind in the Wires
35mm cinema short on the history of aviation/flight narrated by James Mason. This highly successful film was widely distributed across UK cinemas in 1972, and was voted Top Documentary of the Year. Contains very rare footage of Wright...
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John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, first aviators to cross Atlantic. Smith brothers, first aviators to fly to Australia from USA.
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
Bridgeman Arts
Vickers aircraft in construction, design and in flight. C20th scientific and industrial innovation.
Clip from Centenary, an award-winning documentary (BISFA Gold Award 1967 best UK documentary) made by Peter Baylis & John Edwards, a duo who won BISFA Gold for a record-breaking three years running. 'Centenary' was sponsored by Vickers &...
Bridgeman Arts
Historical re-enactment scenes of music production studio in the 1920s. Jazz band plays while producers record it onto vinyl. Filmed in 1958.
Clip 3 from Au Creux des Sillons. French language film about the history of sound recording made in 1958 with the help of Pathe-Marconi. Shows the process of manufacturing vinyl discs from studio recording to factory. Historical...
Bloomberg
The Forgotten Flying Saucer Man of Silicon Valley
Nov.19 -- Alexander Weygers, a Renaissance man in the mold of the tech industry’s stated ideal, is a forgotten figure in Silicon Valley's history. In this Hello World short, Ashlee Vance visits an art dealer whose curiosity about Weygers...
Hearst Metrotone News
Inventors Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, tire manufacturer, Harvey Firestone and U. S. President Warren G. Harding enjoy a camping trip.
Inventors Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, tire manufacturer, Harvey Firestone and U. S. President Warren G. Harding enjoy a camping trip.
PBS
Pbs Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Read Good Books!: Egg Drop Challenge
KIDS Clubhouse Adventures kids read and discover more about inventions. They are inspired to invent a structure that will protect an egg from breaking when dropped. They choose the materials, work as a team and have a lot of fun!
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Invention: The Vest Pocket Cycle
In 1933, inventor Alex Brun of Cincinnati, Ohio invented the Vest Pocket Cycle. This is what today would be a minibike or a motorized scooter.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Scientist Videos: Galileo Galilei Biography
A brief biography about Galileo Galilei, an Italian scientist and inventor who contributed greatly to the fields of physics and astronomy at a time when new ideas and radical thinking were controversial. [2:11]
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Art Fry's Invention Has a Way of Sticking Around
Learn interesting details about Art Fry, who in 1974 invented the Post-it note.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Edison: Boyhood and Teen Years
Find out how young Thomas Edison's curiosity got him into trouble, and how, during his teen years, he lost his hearing but gained confidence as an aspiring inventor, This video was adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. Though Edison had just...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cristofori, Grand Piano
Met curator Bradley Strauchen-Scherer on intuition in Bartolomeo Cristofori's Grand Piano, 1720. [2:35]