1903-1941AVIATION
1903-1941 FOOTAGE OF AVIATION PIONEERS; WWII & PEARL HARBOR, PLANES, AIRPLANES. EARLY AVIATION.
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MS ORVILLE & WILBUR WRIGHT, FIRST AIRPLANE, FIRST FLIGHT CIRCA 1903. KITTY HAWK
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GLENN CURTISS IN HIS AIRPLANE, 1909
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HARRIET QUIMBY, AVIATRIX , FIRST WOMAN TO FLY OVER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
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1914, PILOTS GET INTO PLANES. CU PAN PILOTS, INCLUDING EDDIE RICKENBACKER. PILOTS TAKING OFF, IN FLIGHT
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CU FIRST LETTER SENT BY AIR MAIL. WOODROW WILSON INITIATES AT FIRST AIR MAIL FLIGHT FROM WASHINGTON TO NEW YORK
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BATTLESHIP, PILOT POV, AERIAL BOMBING. AIR-SEA BATTLE, WWI. LS HUGE SMOKE CLOUDS FROM BURNING SHIPS. SINKING BATTLESHIPS. LINE OF AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES IN FORMATION. POV ON PLANE TAKING OFF AIR CRAFT CARRIER
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CRAZY FLYING INVENTIONS, FOOT PEDDLED PLANE COMES DOWN RAMP, CRASHES. GIZMO. 1934 BIPLANE WITH PAPER WINGS, ACTUALLY FLIES & LANDS SAFELY TWO PROPELLER PLANE. ROCKET PLANE. FLY AWAY ROCKET BIKE CRASHES BEFORE TAKE OFF. CREW COMES OVER & POURS WATER ON PILOT'S SMOKING REAR END, ASS ON FIRE. UMBRELLA PLANE ACTUALLY FLIES. MAN RUNS WITH WINGS ON HIS BACK, FALL DOWN.
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DR. VALENTINE NEWBAUER'S "GYROPLANE". CU MAN WITH BIZARRE "SCI-FI" HELMET, GLOVES. GIZMO PLANE.
PLANE DOESN'T FLY. CU GRIZZLY LOOKING MAN |
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AUTOGYRO PLANE LANDS, TAKES OFF
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| 00:47:09 394.03 |
FIRST SIKORSKY HELICOPTER IN FLIGHT, LANDING
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YOUNG MEN WITH MINIATURE PLANE INVENTIONS, MODEL PLANE MEET. GAS POWERED, GLIDER MODEL PLANES.
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CHARLES LINDBERGH, SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS NEW YORK TO PARIS TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT.
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| 00:48:35 480.03 |
CLARENCE CHAMBERLAIN IN CRASH LANDING. PEOPLE RUN ACROSS FIELD TO MEET PLANE
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| 00:48:59 504.03 |
AERIAL STUNTMAN LEAPS FROM ONE PLANE TO ANOTHER
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CU WILEY POST & WILL ROGERS
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| 00:49:23 528.03 |
CU AVIATRIX AMELIA EARHART
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CU AVIATRIX RUTH NICHOLS & RUTH ELDER
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LOWELL DALES TAKES OFF, PLANE SPINS OUT OF CONTROL & CRASHES BURSTING INTO FLAMES KILLING DALES
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MS MONTEVERDI BROTHERS, PLANE TAKES OFF, TOO HEAVY, OVERLOADED, WING HIT THE GROUND, THEY ESCAPE UNSCATHED. FLOYD BENNETT FIELD.
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GIZMO PLANE "ROCKET" PLANE COMES AROUND URBAN BEND ON SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF CAPITOL DOME.
BIZARRE JUXTAPOSITION. PLANE BURSTS INTO FLAMES, PEOPLE COME RUNNING |
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AIRSHIP DIRIGIBLE AKRON DISASTER, SUDDEN SHIFT OF WIND TAKES TWO GROUND CREW UP IN THE AIR THEY FALL TO THEIR DEATH. AIR ACCIDENTS
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CU GENERAL DEPANADO. CU PROPELLER. OVERLOADED PLANE TAXIS, CRASHES ON THE GROUND BURSTING INTO FLAMES
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DIRIGIBLE AIRSHIP HINDENBURG IN FLIGHT OVER MANHATTAN NEW YORK. HINDENBURG CRASH, BURST INTO FLAMES.
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| 00:52:34 719.03 |
CU GENERAL BILLY MITCHELL, 1935. SPEAKS
PROPHETICALLY ABOUT IMMINENT WAR IN EUROPE |
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WWII WORLD WAR TWO. AMERICAN MODERN BOMBER PLANES DROPPING BOMBS
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| 00:54:22 827.03 |
DUNKERQUE, DUNKIRK WAR FOOTAGE. BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC. WWII FOOTAGE. GROUP OF PARATROOPERS DROP FROM PLANES.
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MS LINE OF WAR CASUALTIES. DEAD LINES UP ON THE GROUND. WOMAN MOURNS NEXT TO DEAD LOVED ONE.
CU CROWD OF EUROPEANS, WOMEN WEEP INTO HANDKERCHIEFS. |
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FDR ADDRESSES CONGRESS, "I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS NATION GEARED UP TO THE ABILITY TO TURN OUT AT LEAST 50,000 PLANES A YEAR"
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| 00:56:30 955.03 |
AVIATION RESEARCH CENTER. TESTING WAR PLANES AVIATION DEVELOPMENT. LEADERS IN THE FIELD INCLUDES HENRY FORD. GENERALS
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PLANT FACTORY WORKERS LEAVING FACTORY
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MONTAGE WAR PRODUCTION PLANTS.
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ARMED SOLDIERS MARCH TOWARD VIEWER
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| 00:57:34 1019.03 |
FIGHTER PLANES IN FORMATION
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FIGHTER PILOTS IN CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION
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CU GUNNER TESTING OUT NEW GUN. CU PLACING BULLETS INTO BANDOLEER.
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ROW LINE OF FIGHTER PLANES, PROPELLERS TURNING, FIGHTER PLANES IN FLIGHT, TEST BOMBING. CURTISS P-40 FIGHTER PLANES. B-26 FIGHTER PLANES. WAR PLANES
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PARACHUTE BATTALION. PARATROOPERS DROP FROM PLANES. PLANES IN FORMATION
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SUBMARINE ROLLING ACROSS THE OCEAN. INTERIOR CREW AT WORK IN DEFENSE DRILL. SUBMARINE WARFARE. NAZI TORPEDO RELEASED, SEEN TRAVELING THROUGH WATER, HITS AMERICAN BATTLESHIP
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MONTAGE CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINES U.S. SHIPS TORPEDOED, BOMBED,
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AMERICAN FLAG FLOATING IN THE WATER
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SECRETARY OF WAR HENRY STIMSON GIVES SPEECH
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WENDELL WILKIE GIVING SPEECH "WE WANT THOSE CARGOS PROTECTED"TO LARGE AUDIENCE
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| 01:01:03 1228.03 |
CU NEUTRALITY ACT REPEALED
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ARMS LOADED ONTO MERCHANT SHIPS. FLEET OF SHIPS AT SEA
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ANIMATED MAP CHINA, INDO CHINA, JAPANESE FLAG
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JAPANESE TROOPS MOVING IN ON INDO CHINA EAST ASIA
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ANIMATED MAP OF RUSSIA, JAPANESE FLAG
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ANIMATED ARROWS SYMBOLIZING NAZI MOVEMENT TOWARD RUSSIA
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ZOOM OUT ANIMATED MAP JAPANESE CONQUEST PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
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ANIMATED MAP USA WITH JAPANESE KNIFE SLICING THROUGH
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| 01:02:07 1292.03 |
AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANE LOW OVER WATER
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JAPANESE FLEET
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| 01:02:23 1308.03 |
NOVEMBER 14, 1941 JAPANESE ENVOY ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO
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NOVEMBER, 17, 1941 JAPANESE ENVOY & AMBASSADOR GOING INTO WHITE HOUSE
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JAPANESE TROOPS, WWI FOOTAGE. JAPANESE FLAG
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NOVEMBER 26, 1941. MS SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL SPEAKING, MOS. HORDE OF REPORTERS AROUND JAPANESE ENVOY & AMBASSADOR
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DECEMBER 7, 1941. ON BOARD JAPANESE AIR CRAFT CARRIER. CAPTAIN GIVING ORDERS. JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES TAKE OFF CARRIER, IN FLIGHT
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CU CLOCK 1:00
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CU SECRETARY OF STATE SIGN OVER DOOR. CORDELL HULL IN MEETING. CU CLOCK 1:05.
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JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES APPROACHING HAWAII.
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| 01:04:34 1439.03 |
CU CLOCK 1:10 CORDELL HULL PICKS UP TELEPHONE
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CU CLOCK 1:20 JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES EN ROUTE TO HAWAII
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MONTAGE QUIET PEARL HARBOR AIR BASE, FLEET MOORED.
SAILORS PASSING TIME BY THROWING A BASEBALL. SOLDIERS, SAILORS LOOK UP AT THE SKY HEARING APPROACHING JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES, CAUGHT UNPREPARED. JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES DROP BOMBS, JAPANESE DEVASTATE AMERICAN OUTPOST PEARL HARBOR |
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JAPANESE ENVOYS WALK OUT OF OFFICE
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SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL SPEAKS ON THE MEMORANDUM PRESENTED BY JAPANESE ENVOYS. PUTS ON PINCE NEZ GLASSES, READS QUOTES FROM MEMORANDUM
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PEARL HARBOR DEVASTATION HARBOR COVERED IN THICK SMOKE, SHIPS LOST, BURNING. FDR'S VOICE HEARD DECLARING WAR ON JAPAN
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CU AMERICAN FLAG. STATUE OF LIBERTY SUPERIMPOSED OVER FLAG. QUOTE FROM CHIEF OF STAFF MARSHALL.
LIBERTY BELL. V SIGN. |
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