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MS- AS A WRIGHT BROTHER LOOKS ON SOLDIERS ROLL OUT THE 1ST PLANE PURCHASED FROM THE 2 BICYCLE MECHANICS BY THE U.S. ARMY IN 1909
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LS- AN ARMY AIR FORCE RADAR PLANE TAKES OFF FROM FIELD IN THE ARCTIC. CU- SCANNING RADAR SCREEN
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| 00:59:21 91.27 |
MONTAGE- RADAR ANTENNAE ON SNOW AT THE DEW LINE EARLY WARNING STATION, RADAR ON PLATFORMS AT SEA AND NAVY RADAR PICKET SHIPS AT SEA
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| 01:00:08 138.27 |
"FIFTY YEARS OF AVIATION" A SALUTE TO AVIATION PROGRESS. SEEN ARE DELACKNER AEROCYCLE, THE HILLER FLYING PLATFORM, PICTURES
OF THE PROPOSED AERIAL ASSAULT VEHICLE & THE AERIAL JEEP. ARMY AVIATION FROM 1ST PLANE BOUGHT FROM THE WRIGHT BROTHERS TO THE PRESENT JETS AND MISSILES. |
| 01:00:13 143.27 |
MONTAGE- EARLY INVENTORS WITH THEIR ATTEMPTS AT FLIGHT INCLUDE WEIRD VEHICLES WHICH MOSTLY DON'T GET OFF THE GROUND OR COLLAPSE. GIZMO
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| 01:00:30 160.27 |
CU- ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT IN EARLY FILM.
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| 01:00:40 170.27 |
MONTAGE- WRIGHT BROTHERS AND HELPERS PUT THEIR PLANE IN PLACE IN A FIELD IN KITTYHAWK AND FLY 12 SECONDS AND 120 FEET, ON DECEMBER 17, 1903
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| 01:01:19 209.27 |
MONTAGE- MORE EARLY UNSUCCESSFUL VEHICLES.
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| 01:01:41 231.27 |
LS- AS ARMY OFFICERS WATCH AN ARMY PILOT TESTS THE WRIGHT PLANE.
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| 01:01:50 240.27 |
LS- A BI PLANE LIES ON IT'S NOSE WHERE THE 1ST MAN TO DIE IN A CRASH WAS AN ARMY LIEUTENANT
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| 01:02:04 254.27 |
LS- 3 ENGINE SEAPLANE BUILT BY THEN UNKNOWN GLENN CURTISS TAKES OFF FROM SEA IN 1910.
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| 01:02:11 261.27 |
MS- PHOTOGRAPHER TAKE AERIAL PHOTOS FROM THE COCKPIT IN 1914. DOUGHBOYS MOUNT BOMBS ON THE BOTTOM OF A BI-PLANES WING
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| 01:02:29 279.27 |
MS- PILOT AIMS HIS MACHINE GUNS AT AN ENEMY PLANE DURING A DOG FIGHT IN WWI. ELS- PLANES CIRCLE IN A DOG FIGHT
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| 01:02:59 309.27 |
LS- GROUND CREWS TRY TO HOLD A VIOLENTLY SWAYING EARLY TRY AT A HELICOPTER WHICH LOOKS LIKE A LONG HOTDOG WITH PROPELLERS
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| 01:03:17 327.27 |
MONTAGE- OTHER EARLY UNSUCCESSFUL HELICOPTERS. LS- EARLY SUCCESSFUL MODELS.
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| 01:04:00 370.27 |
MS- A BARNSTORMER CLIMBS OUT ON A BI PLANE AND IS SWEPT OFF THE PLANE AS HE OPENS HIS PARACHUTE.
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| 01:04:10 380.27 |
LS- HUGE CROWD CARRIES AL COCKER BROWN AND HIS PARTNER ON THEIR SHOULDERS AFTER HE CONQUERS THE ATLANTIC LS- THE 'SPIRIT OF ST.LOUIS' LANDS WITH LINDBERGH ABOARD.THE 1ST SOLO FLIGHT
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| 01:04:34 404.27 |
LS- ARMY BI-PLANES TAKE OFF WITH THE MAIL.
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| 01:05:11 441.27 |
MS- 8 TIGHTLY PACKED PEOPLE SIT ON AN EARLY 'LUXURY' COMMERCIAL FLIGHT
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| 01:05:32 462.27 |
LS- AN EARLY U.S. ARMY BOMBER TAKES OFF.
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| 01:05:44 474.27 |
MS- PAN OF AN AIRPLANE ASSEMBLY LINE DURING WWII WITH WOMAN RIVETERS AT WORK. LS- B-17 ON AN ASSEMBLY LINE ROLL OUT OF THE HANGARS.
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| 01:06:30 520.27 |
MONTAGE- WWII BOMBERS DROPPING BOMBS AND FIGHTERS IN BATTLE SCENES.
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| 01:07:51 601.27 |
MS- THE BOMBER 'MEMPHIS BELLE' LANDS AND THE CREW WAVES WITH JOY. THE PILOT KISSES THE GROUND AFTER COMPLETING IT'S FINAL MISSION.
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| 01:11:21 811.27 |
LS- THE BELL X-1 IS DROPPED FROM THE BELLY OF A B-29 AND BREAKS THE SOUND BARRIER OCTOBER, 1947. CHUCK YEAGER
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| 01:12:31 881.27 |
LS- THE B-47 STRATOJET BOMBER TAKES OFF. LS- AN ODD LOOKING B-49 'FLYING WING' TAKES OFF.
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| 01:13:14 924.27 |
LS- MAN ON A BICYCLE WITH WINGS AND A ROCKET ATTACHED IS ALMOST BURNED AS THE ROCKET BLOWS UP AND ENGULFS HIM IN SMOKE AN FLAME. HE IS DOUSED WITH A PAIL OF WATER.
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| 01:16:58 1148.27 |
LS- THE BELL X-2 IS DROPPED BY A BOMBER AND IT ROCKETS TO MANY TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND.
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LS- THE X-2 LANDS ON ITS BELLY WHEEL AND THE TEST PILOT IS HELPED OUT BY GROUND CREW.
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| 01:17:47 1197.27 |
LS- THE XC-99, THE WORLD'S LARGEST CARGO PLANE
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| 01:21:29 1419.27 |
MONTAGE- DRAWINGS OF FUTURISTIC PLANES.
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MS- ENGINEERS WORK AT THEIR DRAFTING BOARDS ON ROCKET AND MISSILE DESIGNS
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