Wreckage of A-17 aircraft that crashed and burned on sidewalk and yard of a house at 1007 Scott Road, Burbank California, while attempting to land at the nearby Lockheed company airfield, on September 21, 1938. Army soldiers in uniform, and Local residents stand around the wreckage. Killed in the crash were: Major General Oscar Westover, Chief of the Army Air Corps, and Crew Chief, Staff Sergeant Samuel Hymes. There were no other casualties, but damage from fire can be seen on two of the nearby houses. People pick through the wreckage. Closeup of the propeller and engine cowling dug into the earth. Large group of spectators standing clear of the wreckage as several officials comb through it. An elderly man and woman, sit in their yard with a small child.
An aviatrix (female flyer, woman pilot) gets a transport pilot's license in Burbank, California. An aircraft in flight. The aircraft taxis and lands at an airfield. A pilot in the aircraft. The Department of Commerce transport pilot license is issued to Laura Ingalls, an aviatrix. Laura Ingalls, the aviatrix who completed a several-mile solo flight around South America, with another person beside the aircraft. Laura Ingalls looks at the license in her hand.
A reversible aircraft propeller tested at Burbank, California. Demonstration of airplane screw with varying pitch, permits plane to back up, climb at greater angles and come to short stops after landing. Man gives a flag signal. View of the biplane aircraft taking off and landing. On landing it comes to a quick stop and immediately into a brisk reverse back toward a hangar.
A new biplane aircraft passes testing trials in Burbank, California. A biplane on a stand. Wheels of the biplane raised. The biplane piloted by Charles Augustus Lindbergh taxis and takes off from a field. The biplane in flight.
Officials discuss in Burbank, California. Czechoslovak diplomat Jan Garrigue Masaryk greets American studio executive Harry Morris Warner. He tells Harry Morris Warner that the U.S. screen industry is an important safeguard for Democracy.
Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California. The entrance to Walt Disney Animation Studios. Above the door is seen the studio's World War 2 service flag. Each blue star represented an employee serving in the Armed Forces. Gold stars represent an employee killed in the line of duty. Men and women workers entering and leaving the building. The interiors of the building showing artists at work at their desks. A woman cartoon artist adds colors to a drawing of a fighter plane. Animation artist Fred Moore seated at his desk sketching and reviewing his work. He flips a pad of papers. View of animator working on a sequence between two images of an airplane.
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