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The Vultee Aircraft Plant at Nashville, Tennessee.

View of Vultee Aircraft Plant at Nashville, Tennessee. Dedication of Vultee P-66 Vanguard pursuit fighter aircraft during World War 2. Huge crowd gathered. View of an emblem.

Date: 1941
Duration: 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022501
Wendell Wilkie attends dedication of aircraft plant in Nashville where Vultee P-66 Vanguard aircraft are produced.

Wendell Wilkie waves from the top of the boarding ramp by his Douglas DC-3-178 - American Airlines Flagship-Virginia, acknowledging people greeting him at the new Vultee aircraft plant in Nashville, Tennessee. An African American man in uniform stands by as Wilkie descends the ramp. Scene shifts to a sizeable crowd waving from behind a fence on the airfield. An aerial view shows the factory and its airfield. Closer view of factory building itself. Next, a huge crowd is seen behind a fence, where a Vultee P-66 is displayed on a stand above the fence. It bears a British Royal Air Force roundel on its fuselage. U.S. Air Army Air Forces Officers and some Boy Scouts pose in front ot the aircraft. Wendel Wilkie is seen next, at a speaker's stand arrayed with microphones. It is decorated and displays the Vultee company Logo. Special guests in front of the stand, are seated on folding chairs. Closeup of Wilkie. Company officials are seen on a platform next to a Vultee P-66. Closeup of two young girls on the platform. One wields a bottle of Champaign to Christen the plane. Spectators applaud. A P-66 takes off from the airfield and climbs away.

Date: 1941
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039319
Wendell Wilkie dedicates the new Vultee aircraft plant at Nashville, Tennessee during World War 2.

Wendell Wilkie arrives at Nashville, Tennessee. He disembarks from an aircraft. People wave to him. Aerial view of the land and crowd. An aircraft stands between the crowds. Wendell Wilkie dedicates the new Vultee aircraft plant during World War 2. A huge crowd seated as Wendell Wilkie speaks. Two girls with flowers. A plane taxis. The aircraft takes off.

Date: 1941, May 5
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053562