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Charles Augustus Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh being greeted by well-wishers during 21 country tour.

Footage from 1933. An aircraft circles on the water surface. Anne Marrow Lindbergh descends from an aircraft. Charles Augustus Lindbergh nicknamed 'The Lone Eagle' and Anne Lindberg welcomed by the people. They get inside a car. From a November 27, 1958 newsreel feature "25 years ago today".

Date: 1933, November
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022489
A steam engine plane with a reversible propeller takes off.

A steam engined plane with a reversible propeller. Pilot starts the plane, taxis forward, then pauses, propeller quickly stops and reverses, and pilot reverse taxis the plane. Then the plane takes off. From a November 27, 1958 newsreel feature "25 years ago today".

Date: 1933, November
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022491
A flier lands and rides a motor scooter invented by him for commuting to and from the airport.

After landing, a flier removes a small motor scooter from his aircraft and rides the motor scooter invented by him for commuting to and from the airport. He rides his motor scooter on the road and stops at a gas station to re-fuel. The station attendant adds a small amount of fuel from a measuring cup. The man rides away from the petrol station and is seen riding the scooter which gets 110 miles on a gallon of fuel. From a November 27, 1958 newsreel feature "25 years ago today".

Date: 1933, November
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022493
Igor Sikorsky, in Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter, sets new record for sustained flight,at Stratford, Connecticut

Igor Sikorsky seated inside Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, an experimental helicopter at a field behind the Vought-Sikorsky plant off Sniffens lane, Stratford, Connecticut. Sikorsky takes off in his VS-300 helicopter attempting to set a new world's endurance record for sustained flight. At one point during the flight, Robert Mackellar III, an employee, in white lab coat, holds up a sign reading "Worlds Record BROKEN, 1 hour 20 mts, as the helicopter continues to hover, breaking the record of 1 hour, 20 minutes and 40 seconds, set in 1937 by Heinrich Focke in Germany. Judges check their watches to confirm the airborne time of the helicopter. The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter sets a new record of 1 hour and 32 minutes sustained flight.

Date: 1941, May 6
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022494
The Pitcairn PA-36 autogyro takes off and lands on road.

Pitcairn PA-36 autogyro takes off from a road surrounded by cars. The Pitcairn PA-36 is highly maneuverable and well controlled in bad weather. The Pitcairn PA-36 helicopter can stay put on a spot for a longer duration. Photographers take pictures as the Pitcairn PA-36 takes off.

Date: 1941
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022495
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