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Early attempts to fly various heavier than air contraptions. Later use of rockets for propulsion; GE jet engines circa 1951.

Early history of flight with various ornithopters and flying contraptions. A bicycle-powered 8-winged airplane collapses in front of a hangar during takeoff attempt. Man wearing a set of wings, and a tail, tries to fly by running and also by jumping off a large rock. The so-called Pitt Sky Car in action. A car equipped with an umbrella-like rotor intended for vertical takeoff. It simply jumps up and down. A man riding a bicycle being propelled in part by a pack of rockets burning behind his seat. It gets too hot and he abandons the bicycle just before the rocket pack explodes. Animated discussion of Newton's 3rd law of motion and its relevance to the jet airplane engine. Diagrams and illustrations. A Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star aircraft taking off, and in flight, with its speed brake extended. View of General Electric jet engine, circa 1951, that delivers over 5800 pounds of thrust. These engines being produced in the GE plant at Lynn, Massachusetts and the new (1951) GE plant at Lockland Ohio.

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063987
Sixty thousand men and boys of a catholic organization demonstrate in Cincinnati, Ohio.

A demonstration by a catholic organization in Cincinnati, Ohio. Catholic priests and men outside a building. Nearly sixty thousand men and boys gather in a street. Catholic priests walk past the crowd towards a monument.

Date: 1934, October 8
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042754
Elephants participate in bowling contest on street in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Elephants participate in bowling tourney on a street in Cincinnati, Ohio. Crowd gathers to watch the show. Elephants use their trunks to roll bowling balls. Some of the men assisting in the event are wearing the fez- type hat ot the Masonic Shriners.

Date: 1934, April 9
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023131
Susie, an eight year old trained gorilla eats her dinner with a zoo-keeper at a zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Susie, an eight year old trained gorilla eats her dinner with a zoo-keeper at a zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio. Spectators watch in delight.

Date: 1934, July 18
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029855
U.S. Army Air Services MB-2s take off at Wilbur Wright airfield during a maneuver in Dayton, Ohio.

U.S. Army Air Services maneuvers of First Provisional Air Brigade at Wilbur Wright field in Dayton , Ohio. U.S. Army Air Services MB-2s take off from the Wilbur Wright airfield to bomb the bridges across River Ohio in Cincinnati. Brigadier General James Fechet on the flight line. He takes his position ion the rear cockpit of O-1 and leaves the aircraft. Aircraft taxis and takes off. Aircraft including MB-2s in flight.

Date: 1926
Duration: 4 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059518
Alex Brun, aviator demonstrates a vehicle that can be carried in airplane, Cincinnati.

A plane lands on a grassy field in Cincinnati, Ohio. Alex Brun an aviator and inventor, exits the airplane and then takes out a small vehicle from inside the plane that resembles a small motor bike or moped. He drives it to the nearby town where he stops at a gasoline or petrol station to buy a small cup full of fuel for his motorize bike. Alex Brun invented the vehicle to be carried in an airplane and used to reach nearby towns in case of a forced landing.

Date: 1933, October 25
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032946