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Early experimental failures in airplane development. Lawrence Sperry and his "Messenger" airplane
Film showing early history of flight with many early unsuccessful flying machines. As Igor Sikorsky speaks, in the background, about such earlier failures, the first scene shows a early 1900s seven wing airplane, with its propeller turning, being pushed by several men. Suddenly the the entire thing collapses into a heap, as the men run to safety. They quickly return to check on the occupant. Next, an experimental four-rotor helicopter is seen lifting above the ground, successfully, but not otherwise controllable. Then a contraption (labeled "Sky Car") employs a pulsating umbrella. It jumps up and down but does not accomplish anything else. A tricycle gear contraption, using an array of sails, and displaying the number, 691, moves along under power, but does not ever leave the ground. A helicopter of sorts, with several different size rotors falls sideways, as the pilot is adjusting it. He steps away to safety. Another glimpse of the "Sky Car." A wing-flapping contraption that does nothing else. Aviation pioneer, Lawrence Sperry, moves his early biplane up to a gasoline pump to refuel. He holds the fuel hose to his gas tank while another man pumps the fuel. Next, his airplane taxis along a public road, followed by a motorcyclist. The aircraft takes off. Sperry piloting his small single-place bi-plane "Messenger" aircraft, is seen flying above the U.S. Capitol dome, on March 22, 1922. Next, he lands on the Capitol Plaza and quickly turns the aircraft so it actually ascends several Capitol steps, before rolling back to park. Sperry climbs from the cockpit and is greeted by policemen and officials who surround him and congratulate him. (Sperry perished flying across the English Channel in 1924.) View of the Great Dome on Building 10 at the campus of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Dr. Jerome Hunsaker, pioneer aeronautical engineer and educator, is seen in a laboratory. He speaks of beginning the aeronautical engineering education program at MIT in 1913, with Donald Douglas as an assistant.
Montage of scenes showing American civilian mobilization on the home front, life in the Navy, war scenes and demobilization after war.
View of a U.S. battleship heading toward the camera at high speed. Images of hip's wake becoming gradually more turbulent as camera focuses closer upon it in successive views. U.S. sailors in uniform. The first wears a the Silver Star medal. The next wears a Navy Cross medal. The third sailor wears a Cross medal with red and gold ribbon. A petty officer and two sailors posing together, each one displaying Cross and star medals, respectively. The scene fades to this last three, wearing civilian clothes in a flashback to the beginning of World War 2. The three watch as a draftsman lays out a Roll of Honor for a place called Middletown. Townspeople cheering at an outdoor sporting event. Next they sit and watch a tennis match. Next, many are seen as sailors scrubbing the deck of a battleship. Scene shifts to a Navy Wave guiding a C-45 aircraft into parking position. Another one is parked behind her. Next a "white shirt" on deck of an aircraft carrier is seen directing an aircraft with signals. A Douglas Dauntless aircraft is parked on the deck behind him. Abrupt change of scene shows a wounded sailor being attended by a physician. Members of a Navy ship's crew enjoying a swim, hanging out on a boom extended from their ship, and using rubber rafts and a dinghy as they enjoy recreational time allowed by the Captain. A sailor in a dining hall relishing a large piece of chicken. In contrast, a sailor at an antiaircraft station eats hastily. Twin guns are silhouetted behind him. Sailors getting dressed to go on shore leave. Photos of pinup girls displayed on locker behind them. They leave, but one sailor remains behind, on some kind of restrictions. Sailors on deck in formation as they are inspected by officers. One asks a sailor to adjust his hat and also examines his tie. A sailor sitting alone by a lake in Central Park, New York City. A sailor standing watch in setting sun. A chief Petty officer instructing a sailor on wearing his hat. Successive closeups of the imposing face of the Chief. that transitions into the face of a Lieutenant Junior Grade who is yelling at a sailor. Scene shifts to actual World War 2 battle footage scenes as Navy crew battles fire in an aircraft carrier's Island during naval combat in the Pacific. Hose lines are stretched across the flight deck and smoke envelopes the ship. Injured are carried to place of safety. Another scene aboard a U.S. Navy ship in World War 2, shows a Navy Chaplain praying over sailor who was killed, followed by a ceremonial burial at sea for the dead. U.S. Marines fire rifle salutes as coffins slide out from under American flags to carry the fallen sailor into the sea. As the nation demobilizes after the war, various "rabble-rousers" begin to cause trouble. One is seen speaking before a group of women, who seem influenced by his remarks. Scene shifts to aerial views from a low-flying airplane revealing the total destruction and rubble over miles of a German city, probably Berlin, from Allied bombing and shelling during World War 2. Views of suffering survivors of World War II (especially children) in various parts of the world. Emaciated and starving children in a war-torn area.
Orville Wright greeted by Angus W McLean and unveils the memorial plaque in Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina
Inauguration of the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina. Throngs of spectators walk up along hill. Governor of North Carolina Angus W McLean shakes hands with Aviator Orville Wright. Orville Wright unveiling the Wright Brothers National Memorial plaque. Crowd including military personnel stand around. A civilian opens a coop of birds that fly. Orville Wright stands next to memorial plaque. Inscription on plaque. Spectators on hill attend the event.
People undertake research activities at the Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The geophysical activities at the Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. People walk into the Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory. A sign reads ' Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory'. A woman writes on a blackboard. A man stands near a large wall map of the world and points out the locations. A radar antenna. A man with a special camera and he is seated on a platform. A man works with radar antenna. Another man writes data on the blackboard. which is received from radar stations.
The men at the Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory operate research equipment in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The geophysical activities at the Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Several views of laboratory instruments in operation which help in conducting research. The men operates research equipment. A man operates an instrument used to study the atmospheric dielectric behavior of an ionized gas. A scientist checks the air temperature, density. A convection vacuum apparatus. A man operates a recorder and automatic reduction system. A decoder and automatic electronic typewriter. Another man studies the upper atmospheric pressure and temperature.
A man studies an instrument designed to check the small fluctuations in atmospheric pressure at a Laboratory in Cambridge.
The geophysical activities at the Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The men operate research equipment. A man operates telegraph recorder. A man and a woman study an instrument designed to check the small fluctuations in atmospheric pressure. A woman writes the speed of the air on a paper. A water table and a man operates it. Another man measures amplitude signal. A man studies a graph used to record earth motion for scientific study. A man puts the graph in a wooden box and is attached with parachute. A radio carrier signal.
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