Structural tests of U.S. Air Force B-36 Peacemaker bomber aircraft at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Various stations of B-36 with the stress and ruptures of the parts. Parts of the aircraft after conducting the landing gear tests. Wing section of B-36. Weights on wing of B-36, and showing the moment that a rupture occurs in the wing section. B-36 takes off from a runway.
Henry Ford drives a steam locomotive. He looks out on to the railway track from the engine compartment. Locomotive has passenger cars attached behind the steam engine. This footage was shot on Ford's own railway, the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton. Note the DTI logo on the locomotive. This railroad operated between Michigan and Ohio.
Ohio Senator Robert Taft speaks about the Labor-Management Relations Act, also known as the Taft-Hartley Act. He talks about justice and equality in labor management relations. Further he speaks about provisions of the act regarding employer's relation with Labor Union Leaders and protection of workers to take part in strikes.
Sketch of 1909 aircraft that Louis Bleriot flew across the English Channel. Progressive views of airplanes from earliest to formations of B-52 bombers in flight. Picture of Air Force Five Star General Henry (Hap) Arnold. Views of Wright Flyer being pulled into a field and readied and launched with Orville Wright at the controls. Two DeHavilland DH4 airplanes in formation as wing walker climbs from wing of one to wing of the other. (Wing walker wears emblem of black cat and number 13, on his shirt.) Drawing of Wright flyer airplane with various parts labeled by Lieutenant Arnold. Letter, dated 13, May, 1911, from 2nd Lieutenant Henry Arnold, of the 24th Infantry, to Chief Signal Officer of the U.S. Army, reporting on his progress at the Wright flying school in Dayton, Ohio. First pilot's badge (wings) earned by Lieutenant Arnold. President Wilson at inauguration of airmail service, from Washington, DC.
Franklin D Roosevelt's early political life. Delegates elect Franklin D Roosevelt as the Vice Presidential candidate at Democratic convention in San Francisco, California. Crowds cheer the decision. A smiling female delegate. The woman political activist cheering enthusiastically. Democratic Presidential candidate James Cox stands with Vice-Presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt as they review a parade in San Francisco from a bandstand. Views of a parade in Marion, Ohio supporting the democratic ticket. Sign says "We're Here Jim, We're Marion." Bands play at the rally and women political activists also march at the parade, wearing "Marion" sashes. Scene changes to show Franklin D Roosevelt's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, with her children and a dog at her home. Roosevelt at various public meetings and rallies campaigns for the elections. Franklin D Roosevelt at his home in New York with his mother. He meets a number of visitors.
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.
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