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The U.S. Army Air Service Fokker C-2A named "Question Mark" being refueled in midair from a Douglas C-1, in 1929.

Mid air refueling experiments in January, 1929. A U.S. Army Air Service Douglas C-1 tanker plane, with hose trailing below it, flies above a modified Atlantic-Fokker C-2A named "Question Mark." The hose is let down to the Question Mark, where a crew member seizes it and makes a connection for fuel transfer. After transfer of fuel is complete, the crew member throws the fuel line off and it is retrieved by the tanker plane. The Question Mark lands at Metropolitan Airport, Van Nuys, California on January 7, 1929, and taxiis in to park. The crew members, including Major Carl A. Spaatz, Captain Ira C. Eaker, Lieutenant Harry A. Halverson, Lieutenant Elwood R.(Pete) Quesada, and Staff Sergeant Roy W. Hooe, all exit the airplane and gather under the wing with well wishers. The five crew members pose for photographs beside their airplane, the "Question Mark." Ground crew tows the aircraft with a tractor.

Date: 1929
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051736
A radio show called "Jubilee" featuring Rochester, Timmie Rogers, and Lena Horne

A U.S. soldier radio announcer introduces the radio program "Jubilee" as a band of Army musicians, in uniform, plays a fanfare. Opening montage features a man writing a V-mail fan letter to "Jubilee" to the Armed Forces Radio Service. Montage also shows V-mail staff women processing mail. Announcer Ernie 'Bubbles' Whitman then introduces 'Rochester' from the Jack Benny program. Lena Horne comes to mic and crowd applauds. Rochester and Lena Horne sing "Consequences." Timmie Rogers and Private Bate Wallace then perform, with Timmy Rogers singing, "Bring Enough Clothes for Three Days." Lena Horne is introduced again, finishing the program with the song, "That Man I Love." (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 10 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052082
Airman services F-14 Tomcat aircraft of Squadron VF-1 aboard USS Ranger, California.

Activities aboard USS Ranger (CV-61). Digits '61' on island of the USS Ranger. Airmen converse on flight deck. Pilot in cockpit of aircraft F-14A on deck. Airman inspects lower section of F-14A. Man signals pilot from deck. Airman at landing gear of plane.

Date: 1980, September 17
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052132
Crewmen aboard USS Ranger prepare F-14 Tomcat aircraft from Navy Wolfpack Squadron VF-1 for take off

Activities aboard USS Ranger. Crew members on flight deck of USS Ranger. Crewmen preflight F-14 aircraft. Pilot in cockpit of F-14 helmet painted in Wolfpack design. A crewman passes under nose of the aircraft. He works under and on one side of the plane. Crewman near tail hook under plane. Crew and pilot prepare for take off.

Date: 1980, September 17
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052135
A jet-propelled back pack helps mechanics to overcome weightlessness during space maneuvers.

Officials and men gathered at a plane parked. Man wears a back pack. Plane taxis on runway for take off. Men inside the plane assist astronaut with back pack. Astronaut floats in air after using jet propelled back pack.

Date: 1962, June 28
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052197
Tunnels excavated and aligned with concrete during construction of Hoover Dam, Nevada.

Early period construction of Hoover Dam. Black Canyon shows river in deep valley between cliffs. Man and materials transferred on Catwalk Bridge. Rocks blasted to make ways. Tunnels excavated in mountains by men. Men bore holes in mountain. Man work on steel rods. Trucks loaded with rocks move up the road on mountain. Trucks dump rocks. Tunnels are aligned with concrete after excavation. Men work with equipment. Rocks on top of the cliffs blasted. Men engaged in drilling and handling explosives. Workers transported through cables suspended between cliffs. Men drill holes in Canyon walls. Holes are blasted. Men suspended from cliff-top. River is diverted toward tunnel. River flows into tunnel. Trucks dump rocks. Excavation vehicles used at construction site. Shovel excavator in operation. Dump trucks are driven. Roads carved in mountains to transport men and material. Rock surfaces prepared for the reception of concrete.

Date: 1936
Duration: 7 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052281