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Events in the career of aviator Henry Harley("Hap") Arnold. Scenes from earliest history of heavier-than-air planes.

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.

Date: 1912
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042989
Montage of Wright brothers and their airplanes in France and at Ft. Myer, Arlington, Virginia.

As a contrast to the early pioneering airplanes, passengers are seen seated inside cabin of a "modern" airplane (Douglas DC-4E). View of the DC-4E in flight. A view of Orville Wright. Wilbur Wright gesturing as he talks with officials in France about an aerial course to be flown. Wilbur Wright placing wheels under a Wright Flyer before it is moved across a muddy field in France. A team of men pull a rope raising a catapult weight in a tower. The weight falls, catapulting the Wright Flyer airplane into the air. Soldiers remove a Wright Flyer airplane from a storage building onto the parade grounds at Ft. Myer, Virginia. The airplane is seen in flight with Orville Wright alone, at the controls, On July 30, 1909, soldiers are seen moving a Wright Flyer from its shed for its final acceptance test. President William Howard Taft, U.S. Army Major George Owen Squier, U.S. Army Major Charles E. Saltzman and Wilbur Wright are among those standing with the President, as the Wright Flyer is moved toward the parade ground. Views of the monorail and weight and catapult used for launching an airplane. Men turn the two propellers on a Wright Flyer, as Wilbur Wright stands at the rear of the aircraft engine and makes an adjustment. . On September 9, 1908. U.S. Army Lt. Frank P. Lanham, seen in uniform, seated on a Wright Flyer, is joined by Orville Wright. Wilbur. They take off and set a new airborne endurance record, and Lt. Lanham becomes the first Military officer to fly in an airplane. On July 30th, as part of the final acceptance test, Orville Wright takes Army Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois on a cross country flight to Alexandria, Virginia, and back again. They are seen aboard the Wright Flyer, and then high in the air on their way to Alexandria.

Date: 1908
Duration: 3 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033853
Animated diagrams show how energy is stored and discharged in Edison storage batteries

How Edison batteries function. The are also known as nickel-iron battery or NiFe batteries. An animated diagram shows how nickel iron alkaline storage batteries such as Edison batteries store and generate energy. The diagram shows the battery, generator, switch, motor, and a light bulb. An early nickel-iron Edison battery in wooden box. A later version of the nickel-iron battery invented by Thomas A. Edison in 1909. Pie chart showing the market share of Edison batteries over other portable batteries in 1926. Photograph of German-born American mathematician and electrical engineer Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz, "The Wizard of Schenectady". Slate bearing a commentary on from Dr. Steinmetz claiming "complete reversibility" of the Edison battery reaction. Diagram shows the reversible cycle of a portable battery. Animation in the diagram shows how energy is stored in the battery- the oxygen contained in the negative plate is forced to the positive plate by the charging current. The animation demonstrates the discharge of the battery. Plates from used Edison batteries show little decay after years of use.

Date: 1926
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080177
Scenes of American cities and workers in early 1900s and early motion picture film stars in America in the early 20th century

50th Anniversary of cinema, in 1944, recalls historic footage and movies from the early 1900s. Thomas Edison with Henry Ford together using a motion picture movie camera to create a movie. Mrs Edison displays Kinetoscope. Close-up view of Kinetoscope machine operating. View of vintage film images of lower Broadway in New York City in 1896 with busy traffic on streets of pedestrians, horses, and horse-drawn streetcar. Next scene shows Theodore Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" (1st United States Volunteer Cavalry) in parade in New York City on return from Cuba after the Spanish-American War in 1898. Next is seen the inauguration parade for President Theodore Roosevelt on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC in 1905. Next series of scenes shows American women early in the 20th century. Women workers punching time clock at a factory. Women in dresses emerging from a building perhaps after a work shift circa 1900. An early beauty pageant circa 1910. Famous star actress and singer Lillian Russell in a movie scene. Actor William S Hart appearing in an early movie. Two well dressed women sitting in an early automobile as a man starts it up and drives away. Busy scenes of car and pedestrian traffic, and horse-drawn streetcars on Market street in San Francisco, California circa 1910. Silent movie stars Clara Kimball Young and Sidney Drew together in a movie scene. Famous movie star actress Pearl White in a daring stunt scene, and Ruth Roland performing a stunt leaping from a moving railroad train onto a rope ladder suspended from an airplane, and then riding on a railroad car careening out of control down a mountain side in an early Hollywood movie.

Date: 1909
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025370
U.S. Army personnel move the Wright airplane to the launching site for an official exhibition of its flight in Virginia, U.S.

Official trial of the Wright airplane at Fort Myer in Virginia, United States demonstrating compliance with specifications in the presence of the Aeronautical Board, U.S. Signal Corps. The storage building for Wright airplane at Fort Myer. U.S. President William Taft looks through doors which are surrounded by U.S. Naval and Army officers and civilians. President Taft in the crowd. Army personnel removing the doors from the building. Men remove the airplane from the hangar. They move the airplane across to the launching site near the headquarters building at Fort Myer.

Date: 1909, September 27
Duration: 3 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075723
Wright airplane flies with first army personnel Lt. Frank Lahm over Fort Myer in Virginia, during an official exhibition.

Official trial of the Wright airplane at Fort Myer in Virginia, United States demonstrating compliance with specifications in the presence of the Aeronautical Board, U.S. Signal Corps. Orville Wright and U.S. Army Lieutenant Frank Lahm in the cockpit of the aircraft prior to the take off. The airplane is launched and it flies over barracks and administration buildings. U.S. soldiers remove doors from a storage building. The soldiers prepare to remove the aircraft from the storage building. U.S. Secretary of War William Taft, U.S. Army Major General George Owen Squier, Lieutenant Lahm and Major Faltpsam stand near the hangar building as the aircraft is being removed from it. Men tow launching weight up into the top of a tower. The launching tower shows weights suspended. A soldier moves the Wright aircraft out to the launching platform. Lieutenant Lahm sitting at the controls. Orville Wright stands in the front talking to a mechanic while another officer stands on the right wing of the aircraft. The aircraft is launched. Spectators watch the flight. Orville Wright making adjustments in the aircraft engine prior to the first cross-country flight in America: from Fort Meyer to Alexandria. A person in the back pulls the propeller through. U.S. Army Lieutenant Benjamin Foulois sitting in the cockpit.

Date: 1909, July
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075725