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U.S. First Air Depot mechanics turn the propeller of a Spad XIII fighter at Colombey-les-Belles, France, in World War I.

Activities at the U.S.First Air Depot in Colombey-les-Belles, France during World War 1. A Spad XIII biplane fighter is parked in front of a canvas hangar, containing two French airplanes (painted with blue-white-red tail fin flashing). Mechanics pull the prop through on the Spad but have trouble starting it. Two of them take turns and finally get the engine started. A group of mechanics and soldiers push a Spad XIII up to and into a tattered Bessoneau hangar with an officer supervising. Row of Salmson 2A2s in background.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070255
Pilots and mechanics work on DeHavilland DH-4 bombers at the 1st US Air Depot in Colombey-les-Belles, France during World War I.

Activities at the First Air Depot in Colombey-les-Belles, France during World War I. An early morning scene shows a large number of new De Havilland DH-4 bombers, painted in French colors, parked on the airfield. Pilots and mechanics begin to move amongst the aircraft and work on them. Extended panorama of hangars and buildings with clouds in the sky. New DH-4 and Spad XIII aircraft near canvas hangars. Some aircraft stripped for parts or repair. Mechanics and pilots near the aircraft. Men smooth parts of the airfield using horse-drawn wooden platforms. Pilots and mechanics near new and repaired parked aircraft.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070265
Air Defense warning systems of the United States extend far abroad during the Cold War

Animated map of world highlights the continental United States, Alaska, the Soviet Union and Europe. Circumferential rings illustrate the scope of radar coverage by America's various air defense installations in the world. A radar installation in a desert. Camouflaged radar installation at a remote airfield where U.S. aircraft are parked. An army camp ow tents and sandbags, containing a large radar array. Views of several radar antennas rotating in various places as narrator explains function of radar systems. View of "Radio Jim Creek," Naval Radio Station very low frequency (VLF) radio antennas at Jim Creek near Oso, Washington State. . The transmitter, itself, is located at Arlington,Washington State. Views inside the transmitter facility, where sailor technicians monitor various instruments and are seen at various work stations. (Note: this army production fails to mention that this Naval Radio Station's primary mission it to communicate with submerged U.S. submarines.)

Date: 1954
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070288
A French Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft with damaged tail on an airfield in France.

A French Air Force P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft on an airfield. Damaged tail of the aircraft. A pilot in the cockpit of the airplane. Aircraft taxis short distance with wrecked tail, as debris near a wrecked hangar blows about from the prop wash. French and American soldiers examine the wrecked tail of the aircraft. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070350
American aviator Howard Hughes arriving at Union Air Terminal in Burbank California after setting speed record from Chicago to Los Angeles

Exterior view of terminal and tower of airport called Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California. View of Northrop Gamma 2G (NR13761) aircraft, piloted by aviator Howard Hughes, as it lands in Burbank, having set a speed record for flight from Chicago to Los Angeles. View of the Northrop Gamma 2G aircraft as it taxis and stops near airport terminal buildings. Howard Hughes is greeted by crew and supporters. He removes flight goggles, stands, and exits the aircraft. Hughes in his Northrop Gamma 2G had flown from Chicago to Los Angeles in 8 hours and 10 minutes, traveling at 215 miles per hour.

Date: 1936, May 14
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070377
People gather to watch air cyclist Peejay Ringens at Palisades Park in New Jersey, United States.

Air cyclist Peejay Ringens rides a bicycle at Palisades Park in New Jersey, United States. Ringens poses. Buildings in the background. He climbs a pole. A flag on a flag pole. People gather to watch him. He rides the bicycle on a narrow inclined slope and then lands in a tank of water which is 3 feet deep. Buildings and a ferris wheel in the background.

Date: 1945, July 30
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070406