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Beginnings of successful powered heavier-than-air flight. Wright Brothers flights in U.S. and Europe. General Hap Arnold
History of aviation. A balloon in flight. Historic glider such as that which interested U.S. War Department as early as 1898. In 1903, a crew of men moving a Wright Flyer into position. Two men turn over propellers on a Wright Flyer, and the engine starts. View of the Wright-designed water-cooled engine. View of Orville Wright. The famous first powered flight, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with Orville Wright at controls. Animation shows that 120 foot flight juxtaposed against a B-36 wing. Wilbur Wright in Europe, in 1908, gesturing as he converses with interested parties. A gallery of spectators including the President of France, King of England, King of Spain, and King of Italy. Wilbur Wright places a wheel under the right wing of a Wright Flyer and lashes it to the strut. A team of horses pulls the plane across the field. Men maneuver the plane onto a monorail on the ground. Men pull on a heavy rope to raise a weight in a tower, for a catapult. Two men spin the propellers and the Wright Brothers airplane motor starts. Wilbur Wright and his passenger, a French journalist, board the plane. The catapult weight drops, launching the aircraft which flies low over the field. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt speaking (He is seen on a podium campaigning for the Bull Moose Party nomination at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kansas on September 22, 1912.) War department issues specifications for a heavier-than-air craft. Reenactment of a Wright brother signing a bid contract. A Wright Flyer airborne at Fort Myer, Virginia, as the Wrights meet the Army specifications and sell, U.S. Army airplane number 1, to the War Department, in 1908. Gold Aviator wings being pinned on the uniform of a U.S. Army pilot. Photograph of Army Air Forces Chief, General Henry (Hap) Arnold, wearing his original aviator wings on his service uniform. A Glenn Curtis training airplane starting up and taking off. View of a DH-4 airplane and a Wright Flyer taking off together.
Secretary of State, Cordell Hull in his office.
Guns mounted at fort. People on hand-pulled rickshaws. Boats at shore. U.S. flag and seal of U.S. Consulate General. Shows an officer entering the office. Civilians in street somewhere in Middle East. Seal of Embassy of United States. Cars parked outside building. Various officers and women inside building. Capitol dome. Secretary of State office. Cordell Hull at desk. Hull going through documents and talking over phone. Battleships underway at sea. Newspaper headlines read 'Hull Says Nations Must Spur Trade To Achieve Peace'. Hull speaking to few men. Hull walks out of the building after collecting a newspaper.
Views of United States Air Force Tactical aircraft
U.S. Air Force McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom II fighter aircraft, tail number 63-3688, takes off away from the camera. A Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter jet takes off toward the camera . F-105 aircraft dives over dirt target area and another makes high speed low pass over encampment in snow, leaving cloud of condensation behind. An F-105 climbing out at high speed. Another F-105 flies low over an Army M113A2 Armored Personnel Carrier driven on road in desert. Glimpse of an F-101 Voodoo aircraft maneuvering overhead. View from inside reconnaissance aircraft making a low level night flight. Camera on aircraft. Photo interpreters in control room. A C-130 lands on a dirt runway. Fully armed combat troops rush out of the aircraft. Aerial view of C-133 Cargomaster airplanes operating on dirt airfield. One takes off, raising a cloud of red dust, and maintains low, flat, flight path, with very little rate of climb. Views of F-105 aircraft in formations and one flying over snow capped mountains. Several C-130 Cargo aircraft flying in trail formation, low over jungle terrain. Closeup top view of an F-105 hooked up to a refueling tanker aircraft. Next, it is seen dropping away from the refueling boom. Armorers loading tactical aircraft with missiles, bombs, and rockets. Bombs and rockets mounted beneath wings of an F-105 and an F-4 aircraft in flight. Ground crews tending to F-101 Voodoo aircraft in a cold arctic environment. An F-100 aircraft illuminated by the sun while in flight. A pair of F-4 aircraft in flight. A formation flight of three F-105 aircraft flying over an island fort in the sea.
Views of campus life and student-professor relationships at Princeton University.
View of Princeton University campus Nassau Hall (Nassau Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08542). Men at reunion gathering. The University Fort. Blair Hall in Princeton University. A man walks on a passage in campus. Various statues and campus buildings. Students in garden. Building with windows lightened at night. Students chat in room as seen through windows. Student band parades in campus at night and a building with a large clock in center. Visitors and students gathered in campus to watch football game. Large crowd in stands of the university campus. Game played. Crowd sings after the game. The 200th anniversary celebration where Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Albert Einstein accept honorary degrees. Leaders and teachers march during the ceremony. Professors in front of students, teach and speak in classes dealing with technical subjects, music, and spirituality. Young men students in class listen to teaching. Students walk out of campus building. Students converse in a room. Students in playground and a team oars boat in water. Students use indoor swimming pool. Interiors of the University library. Students around a telescope in observatory. A supervisor distributes examination papers among students and narrator describes honor system. A professor teaches students in a research laboratory. Interior of Nassau Hall at the University.
Manhattan, NY, viewed from U.S. Navy C-class Airship
U.S. Navy C-class AIrship takes off from snow-covered ramp in front of hangar at Fort Tilden, Rockaway,Queens, New york City. A cinematographer is aboard the gondola and takes most of the pictures shown, from above New York City. Aerial view of New York City skyline, office buildings, and rooftops of residential areas. Many ships in New York harbor, some sailboats. Occasional views of a C-class sister Airship. Statue of Liberty as seen from the airship circling it in flight.
Parachutist jumps from Navy airship
Two class C Navy airships approach Fort Tilden field to land. The first ejects ballast and lands and is secured by ground crew. The second airship remains aloft as a parachutist jumps from it. After landing, the parachutist poses with his chute gathered in his arms.