Summary

FLYING ACTION

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: FLYING ACTION
File Number: AFP-63X 16mm; VTM-63X Beta SP; NET-194 DigiBeta (at 01:21:41:00); Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1950
Description: B W 1900s - 1950s Capsule history of airplane from Wright Brothers to early 1950s Wacky goofy flying attempts: one-man flapping wings shots, early helicopters, crashes Cameraman filming jet spins around the spinning photographer Wiley Post & Will Rogers Amelia Earhart etc etc 00:31:53:00 B W 1950s ws Experimental Air Force Jet 00:31:56:00 B W 1950s ws Air Force Jet 00:31:58:00 B W 1950s ws Air Force Rocket 00:32:09:00 B W 1950s cs ws Orville Wright the flight 00:32:22:00 B W 1950s ws Bleriot makes English Channel flight 00:32:35:00 B W 1918 ms ws Eddie Rickenbacker at his Hat In The Ring Squadron, ca 1918 00:32:58:00 B W 1950s ws General Billy Mitchell sinks old battleship 00:33:21:00 B W 1910s ws Air Mail service begins, ca 1918 President Wilson shakes pilot's hand (note: also found on DN-B-025, between 03:13:52:04 and 03:14:18:10, in much better quality) 00:33:34:00 B W 1927 ws Lindbergh starting his flight, 1927 Spirit of St Louis takes off 00:33:49:00 B W 1935 ws Will Rogers and Wiley Post, 1935 00:33:57:00 B W 1950s cs ms Amelia Earhart 00:34:02:00 B W 1950s ms Ruth Nichols 00:34:09:00 B W 1950s ms ws Gee Bee racing airplane in spectacular fiery crash 00:34:28:00 B W 1937 ws The Hindenburg dirigible (zeppelin) over New York City passengers looking out of cabin windows bursting into flames as it lands in Lakehurst, New Jersey (1937) 00:34:57:00 B W 1950s ws Series of shots of early helicopters (including an early Sikorsky, with Igor Sikorsky himself piloting) 00:35:11:00 B W 1950s ws Series of shots of wacky home made inventions (ie funny flying attempts) contraptions trying to fly with some comical results 00:35:50:00 B W 1950s ws WWII airplanes - spectacular shell? bursting thru wing of bomber 00:36:34:00 B W 1950s ws Rocket fired from ramp 00:37:00:00 B W 1950s Giant helicopters 00:37:11:00 B W 1950s ws The B-36 airplane 00:37:25:00 B W 1950s ws Air Force Jet - name on nose BANSHEE 00:37:39:00 B W 1950s ws Kamikaze suicide airplanes 00:38:09:00 B W 1950s ws Air Force Experimental Jet Fighter plane 00:38:21:00 B W 1950s ws Movie photographer with hand held camera spins like top to try and capture jet fly by 00:38:43:00 B W 1950s ws The Northrop Flying Wing 00:38:57:00 B W 1950s ws B-47 Stratojet 00:39:10:00 B W 1950s ws Chute pops from tail as experimental bomber lands 00:39:26:00 B W 1950s ms ws The XS-1 1500 mile an hour rocket plane released from bell of B-29 for flight 00:39:43:00 B W 1950s ws The V2 Rocket carried on a flat bed truck service technicians watch instruments as rocket is fired
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