An American Airlines ""The Mainliner"" DC-3 in flight

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

00:00:00:00 [b&w film clips of American Airlines DC-3 in its heyday of 1940's ctsy AA 2:15? VS restored DC-3 in hangar 1:10. (0:00)/

Audience applauds at NATO 3rd anniversary ceremony at Constitution Hall

Original design document of the DC-3. View of a Douglas DC-3 suspended from the ceiling of the Smithsonian Air and Space museum in Washington, DC. View of DC-3 plane taking off and in flight. 'Bonanza' written on the plane. Views of military use of the DC-3, in WWII for dropping paratroops, for carrying cargo, such as the Berlin Airlift, and as a gunship in Vietnam. A newspaper headline reads 'US Depends on Air to Ship Berlin Freight'. Interior view of the DC-3 as a luxury passenger aircraft, circa 1939. Discussion with a current executive of the McDonnell Douglas aircraft Company, Michael Burch. Scenes of DC-3 aircraft being manufactured in large factory plants during World War 2 era. Various scenes of vintage DC-3 aircraft, crews, passengers, and interior and exterior views over the years. Location: United States USA. Date: 1985.

moving pov of DC-3 airplane air-to-air - sunset or night - DC-3 silhouette over mountain tops sun sets over mountains - dramatic sky - aerial - Douglas DC 3

B&W film, ca. 1940s. A JATO (jet assisted Takeoff unit) is attached to a C-47 airplane to boost its takeoff. Exact date of filming unknown

AERIAL DC-3 FLIES OVER NEW YORK CITY (POV PLANE ABOVE DC-3)

Shot of shadow of revolving propeller on snow, TILT UP to MS of starboard motor on Douglas DC-3 airplane. MS of airman running in front of Douglas DC-3, as seen from under airplane wing. MS of airplane from under wing, moving away from camera. TILT UP from runway to LAS of Douglas DC-3 airborne. MCS of Douglas DC-3 being towed out of hangar.

A DC-3 passenger plane flies over New York City during the 1930s.

1960s: marble façade of the Pan American Union building in Washington DC with a statue on either side of 3 large doors with arched windows above, cars parked in front

NSW, Australia. <br/> <br/>Australian commentary, transcript on file. <br/> <br/>V.S. Montage of wartime dropping of supplies to troops in New Guinea, the plane doing the dropping is a D.C.3. V.S. Parachutists on D.C.3. and they do a drop from it during their training period. V.S. During the war the D.C.3. being used as an ambulance plane that ships wounded from front line. L.S. D.C.3. taking off from wooded area. Air to air of D.C.3. during wartime service. M.S. Private airline D.C.3. taxiing out on a present day flight. V.S. In cockpit of the D.C.3. taking off. M.S. Passengers seated on the plane. M.S. Stewardess making coffee. Air to air of D.C.3. <br/> <br/>(Comb Fine Grain Pos.)

women auto mechanics at work; DC; CU girls; girls work on car; CU girl working on car (repeat); 3 girls work; CU legs in work clothes, high-heeled shoes; CU woman works under car;

300 SOF / MAG / SIL CUT STORY ONLY. VS DC 3 TAXIING AND TAKEOFF FROM AIRPORT, PLUS COCKPIT SHOTS, FLYING. MS / LS GROUND SHOTS. CI: AVIATION: PLANES, TAXIING. AVIATION: PLANES, TAKEOFFS. AVIATION: PLANES, COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT / DC 3.

[Rickenbacker Tries for New Transcontinental Air Record]

1960s: marble façade of the Pan American Union building in Washington DC with a statue on either side of 3 large doors with arched windows above, cars parked in front

A DC3 on stand at Guernsey airport awaiting departure. A woman stands by a fence in front of the aircraft. Registration G-AJHZ serial number 12421 built 1942 . Registered to British European Airways BEA and bears the Royal Mail Insignia .

Location Unknown / Unclear. <br/> <br/>Several shots of the American DC 3 plane landing at unknown airfield. An officer followed by a woman leaves the plane and meets several other officers. Various shots of the officers talking. Officer who landed and the woman enter a car and drive off.

This 1950s home movie contains images of many wonderful propeller passenger aircraft including Lockheed Constellations and DC-3 and DC-7 aircraft. There is an air show in the middle of the reel.

Two shots of DC-3 in flight from various angles

A United States Army Douglas DC-3 transport plane taxis before take-off at Iwo Jima Naval Base during World War II. Another Douglas DC-3 transport plane approaches and lands at the airfield. A Douglas DC-3 taking off. Location: Iwo Jima. Date: March 10, 1945.