Largest Power Shovel. The operation of the largest power shovel ever made.

Southern ostriches (Struthio camelus australis) dustbathing at sunset. The ostriches do this to maintain their plumage and keep their feathers healthy and dry. This subspecies of ostrich is found throughout much of southern Africa. Female ostriches are mainly brown, while the males are black. Filmed in the Nossob riverbed of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

Canada's largest hydroelectric generator is installed at Beauharnois generating station. Several men supervise the installation of Canada's largest generator for electricity at Beauharnois in Quebec. Location: Beauharnois Quebec Canada. Date: 1931.

Part one of the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, the largest solar telescope in the world.

Animation of the moon Io orbiting Jupiter,with the Sun in the background.

People eat the largest pie in Talent, Oregon. Baker decorates the pear cobbler with cream. It is the largest pie weighing 1020 lbs, 9 and a half by 12 feet in size, and contains 30 bushels of pears and 150 lbs of flour. Baker serves the pie to people. Children eat the pie and enjoy it. Location: Talent Oregon USA. Date: October 21, 1936.

Casablanca Morocco exterior famous Hassen II Mosque largest mosque in Morocco and 7th largest in world architecture opened in 1963

Note: This footage is copyright registered and solely owned by the Periscope Film LLC Archive.<p><p>Rare footage from the archives that dates to November 2, 1947. Shot by amateur cameraman Leo Caloia, it shows the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"; registration NX37602) prototype heavy transport aircraft during taxi tests in Long Beach harbor. The aircraft, which was piloted by none other than Howard Hughes himself, may or may not have intentionally left the water. Either way the Spruce Goose never flew again, and the Hercules never advanced beyond the single example produced. Built from wood because of wartime restrictions on the use of aluminum and concerns about weight, its critics nicknamed it the "Spruce Goose", despite its being made almost entirely of birch rather than spruce. The Hercules is the largest flying boat ever built and has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in history. It survives in good condition at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. (Please note: This is copyrighted footage and an excerpt from a longer film.)<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

Part two of the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, the largest solar telescope in the world; camera zooms in and zooms out.

Casablanca Morocco interior famous Hassen II Mosque largest mosque in Morocco and 7th largest in world prayer room architecture opened in 1963

The largest pastry being sliced in Lebanon, Oregon. A sign on the pastry reads 'Lebanon is a strawberry city'. A woman cuts the pastry with a seven feet long knife during a gourmand festival. Pieces of the pastry in plates. Men and women cut many more slices of the pastry. Location: Lebanon Oregon USA. Date: June 5, 1935.

Animation of the moon Ganymede orbiting Jupiter.

The largest pearl in the world "The Pearl of Allah" is exhibited by the Lambert Brothers, Victor and Henry. The "bauble" weighs fourteen pounds

This is silent newsreel type footage from an airshow from the 1920s, featuring World War I aircraft doing a stunt performance, that includes shooting down a artillery spotting gas filled balloon, parachute jumps, and a simulated bomb run. <p><p>Following that film, there is a second film that shows the flight of the worlds largest seaplane, the Dornier Do X. The Do X was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world in 1929. First conceived by Dr. Claude Dornier in 1924, planning started in late 1925 and after over 240,000 work-hours it was completed in June 1929. The German Transport Ministry financed the Do X, and in order to circumvent conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, which forbade any aircraft exceeding set speed and range limits to be built by Germany after World War I, a specially designed plant was built at Altenrhein, on the Swiss portion of Lake Constance. While the type was popular with the public, a lack of commercial interest and a number of non-fatal accidents prevented more than three examples from being built.<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

Animation of Jupiter and its rings.

Casablanca Morocco interior famous Hassen II Mosque largest mosque in Morocco and 7th largest in world prayer room architecture opened in 1963

The world's largest bible in Los Angeles, California. Louis Waynai demonstrates the large print wheel used to print the pages of the bible.. Mrs. Waynai looks at the bible. Louis Waynai standing in front points at the bible. Location: Los Angeles California USA. Date: December 22, 1930.

This longform commercial for Gulf Oil presents sunset images of West Texas, west of Houston, and a romantic view of those who prospect for oil. A veteran oil employee narrates. The film contains footage of bleak desert dunes (2:00), rattlesnakes, wolves (2:32), and so on. At 2:50, oil pumpjack is shown in operation. Oil moves to Rankin Station at 3:29, where electric pumps move the oil through pipelines at up to 700 lbs.of pressure. At 4:08 the route of the pipeline is shown underground, thousands of miles across Texas towards Houston. <p><p>Gulf Oil was a major global oil company from 1901 until March 15, 1985. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth-largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the so-called Seven Sisters oil companies.<p><p>We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference."<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

The world's largest turbine-powered transport helicopter the 40-passenger YH-16A "Turbo Transporter" makes its debut at the Philadelphia International airport.

Casablanca Morocco interior famous Hassen II Mosque largest mosque in Morocco and 7th largest in world prayer room architecture opened in 1963

World's largest aircraft with eight motors moved out of its hangar in California. Aircraft dragged out on a cart. Linemen cut electricity wires to clear the way for its movement. Wings of the plane each with four engines are covered. Trucks drag the body and the wings of this plane to a sea shore for assembling. Location: California United States USA. Date: 1946.

Come inside the Marshall Space Flight Center and see the preparations that led to the launch of Saturn 1B. Contains footage of Wehrner Von Braun, the German scientist who led the Apollo program. His crowning achievement was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969. The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center. The largest center of NASA, MSFC's first mission was developing the Saturn launch vehicles for the Apollo moon program.<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com