- Title: PA-1
- Summary: AIRPORT AMERICA: FILM TELLS OF THE GROWTH OF AIRPORTS SINCE THE WRIGHT BROTHERS DAYS AND THE EFFECT ON THE ECONOMY, PARTICULARLY IN RURAL FARM AREAS, AS WELL AS INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF U.S.
- Description:01:36:13 - MANY AERIALS OF AMERICAN TOWNSCAPES. CITY SQUARE WITH OLD CHURCH BUILDING, GOVERNMENT BUILDING, BUS AND AUTO TRAFFIC. 01:36:20 - AERIAL VIEW FARM FIELDS, CLUSTER OF SMALL VILLAGE HOMES AS SEEN FROM LOW FLYING PLANE. 01:36:41 - VIEW SPEEDING FREIGHT TRAIN WITH STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SPEWING BLACK SMOKE CROSS LENGTH OF SCREEN 01:36:44 - COUPLE CRANKING & DRIVING OLD CRANKED AUTOMOBIE (RECREATION OF 1903) 01:37:18 - EARLY CAR HORSELESS CARRIAGE SLOWLY RUMBLES ACROSS ROUGH, ROADLESS FIELD 01:37:23 - HORSELESS CARRIAGE PASSES ONTO PATH MADE BY VEHICLES IN GRASSY FIELD 01:37:35 - CROWDED LOS ANGLES FREEWAY. ABOVE VIEW FOUR LANES OF HEAVY, SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC. MANY CARS IN ONE DIRECTION, FEW IN ANOTHER 01:37:45 - THE "STACK" NEAR DOWNTOWN LA. HIGHWAYS AND OVERPASSES WITH AUTO TRAFFIC DISSECTING EACH OTHER. 01:37:49 - 1920s VINTAGE FOUR SEATED AUTO (FORD TIN LIZZY?) RIDES ALONG FIELD. PARKS ALONGSIDE VINTAGE BI-WING PLANE (BARN STORMER). 01:38:00 - TWO MEN MAN TRYING TO HELP 2 FLAPPERS OUT OF CRAMPED FRONT SEAT OF BI-PLANE. ARE HINDERED BY STRONG WIND CREATED BY BARN STORMER'S PROP 01:38:28 - TWIN PROP DC AIRLINER TAXIS TOWARDS CAMERA AS PASSENGERS WAIT OUTSIDE GATE OF NORTH PLATTE AIRPORT. 01:38:35 - PEOPLE INSIDE AIRPORT TERMINAL WALKING AROUND, AT TICKET COUNTERS. 01:38:45 - ABOVE VIEW HUGE CROWD WAITS ON FIELD WATCH AS FLAG MAN GUIDES AIRLINE TO THEM. 01:38:50 - SKELETONS OF NEW TERMINAL BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 01:39:01 - AERIAL VIEW SMALL TOWNS. POV LOW FLYING PLANE. 01:39:05 - TOWN HALL BUILDING AT END OF MAIN STREET IN SMALL TOWN. PEDESTRIANS. AUTO TRAFFIC IN FRGD. TOWNSPEOPLE WALK WOODEN SIDEWALK IN SMALL TOWN. 01:39:11 - MERCHANTS SHOVEL SNOW IN FRONT OF THEIR STORES. 01:39:15 - AERIAL PAN CLEARING FOR PROPOSED AIRPORT NEAR SMALL TOWN. POV LOW FLYING PLANE. 01:39:35 - VARIOUS VIEWS SMALL RURAL AIRPORTS WITH VARIETY OF SMALL PLANES. OLD YELLOW CAB STATION WAGON PULLING IN AT SMALL TOWN AIRPORT. 01:39:38 - SIGN ON BUILDING: "VICKSBURG AIRPORT, ELEVATION 111 FT. VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI". 01:39:40 - SMALL PRIVATE PLANES AT SMALL AIRPORTS. 01:39:45 - PIPER CUB TAXIS TOWARDS CAMERA, TURNS LEFT. PILOT SEEN IN COCKPIT. 01:39:59 - MAN WHITEWASHING LINES ON STONES TO FORM CONTROL BOUNDARY AT SMALL AIRPORT. WORKER USES WHITE SPRAY PAINT TO PAINT STONES LAYED IN "L" SHAPE ON GROUND AS MARKER ON RUNWAY. 01:40:05 - CU HAND SPRAYING PAINT WITH SPRAY GUN. 01:40:10 - AERIAL RURAL AIRPORTS. VIEW OF AIRFIELD RUNWAY WITH MARKERS AS SEEN BY PLANE FLYING LOW OVER RUNWAY IN RURAL FARM AREA. 01:40:27 - CONSTRUCTION & SURVEY CREWS AT SMALL AIRPORT. WORKER SHOVELS CEMENT INTO CEMENT MIXER FROM TRUCK. 01:40:31 - SURVEYOR PEERS THROUGH TRANSIT, AS ANOTHER WALKS OUT TO FIELD. 01:40:35 - HANGAR ROOF UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 01:40:39 - PLUSH WHEAT FIELD. AERIAL PAN FARMLAND AND FARM BUILDINGS, POV LOW FLYING PLANE. 01:41:00 - CU WHEAT IN FIELD, WHEAT STALKS, WHEAT SHEAVES. 01:41:03 - FARM MACHINES HARVESTING WHEAT. 01:41:05 - TRUCKS FOLLOW ALONG AS TRACTORS PULLS COMBINES HARVESTING WHEAT IN FIELD AS GROWERS STREAMLINED AGRICULTURE WITH HEAVY MACHINERY. 01:41:17 - VARIOUS VIEWS FARMERS LOAD BAGS OF SEED & FARM IMPLEMENT PARTS ON THEIR SMALL PLANES FOR FAST DELIVERY TO FARM. 01:41:24 - MAN PAINTS WING OF CROPDUSTER BI-PLANE WITH SIGN "SOUTH CAROLINA AERIAL SURVEYING SERVICE INC" 01:41:30 - MAN STARTING ENGINE ON BIPLANE 01:41:35 - CROPDUSTER FLIES JUST FEET OVER CROPS IN FIELD 01:41:50 - CU PILOT WITH GOGGLES LOOKING INTO & ONSIDE OF CAMERA WHICH IS PLACED IN OPEN COCKPIT. 01:42:00 - RUDDER AND CLOUD OF CHEMICAL IN SETTLING ON FIELD BELOW IN BKDG. 01:42:10 - FARMER PAYS PILOT FOR CROP DUSTING WITH CHECK. 01:42:37 - AIRPLANE LANDS IN FIELD TO DELIVER SPARE PART TO HARVESTING MACHINE. FARMER TAKES COMBINE PART FROM PLANE 01:42:42 - HANDS PART TO WORKERS TO FIX DISABLED COMBINE RIGHT THERE IN FIELD. MAINTENANCE 01:42:45 - WORKERS FIX COMBINE WITH PART. 01:42:50 - WORKING COMBINE IN ACTION TOWARDS CAMERA, 01:42:52 - SMALL PLANE DRIVEN BY FARMER, TAKES OFF FROM FIELD 01:42:55 - FARMER CARRIES TWO PLOW BLADES TO SITE ON FARM 01:43:00 - TRACTOR PULLING PLOW TOWARDS CAMERA. ZOOM IN ON PLOW CHURNING UP DIRT. 01:43:18 - GOVERNMENT-OWNED FORD TRI-MOTOR PLANE TAXIS ON RUNWAY AT COMMUNITY AIRFIELD TO DELIVER RANGERS TO SITES OF FOREST FIRES. 01:43:23 - CU BURNED OUT TREES FOLLOWING FOREST FIRE. 01:43:26 - ABOVE VIEW GROUP OF FOREST RANGERS BOARDING PLANE. FOREST SERVICE PLANE TAKING OFF AT AIRSTRIP 01:43:39 - VARIOUS VIEWS SMOKEJUMPERS PARACHUTING OUT OF PLANE IN POSITION NEAR FOREST FIRE. 01:43:45 - CU RANGER LOOKS DOWN BEFORE HE JUMPS 01:44:11 - DC-3 TAXIS ONTO RUNWAY AT SMALL RURAL AIRPORT. 01:44:15 - AERIAL VIEW LARGE PLANE FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE SPRAYING INSECTICIDE CHEMICALS OVER FOREST TREES BELOW TO KILL DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. 01:44:20 - POV PLANE FLYING HIGH ABOVE. 01:44:49 - VARIOUS VIEWS TREES BEING CUT DOWN BY LOGGERS. TREES TOPPLING 01:44:50 - LARGE FLATBED LOGGING TRUCK LADEN WITH HUGE LOGS ROLLS BY AT SUNSET 01:45:10 - AERIAL VIEW INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. 01:45:12 - SMALL TRACTOR PULLS HUGE GLEAMING DC-3 PLANE OUT OF HANGAR. 01:45:24 - AERIAL ZOOM BLACKTOP RUNWAY ON EDGE OF WHEAT FIELDS AS SEEN BY PLANE COMING IN FOR LANDING. 01:45:42 - CU VIEW NAMES OF COMPANIES ON AIRPLANE RUDDER TAIL SECTIONS OF EXECUTIVE AIRLINERS: "LE TOURNEAU", "UNION OIL". 01:45:45 - BUSINESSMEN EXECUTIVE WITH BRIEFCASE LEAVING TERMINAL BUILDING 01:45:56 - "FIRESTONE" HEADQUARTERS BUILDING 01:45:58 - "KRAFT FOODS COMPANY" HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. 01:46:00 - TWO EXECUTIVES WEARING WHITE SHIRTS AND TIES ENTERING RAYTHEON CORPORATE PLANE. 01:46:05 - TWO EXECUTIVES EXIT THEIR COMPANY PLANE. 01:46:22 - SALESMEN CARRYING BRIEFCASES & SAMPLE OF WINDOW, WALK AWAY FROM THEIR PIPER CUB 01:46:30 - BUSINESSMEN WALKING INTO IDAHO NATIONAL BANK. 01:46:46 - AERIAL OPEN PIT MINING. VARIOUS VIEWS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WITH HEAVY SMOKE SPEWING FROM SMOKE STACKS. 01:46:53 - CU STEEL WORKER WEARING BLACK GOGGLES, LIFTS HIS ARM TO PROTECT HIS EYES FROM GLARE OF BLAST FURNACE. 01:46:55 - WORKERS LEAVING FACTORY 01:46:57 - CU MINE WORKER WITH HELMET & PIPE IN MOUTH. 01:47:00 - WORKER AT HIS MACHINE. 01:47:03 - CU OIL RIG PUMPING. OIL WELL COUNTERWIEGHT ROTATING. OIL DERRICKS IN BKGD AT SUNSET. 01:47:10 - RAILROAD FREIGHT CARS JAMMED WITH BOX CARS. 01:47:18 - EXECUTIVE PUTS SUITCASE INTO LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT OF SMALL PLANE MARKED "FITZPATRICK". LIFTS STORAGE DOOR ON SIDE OF PRIVATE PLANE. DRILLING COMPANY 01:47:34 - TWO MEN CARRY PERSON ON STRETCHER OFF RED AIR AMBULANCE & INTO WAITING AMBULANCE. 01:47:40 - WORKERS LOAD LARGE HEAVY OBJECT ONTO PLANE. 01:47:46 - CROPDUSTER FLYING LOW OVER CROP SPEWING CHEMICALS. 01:47:57 - SMALL PLANE TAXIING THROUGH WHEAT FIELD 01:48:00 - AERIAL VIEW COWS IN PASTURE 01:48:05 - FAMILY WITH KIDS CLIMB INTO SMALL FAMILY PLANE 01:48:08 - BOY STANDS ON WING OF RED PLANE PREPARES TO LOAD RIFLE INTO COCKPIT FOR HUNTING TRIP. SPORTSMEN 01:48:17 - TWO MEN FROM FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES CLIMB INTO PLANE. 01:48:20 - AERIAL PAN POWER LINES AS SEEN FROM PLANE CHECKING THE LINES. 01:48:30 - PASSENGERS LEAVING SMALL PLANE MARKED "PROVINCETOWN -BOSTON AIRLINE". SMALL PRIVATE COMPANY 01:48:45 - SMALL PLANE TAXIING BY HANGAR MARKED "AIRCRAFT DIVISION" 01:48:57 - AERIAL VIEW PLANE FLYING OVER SMALL TOWN TO RUNWAY AT AIRPORT ON EDGE OF TOWN. 01:49:15 - RUNWAY AS SEEN BY LANDING PLANE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-1