- Title: VM-1079B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:58:06 - MS- AS A WRIGHT BROTHER LOOKS ON SOLDIERS ROLL OUT THE 1ST PLANE PURCHASED FROM THE 2 BICYCLE MECHANICS BY THE U.S. ARMY IN 1909 00:58:48 - LS- AN ARMY AIR FORCE RADAR PLANE TAKES OFF FROM FIELD IN THE ARCTIC. CU- SCANNING RADAR SCREEN 00:59:21 - MONTAGE- RADAR ANTENNAE ON SNOW AT THE DEW LINE EARLY WARNING STATION, RADAR ON PLATFORMS AT SEA AND NAVY RADAR PICKET SHIPS AT SEA 01:00:08 - "FIFTY YEARS OF AVIATION" A SALUTE TO AVIATION PROGRESS. SEEN ARE DELACKNER AEROCYCLE, THE HILLER FLYING PLATFORM, PICTURES OF THE PROPOSED AERIAL ASSAULT VEHICLE & THE AERIAL JEEP. ARMY AVIATION FROM 1ST PLANE BOUGHT FROM THE WRIGHT BROTHERS TO THE PRESENT JETS AND MISSILES. 01:00:13 - MONTAGE- EARLY INVENTORS WITH THEIR ATTEMPTS AT FLIGHT INCLUDE WEIRD VEHICLES WHICH MOSTLY DON'T GET OFF THE GROUND OR COLLAPSE. GIZMO 01:00:30 - CU- ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT IN EARLY FILM. 01:00:40 - MONTAGE- WRIGHT BROTHERS AND HELPERS PUT THEIR PLANE IN PLACE IN A FIELD IN KITTYHAWK AND FLY 12 SECONDS AND 120 FEET, ON DECEMBER 17, 1903 01:01:19 - MONTAGE- MORE EARLY UNSUCCESSFUL VEHICLES. 01:01:41 - LS- AS ARMY OFFICERS WATCH AN ARMY PILOT TESTS THE WRIGHT PLANE. 01:01:50 - LS- A BI PLANE LIES ON IT'S NOSE WHERE THE 1ST MAN TO DIE IN A CRASH WAS AN ARMY LIEUTENANT 01:02:04 - LS- 3 ENGINE SEAPLANE BUILT BY THEN UNKNOWN GLENN CURTISS TAKES OFF FROM SEA IN 1910. 01:02:11 - MS- PHOTOGRAPHER TAKE AERIAL PHOTOS FROM THE COCKPIT IN 1914. DOUGHBOYS MOUNT BOMBS ON THE BOTTOM OF A BI-PLANES WING 01:02:29 - MS- PILOT AIMS HIS MACHINE GUNS AT AN ENEMY PLANE DURING A DOG FIGHT IN WWI. ELS- PLANES CIRCLE IN A DOG FIGHT 01:02:59 - LS- GROUND CREWS TRY TO HOLD A VIOLENTLY SWAYING EARLY TRY AT A HELICOPTER WHICH LOOKS LIKE A LONG HOTDOG WITH PROPELLERS 01:03:17 - MONTAGE- OTHER EARLY UNSUCCESSFUL HELICOPTERS. LS- EARLY SUCCESSFUL MODELS. 01:04:00 - MS- A BARNSTORMER CLIMBS OUT ON A BI PLANE AND IS SWEPT OFF THE PLANE AS HE OPENS HIS PARACHUTE. 01:04:10 - LS- HUGE CROWD CARRIES AL COCKER BROWN AND HIS PARTNER ON THEIR SHOULDERS AFTER HE CONQUERS THE ATLANTIC LS- THE 'SPIRIT OF ST.LOUIS' LANDS WITH LINDBERGH ABOARD.THE 1ST SOLO FLIGHT 01:04:34 - LS- ARMY BI-PLANES TAKE OFF WITH THE MAIL. 01:05:11 - MS- 8 TIGHTLY PACKED PEOPLE SIT ON AN EARLY 'LUXURY' COMMERCIAL FLIGHT 01:05:32 - LS- AN EARLY U.S. ARMY BOMBER TAKES OFF. 01:05:44 - MS- PAN OF AN AIRPLANE ASSEMBLY LINE DURING WWII WITH WOMAN RIVETERS AT WORK. LS- B-17 ON AN ASSEMBLY LINE ROLL OUT OF THE HANGARS. 01:06:30 - MONTAGE- WWII BOMBERS DROPPING BOMBS AND FIGHTERS IN BATTLE SCENES. 01:07:51 - MS- THE BOMBER 'MEMPHIS BELLE' LANDS AND THE CREW WAVES WITH JOY. THE PILOT KISSES THE GROUND AFTER COMPLETING IT'S FINAL MISSION. 01:11:21 - LS- THE BELL X-1 IS DROPPED FROM THE BELLY OF A B-29 AND BREAKS THE SOUND BARRIER OCTOBER, 1947. CHUCK YEAGER 01:12:31 - LS- THE B-47 STRATOJET BOMBER TAKES OFF. LS- AN ODD LOOKING B-49 'FLYING WING' TAKES OFF. 01:13:14 - LS- MAN ON A BICYCLE WITH WINGS AND A ROCKET ATTACHED IS ALMOST BURNED AS THE ROCKET BLOWS UP AND ENGULFS HIM IN SMOKE AN FLAME. HE IS DOUSED WITH A PAIL OF WATER. 01:16:58 - LS- THE BELL X-2 IS DROPPED BY A BOMBER AND IT ROCKETS TO MANY TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND. 01:17:47 - LS- THE X-2 LANDS ON ITS BELLY WHEEL AND THE TEST PILOT IS HELPED OUT BY GROUND CREW. 01:17:47 - LS- THE XC-99, THE WORLD'S LARGEST CARGO PLANE 01:21:29 - MONTAGE- DRAWINGS OF FUTURISTIC PLANES. 01:21:51 - MS- ENGINEERS WORK AT THEIR DRAFTING BOARDS ON ROCKET AND MISSILE DESIGNS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1903
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: VM-1079B