Floyd R. Daniel Boeing Collection

The Floyd R. Daniel Boeing Collection is comprised of materials relating to Daniel’s 26-year career as photographer and videographer at the Boeing Company. The collection primarily consists of photographic materials and assorted documents relating to Daniel’s career, as well as seven films, all ranging from the late 1920s to early 1960s.

The photographs, which are comprised of 95 black-and-white prints, nine color prints, 22 negatives, and three transparencies, consist of official Boeing images of various aircraft, including the 707 in various airline liveries and several military aircraft, and employees at Boeing. Some of the photographs were presumably taken by Daniel, but many of them depict him in the Boeing film studios, receiving awards, and with other motion picture unit staff. Some images relate to Daniel's work on films for the Lunar Orbiter and Minuteman programs.

The documents in the collection include a certificate and other documents related to his retirement, assorted notes, and 1983-1984 organizational charts of the graphics/TV units.

The seven films feature aviation-related scenes, approximately spanning the 1930s through the 1960s. The films appears to have been collected from a variety of sources, as they feature a wide range of subject matter. The content of the films are:

• Early aviation activities at Boeing Field (Washington), circa 1928-1935
• Scenes of military aircraft, interspersed with footage of an unidentified family, circa 1930s
• A United Air Lines Boeing 247 flight over Seattle, Washington, circa 1930s
• Members of the Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field (AWPBF) at Boeing Field, Washington, circa July 1940
• Rescue operations for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "City of Galveston" crew, filmed by Commander Hiram Cassidy of the USS Pintado, circa 1945
• A Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft taking off from an airfield, circa 1950s-1970s
• Naval aviation scenes filmed aboard an aircraft carrier, circa 1962-1963

The films range from one minute to 13 minutes in length.

Digitized Materials: The seven films have been digitized from this collection.

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