Joe Aiken Films
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The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the U.S. response to it. The fifth film depicts aircraft manufacturing at the Pfalz aircraft manufacturing plant dating back to about 1918. The final film contains footage of the 1932 and 1933 National Air Derbies.
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[Footage of World War I-era and Golden Age-era aviation, circa 1930s-1950s]
![[Footage of World War I-era and Golden Age-era aviation, circa 1930s-1950s]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/cd9331b6a83533d32a7e82c4c218202e.jpg "[Footage of World War I-era and Golden Age-era aviation, circa 1930s-1950s]")
[1932 and 1933 National Air Races]
![[1932 and 1933 National Air Races]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/f36ca487b3fb2bb5b24d7c89b58eeab6.jpg "[1932 and 1933 National Air Races]")
[Footage of Lafayette Escadrille in France and shots of various biplanes, produced circa 1930s-1950s]
![[Footage of Lafayette Escadrille in France and shots of various biplanes, produced circa 1930s-1950s]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/e285f084725978b426963c555c347479.jpg "[Footage of Lafayette Escadrille in France and shots of various biplanes, produced circa 1930s-1950s]")
[Footage of French fighter ace Georges Guynemer and Pfalz aircraft, circa 1930s-1950s]
![[Footage of French fighter ace Georges Guynemer and Pfalz aircraft, circa 1930s-1950s]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d8664bf2ae71a814f57b32017ee53d94.jpg "[Footage of French fighter ace Georges Guynemer and Pfalz aircraft, circa 1930s-1950s]")
[Aircraft manufacturing and test flying activities at Pfalz aircraft factory, Germany, circa 1918]
![[Aircraft manufacturing and test flying activities at Pfalz aircraft factory, Germany, circa 1918]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/902ff2c04a9b704e0c59f6b9fc4bcc96.jpg "[Aircraft manufacturing and test flying activities at Pfalz aircraft factory, Germany, circa 1918]")
["The News Parade" newsreel footage of Pearl Harbor attack, circa December 1941]
![["The News Parade" newsreel footage of Pearl Harbor attack, circa December 1941]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/55fd4ca7e1ba71b7523c703b54f1e556.jpg "["The News Parade" newsreel footage of Pearl Harbor attack, circa December 1941]")