[Aviation activities, aerial views, and other scenes in China, circa 1930s]

Title

[Aviation activities, aerial views, and other scenes in China, circa 1930s]

Description

Film footage of aviation activities, aerial views, and other scenes in China, circa 1930s. The footage is comprised of short clips filmed during pilot Julius A. Barr's time in China. Scenes include Chinese soldiers marching, Barr's Boeing 247D aircraft on the ground and in flight, a wounded man disembarking from the 247D, cargo being unloaded from the 247D, a Junkers Ju 52/3m aircraft taking off, and an unspecified military event. Also included are several aerial views filmed from unidentified aircraft; these scenes depict a crashed aircraft, cities and countryside in China, and areas affected by severe river flooding.

The footage is in black-and-white and is silent.

Label on container: "Boeing, Junkers, flood pictures."

Date

1930s circa

Coverage

Extent

1 film reel (4 min., 2 sec.) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

The Julius A. Barr Photograph Albums and Films/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2019-10-24_AV_005_01