Film footage of airport activities and aerial views, circa 1939. The footage is mostly comprised of shots taken at an unidentified airport and aerial views taken from aircraft in flight. The airport scenes show airliners taking off and landing,…
Film footage taken during American Airlines flights between New York City (New York), Detroit (Michigan), and Boston (Massachusetts), including travel footage in those cities, circa 1940s. The footage begins with shots of American Airlines Douglas…
Film footage taken during two American Airlines flights, one to Washington, D.C. and one to Chicago (Illinois), circa 1940s. Most of the footage is of the Washington, D.C. trip. The footage begins with shots of Edward Wood, the Earl of Halifax,…
Film footage of American Airlines flight attendants, including Catherine Wingfield, at work and at leisure, circa 1940s. The first 90 seconds depict flight attendants and Douglas DC-3 aircraft (visible tail number NC17336) at an unidentified airport.…
Newsreel footage of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, produced as part of "The News Parade" series by Castle Films, circa December 1941. The segment, titled "Japs Bomb U.S.A.!," uses title cards and brief clips to describe events prior to,…
Film footage of a Mediterranean cruise of the USS Dayton (CL-105), circa 1947. The footage predominantly focuses on flight operations related to Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk seaplanes, showing the aircraft on deck, being launched via catapult, in flight,…
Film footage of aerial views of Hawaii, circa 1948. The footage is mostly comprised of aerial views filmed from an unidentified aircraft, showing coastlines, cliffs, harbors, and islands, as well as shots of the city of Honolulu. No exterior shots of…
Film footage of commercial airliners and "The Independence" Presidential aircraft at Washington National Airport, Arlington, Virginia, circa 1950s. The footage consists of brief clips of various aircraft parked or taxiing on a runway. In some scenes,…
Film footage of Mid-Continent Airlines aircraft at an unidentified airfield, possibly at Minneapolis Airport (Minnesota), circa 1950s. Douglas DC-2s and other aircraft are shown taxiing on the runway and taking off. The footage focuses predominantly…
Film footage of Northwest Airlines aircraft at an unidentified airfield, possibly at Minneapolis Airport (Minnesota), and at aircraft crash site, circa 1950s. The footage is mostly comprised of scenes of NWA aircraft landing, taxiing, taking off, and…