[1939 National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio]

Title

[1939 National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio]

Description

Film footage of the 1939 National Championship Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1939. The footage includes scenes of aerobatics, formation flying, parachute jumps, air races, officials, and spectators. Identified aircraft include:

00:03:45 - Monocoupe Model 110
00:04:10 - U.S. Army Air Corps Curtiss P-36 Hawks
00:04:27 - U.S. Army Air Corps Boeing XB-15
00:07:37 - Grumman F3Fs, likely U.S. Navy or Marine Corps
00:09:00 - U.S. Army Air Corps Curtiss P-36 Hawks
00:09:56 - Curtiss Model D replica
00:10:14 - Mike Murphy's converted "Cheek-to-Cheek" Piper Cub, visible in foreground as Curtiss Model D lands
00:11:40 - U.S. Army Air Corps Boeing XB-15 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
00:12:02 - U.S. Army Air Corps Boeing XB-15
00:13:00 - Grumman F3F, likely U.S. Navy or Marine Corps
00:14:20 - U.S. Army Air Corps Curtiss P-36 Hawks
00:14:35 - U.S. Army Air Corps Boeing XB-15

Visible wing and tail numbers include: NC23583, X11211, NC58, NC1280, X9[9?]46, NC2218, and NC13450.

The footage is a mix of color (first half) and black-and-white (second half) and is silent. The color footage is underexposed. At the end of the footage are short clips from a Felix the Cat cartoon and a Charlie Chaplin film, which have been removed from the access copy.

Label on film container: "39 Races."

Date

1939

Extent

1 film reel (15 min., 40 sec.) : silent, color and black and white ; 8 mm

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

The Robert L. Simons Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

1998-05-05-B_AV_009_01