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[Film footage of Lear Motors steam-powered bus demonstration] (Item)
[Film footage of Lear Motors steam-powered bus demonstration]
Film footage of Lear Motors steam-powered bus demonstrations at the Leareno Stead facility, Nevada, circa 1970s. The first segment of the film depicts the bus operating in snowy conditions. The bus is shown driving on snowy roads, followed by scenes of the passengers, including William P. and Moya O. Lear, disembarking and talking amongst themselves outside a Lear hangar; several aircraft are…
[Film footage of Lear Motors steam-powered bus demonstrations and speeches] (Item)
[Film footage of Lear Motors steam-powered bus demonstrations and speeches]
Film footage of Lear Motors steam-powered bus demonstrations and speeches, recorded at the Leareno Stead facility, Nevada, circa 1970s. The first segment of the film features the bus on display near a Lear hangar. The footage is silent until 00:00:28, when audio clips from an interview between William P. Lear and Dave Brown of Channel 10 begin to play. Lear comments on the features and utility of…
Corporate Image: The Siegler Corporation [promotional film] (Item)
Corporate Image: The Siegler Corporation [promotional film]
Promotional film for the Siegler Corporation, produced McNamara Productions, circa 1960s. The footage presents an overview of the company and its work in the aerospace and electronics fields. The first segment introduces Siegler's ten divisions (the Hufford Division, the Space Systems Technology Group, the Holly General Division, the Hallamore Electronics Division, the Siegler Heater Division, the…
[New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico, circa 1940s] (Item)
[New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico, circa 1940s]
Film footage of the New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico, circa 1940s. The footage is comprised of various short clips filmed during G. Harry Stine's student years at the institute, likely filmed by Stine or his friends and family. Scenes include a polo match, military parades and drills, track-and-field and gymnastic activities, a decorations ceremony, and shots of the campus. The…
[Scenes in Bali, Indonesia, circa 1930s (Part 1 of 2)] (Item)
[Scenes in Bali, Indonesia, circa 1930s (Part 1 of 2)]
Film footage of scenes in Bali, Indonesia, circa 1930s. The footage, which was likely filmed by Julius A. Barr during his travels in Asia, is comprised of short clips depicting life in and around Bali. Scenes include people playing metallophones, feeding monkeys, drinking from coconuts, and shopping at a marketplace. A funeral procession and cremation tower are also depicted. An unidentified man…
[Scenes in Bali, Indonesia, circa 1930s (Part 2 of 2)] (Item)
[Scenes in Bali, Indonesia, circa 1930s (Part 2 of 2)]
Film footage of scenes in Bali, Indonesia, circa 1930s. The footage, which was likely filmed by Julius A. Barr during his travels in Asia, is comprised of short clips depicting life in and around Bali. Scenes include people working in a field, a funeral ceremony involving a cremation tower, and a traditional dance performance. No particular aircraft is visible in this footage. The footage is in…
[Scenes in and around Guling, China, circa 1930s] (Item)
[Scenes in and around Guling, China, circa 1930s]
Film footage of scenes in and around Guling, China, circa 1930s. The footage is comprised of short clips filmed during pilot Julius A. Barr's time in China. Scenes include a sign reading "No washing on the road permitted," panning shots of buildings and surrounding hills, and people with Barr's Boeing 247D aircraft. An unidentified man wearing glasses appears in several scenes The footage is in…
[Scenes in and around Guling, China, circa 1930s] (Item)
[Scenes in and around Guling, China, circa 1930s]
Film footage of scenes in and around Guling, China, circa 1930s. The footage is comprised of short clips filmed during pilot Julius A. Barr's time in China. Scenes include people sledding, city streets in the snow, and panning shots of buildings and surrounding hills. The scene at 00:04:03 depicts people being carried in litters along a snowy path. An unidentified man wearing glasses appears in…
...And On Beyond [Lear, Incorporated promotional film] (Item)
...And On Beyond [Lear, Incorporated promotional film]
Promotional film for Lear, Incorporated, produced by Norman Wright Productions (Hollywood, California) and narrated by Bob Cummings, circa 1960s. The footage opens with a dramatization of an astronaut piloting a futuristic spacecraft on a deep-space mission. Cummings then describes Lear's collaborative work with the U.S. Air Force on the Advanced Instrumentation Development Program (AIDP), which…
[Footage of Star Air Service aircraft and fishing trip to Lake Iliamna, Alaska, circa 1940s] (Item)
[Footage of Star Air Service aircraft and fishing trip to Lake Iliamna, Alaska, circa 1940s]
Film footage depicting Star Air Service aircraft and a fishing trip to Lake Iliamna, Alaska, circa 1940s. The film begins with footage of an unidentified group of men with fishing equipment, followed by shots of a Star Air Service Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket seaplane (tail number NC-10795) and aerial views of towns, bodies of water, and mountains taken during flight. The next segment shows the men…