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[Aircraft, aerial views, and travel scenes, circa 1940s-1950s]
Film footage of aircraft, aerial views, and travel scenes, circa 1940s-1950s. The footage contains several segments filmed at unidentified airfields showing various aircraft, mostly commercial airliners, parked, taxiing, and taking off. Airline livery visible in the footage include Mid-Continent Airlines, Wisconsin Central Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Capital Airlines, and American Airlines.…
[Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft and Learadio Beech B17L Staggerwing aircraft at Bolling Field]
Photograph of several Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft and a Learadio Beech B17L Staggerwing aircraft (tail number NC 15405) at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., circa 1938.Inscription on verso: "Douglas Army transport ships and Learadio Beechcraft. Beech Staggerwing delivered to W. P. Lear 1935 Sept. First flight [ITC?] to CLE with Walter Beed [illegible] Barber and W.P.L Sr. Flown for 2 years -…
[Footage from American Airlines flights to Washington, D.C. and Chicago (Illinois), circa 1940s]
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, boarding the unidentified airliner, then transitions to aerial shots taken during flight. The next section is comprised of travel footage of various…