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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…
Film footage of a Learstar (registration number N16L) and Lockheed L-1888 Electra, circa 1950s. The footage opens with the Learstar being towed into a hangar and William P. Lear boarding the airplane. The next several scenes feature Lear and an unidentified woman in the Learstar's cabin. They demonstrate the aircraft's amenities, such as adjustable seats, fold-out tables, onboard telephone,…