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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.…
[Footage from American Airlines flights to Washington, D.C. and Chicago (Illinois), circa 1940s]
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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…
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, passengers embarking and disembarking, and flight and ground crews at work. Identified aircraft include:
00:00:20 - Prototype Douglas DC-4E00:03:27 -…
[Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field (AWPBF) at Boeing Field, Washington, circa July 1940]
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Film footage of the Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field (AWPBF) at Boeing Field, Washington, circa July 1940. The footage opens with several AWPBF members arriving at Boeing Field via a United Air Lines Douglas DC-3 "Mainliner" aircraft. The following scenes depict the women chatting together and with others, posing for the camera, and looking over aircraft, including an Aeronca Model K (tail…
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, the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are visible in the distance. Commercial airline livery visible in the footage include Western…