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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220550-04
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1941
Country: USA
Location: Franklin Institute Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
TC Begins: 15:33:01
TC Ends: 15:59:06
Duration: 00:26:05
NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Franklin Institute Traveling Aviation Show Pt. 1 of 2 Bray Studios, Inc; Demonstrations by Ralph H. McClarren; Narration by Robert Shayne. Produced by National Aeronautic Association. DC-3 passenger planes lined up on tarmac, propellor turning, passenger planes in flight. Film rolls briefly. Douglas DC-3 in flight. Presenter to camera re conquest of the skies. Various aircraft both civilian & military taking off, flying.. 15:34:24 Flashback of oddities, early experimental flights. Large planes in hanger. 15:34:43 Youth, boys & girls onto field w/ model airplanes. Olean Model Airplane Club. Motorized models in flight. Kids looking up at planes. 15:35:33 Franklin Institute Traveling Aviation Show. Man at large table discussing aviation; flies model plane that is a pusher-plane. Presenter re first flying things, drawings flying reptiles. Live bat w/ wings held out. Bats hanging in tree & flying. Birds on cliff, huge flock of birds in flight. Montage ways that man gets around. Geese in flight & landing on lake. 15:38:37 Early flight contraptions, bouncing up & down, Grey Goose on tail shakes apart. Birds in flight, pelicans in slow-motion. 15:40:42 Institute demonstration - model ornithopter. Soaring flight demonstrated w/ model, audience participation, small model planes glide into audience who send them back. 15:43:07 Actuality of man getting into open biplane glider coasting down mountainside, similar to modern day hang-gliders. Gliding club & gliders launched using winch. Good air to air shots gliders in flight. Glider performing stunts. Glider landing in field. Car & trailer arrive to pick up glider. 15:46:17 Presenter re hot air balloons or LTA flight. Demonstration, small balloon filled w/ helium, small basket & ballast added, demonstrator releases balloon in studio. 15:48:00 Actuality - Gordon Bennett balloon race. Balloons take off watched by huge crowd. Air to air blimps in flight over Washington, DC. 15:48:46 Dirigibles - Hindenburg & Graf Zeppelin. 15:49:01 Institute demonstration. Model of a maple seed which rotates as falls to earth. Boomerang thrown, model autogyro blades. Model Helicopter blades. 15:51:00 Autogiro, man gets in; rotors turn, take off & landing. Sikorsky’s helicopter, take off & maneuvering. Early rocket ship. Fireworks. One of first attempts to apply rocket power for propulsion of airplane. Plane launched & in flight. 15:52:45 Presenter, physics experiment re vacuum tube. Experiment re steam & pressure in tin can. Experiment using glass bottle & hard boiled egg. Experiment w/ anemometer & balloon. Air jet used to support ping-pong ball; then suspend it by blowing around it. Paper picked up by blowing air down on it. Science experiments; Educational Films; Instructional Films; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk