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Early Flight Prototypes
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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Farnborough Airshow 7
Various aircraft on display at Farnborough Airshow, 1950s. exact date unknown.
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Schnieider Trophy, 1920s and 1930s Vickers seaplane models and pilots
Clip from a Vickers Supermarine B&W film chronicling the development of Vickers aircraft design from the Supermarine in 1925, through the Supermarine 4 monoplane, the S5, S6, S6B, Spitfire, Seafire, Spiteful, Attacker, 508, 510, 535, to...
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American aircraft and demolition in Arizona, USA
American aircraft and demolition in Arizona, USA
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Aerial shots of Berlin, 1920s
Aerial shots of Berlin. Berlin airport, Berlin Dom, museum island, Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag building and Victory column. General street scenes with pedestrians and traffic, circa 1920.
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Farnborough Air show, 1956
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s.
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Aircraft designers in the 1950s. Montage of fighter jets.
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Propellers to jets (in part, audio sync issue)
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Early aircraft model in hangar, the Wright Brothers, 1900s
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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First Flight from London to Australia in 1919
B&W archive footage of Ross & Keith Smith who piloted, in 1919, the first flight from London to Australia in under 30 days
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First trans-Atlantic flight, 1919
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight, 14th June 1919. Clip from a film about the achievements of Vickers Aviation, made in 1957.
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First Flight from London to Australia, 1919
Ross and Keith Smith man the first flight from London to Australia, 1919
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First squadron of Supermarine Swift join RAF, March 4th 1954
Clip from a Vickers Supermarine film chronicling the development of Vickers aircraft design from the Supermarine in 1925, through the Supermarine 4 monoplane, the S5, S6, S6B, Spitfire, Seafire, Spiteful, Attacker, 508, 510, 535, to the...
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Pilots and designers experiment with very early aircraft prototypes, 1900s. One crashes.
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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Red Arrows, 1969
Unique documentary film of the iconic RAF Red Arrows 1969 aerobatic display team. Exclusive access was granted to film the Red Arrows, at RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire, over the course of 2 days. It was shot on 16mm reversal film, as there...
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Flight Fighters of the Fifties - intro to NADGE defence system
Clip from comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. NADGE.
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Footage of the Supermarine 525. Includes a world speed record attempt by Mike Lithgow, 1953
Clip from a Vickers Supermarine black and white film, First of the New, chronicling the development of Vickers aircraft design. Shows designers at Supermarine headquarters under the management of Joe Swift and R J Mitchell, clips of the...
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Flight Fighters of the Fifties - Lockheed Starfighter
Clip from comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Lockheed Starfighter. (audio sync issue)
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1970s air show, fighter jet aerobatics and audience
Clip from Flight Fighters of the Fifties, comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircrafts built in the 1950s. Air show, possibly at Farnborough, with the Lockheed F-104C Starfighter, Phantoms and others performing tricks.
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Harrier Jump Jet at sea and in flying formations. MASDIC in Arizona.
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Harrier Jump Jet at sea and in flying formations. MASDIC, military aircraft storage and disposition centre, Arizona....
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Gloster Javelin, Hawker Sea Hawk, Supermarine Scimitar, Hawker Sea Vixen, Folland Gnat and the Red Arrows in action
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Gloster Javelin, Hawker Sea Hawk, Supermarine Scimitar, Hawker Sea Vixen, Folland Gnat and the Red Arrows are all seen...
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Early aircraft in 1972
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.