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Juan de la Cierva, inventor of the autogiro, takes a ride
MS men surround Juan de la Cierva and his pilot Captain Frank Courtney at the front of an autogiro, men move away as Cierva climbs up wing and gets into front seat followed by Courtney, who gets in back pilot seat / WS autogiro warms up...
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Test flight of Farman plane with pilot Lucien Coupet
Title card: "Inventor Farman tests new stratosphere plane" / F 1000 on ground in front of hangars, mechanic on top, can see legs of crowd on other side / CU designer Henri Farman and pilot Lucien Coupet wearing helmet with goggles up /...
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Aviator Alexander de Seversky and his new airplane
Russian pilot Alexander de Seversky plans trip London to Australia; SOT he says his "Silver Sky" airplane will cruise at 240 mpg with a range of 5700 miles non-stop; it should take 50 hours / He climbs into the cockpit of the Art Deco...
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Creative team in wood shop take notes on graph paper
Creative team in wood shop take notes on graph paper
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Worker flips through papers on desk in wood shop
Worker flips through papers on desk in wood shop
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Creative young people discuss ideas and study notes in workshop meeting
Creative young people discuss ideas and study notes in workshop meeting
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Man at workbench takes notes on graph paper
Man at workbench takes notes on graph paper
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Creative young man taps pencil on desk and takes notes on graph paper
Creative young man taps pencil on desk and takes notes on graph paper
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Businessman on a flying lightbulb idea rocket
Businessman on a flying lightbulb idea rocket
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Man picks up tablet from workbench and zooms in on graphic design
Man picks up tablet from workbench and zooms in on graphic design
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Worker points out furniture design elements on graph paper and tablet computer
Worker points out furniture design elements on graph paper and tablet computer
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New camera capable of piercing fog being examined by its inventor and ship commander in NY City
Inventor of camera Flavel Williams, on right, standing next to his camera as he poses with SS Manhattan ship commander A. B. Randall for photo opportunity, Randall talking to camera / three close shots of camera as Randall explains how...
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Guglielmo Marconi in Hawaii, 1933
Gov. Lawrence Judd shakes hands with inventor Guglielmo Marconi and wife Maria / closer shot of them, Marconis adorned with leis, officer behind / Note: exact day not known
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Edward Armstrong with seadrome model, details pointed out
MS inventor Edward Armstrong standing beside another man behind model of his seadrome for the Trans-Atlantic Airway Service, map behind them / CU seadrome model as hand with pen points out details / CU pen pointing to details / model and...
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Albert Ratschelder in his motorized ice boat
MS motorized ice boat with blades on bottom, man starts propeller on engine spinning, two others watch / man sitting in boat probably builder Albert Ratschelder; he nods head to unseen man / he takes off in boat, man by side, boat moves...
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Demonstration of new watermelon-shaped, balloon-like all-terrain tires called Rolligons in Stockton, CA
Title "Tires on a new roll!" superimposed over truck-trailer rolling down slope on one Rolligon in front and two in rear / truck-trailer mounted on Rolligons rolling over rocks and log / shot from truck-trailer as it moves through swamp...
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The 'Crusade of Freedom' exhibits a homemade tank in New Jersey
Title superimposed on a printing press, "People & Events You're Reading About" & "On Tour - A symbol of Freedom" over a tank on a long flatbed truck / The vehicle drives across the George Washington Bridge to New Jersey with the tank...
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British engineer Granville Bradshaw invents an auto engine with only 9 parts
Title: "News of Invention - Auto Engine With Only 9 Working Parts" superimposed over engine / PAN and CU charts showing plan of engine / VS Granville Bradshaw, British engineer and inventor, picking up wooden engine model / CU Bradshaw...
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Demonstration of new amphibious helicopter called "Heli-Vector" in Briarcliff Manor, NY
Title "Newest in the air . . . One-man amphibious 'copter" superimposed over helicopter landing on water / inventor of helicopter Lewis McCarty and another man walk up to helicopter, McCarty on right / two shots of McCarty getting on...
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Gyro-Copter inventor Igor Bensen flies Gyro-Copter from Raleigh-Durham airport, NC
Title: "Now It's The Gyro-Copter" superimposed over side view of Bensen Gyro-Copter in flight / Gyro-Copter riding along at airport / MS and CU Gyro-Copter, helicopter in flight in background / Follow Gyro-Copter taxies off / MS...
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The 100th anniversary of photography
The entrance to the Museum of Modern Art / CU "The Museum of Modern Art" words above columns at museum entrance / A boy and older woman look at the exhibit of daguerreotypes, and calotypes / photographs on exhibit // building in...
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Centennial of photography celebrated at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City; a look at photography pioneers
Title card: "World Honors Photography's 100th Birthday" / "New York" superimposed over people at the entrance to the Museum of Modern Art / CU "The Museum of Modern Art" words above columns at museum entrance / A boy and older woman look...