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An inventor demonstrates a homemade flying saucer in his backyard.
An inventor demonstrates a homemade flying saucer in his backyard.
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CLEAN : Prosecutor in Peter Madson trial leaves court in Copenhagen
The prosecutor in the case of Danish inventor Peter Madson leaves court in Copenhagen on the first day of the trial
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Harvey P. Trusty and jumpers demonstrate use of rescue chair with parachute
Title card: "Sky Lifesaver Drops Passengers and Seats Out of Plane in Midair - Harvey P. Trusty, Los Angeles inventor, tells of latest rescue wrinkle enabling timid air travelers to sit tight and be saved" / Trusty, in suit, speaking...
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East Berliners buy food in West Berlin; US prepares shipment of food for East Germany
Title: "East v. West 'Battle of Butter' in Germany" superimposed over butter being handed out / large crowd of German people shopping for food in the American sector of Berlin / WS cherries / crowd buying fruit / child drinking milk //...
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Inventor Harvey Chapman gives demonstration of robot Garco; with chemicals, at lathe, with actress Joanne Gilbert
Title card: "Introducing - A Man with Plenty of Metal" / robot Garco holding metal cups, one with sparks shooting out; then smoke fills screen / Garco with chemicals / CU inventor and engineer Harvey Chapman working controls / Chapman...
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Henry Ford chops at a tree other the men use a saw to finish cutting it down.
Henry Ford chops at a tree other the men use a saw to finish cutting it down.
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Henry Ford drives a tractor in a field.
Henry Ford drives a tractor in a field.
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German flying ace Captain Franz Carl Schleiff demonstrates his rubber car bumper invention by crashing cars
Captain Franz Carl Schleiff driving open car crashes into car on street causing dust, crowd watching in front of building; crowd starts to run toward scene / Schleiff looking for damages to bumper and cars from crash / Schleiff, driving...
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Glider pulled by car mimics airplane navigation to train students
Title card: 'Learn flying in glider on auto, Greensburg, PA - Inventor Harry Traver explains newest device to train student pilots' / Harry Traver, in straw boater, speaking (no audio); behind, a seated teenage boy moves a joystick / car...
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CLEAN : Prosecutor in Peter Madsen trial leaves court in Copenhagen
The prosecutor in the case of Danish inventor Peter Madsen leaves court in Copenhagen on the first day of the trial
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Richard DuPont and glider
CU pilot Richard Du Pont in glider / takes flight, flies and lands
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Views of ornithopter "The Gray Goose"
Men, maybe one is inventor Jonathon Caldwell, pulling line attached to ornithopter, aeronautical engineer Caldwell's invention with words "The Gray Goose" on side, people watching and building in bg; craft moves past camera with man...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Hotels Seek Ways to Reduce Fire Menace
with memories of the tragic hotel winocoff fire still in their minds, Atlantans see a new type of fire escape. the new device is a coil of 1-inch steel tape and a single harness. suspended from the inside of the window, the steel coil...
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'CREED' Breaks World Record
INTERVIEW: Robert Latorre, Inventor of Big Freeze Technology at the 'CREED' Breaks World Record at Houston TX. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)