Aviation History Films

Synopsis

A 3-DVD set containing a compilation of 18 films made between 1917 and 1966 illustrating the history of flight. Contents:

THE EPIC OF FLIGHT (1966, 48 MIN.)
A Wolper production documenting the history of aviation from the derided first flights by the Wright Brothers through all the intervening years and culminating in the genesis of supersonic transport.

6 1/2 HOURS (1958, 12:24)
The state-of-the-art in transatlantic air travel at the dawn of the jet age.

AIR TRANSPORTATION (1947, 9:58)
How a commercial airline operated in the days before mass air transportation.

DOLE AIR RACE 1927 (1927, 9:49)
The great aviators of the day compete in this silent newsreel of the daring Dole air race from Oakland, California to Hawaii at a time when Lindbergh’s crossing of the Atlantic was new.

FASHION HORIZONS (1940, 19:10)
Trans World Airlines p[resents a Kodachrome southwestern U.S. travelogue, with stops at Albuquerque and an Arizona dude ranch, with an eye towards the fashions worn by their complement of aspiring Paramount Studio starlets, Mary Martin being one among them.

FLYING BUSINESSMAN (1953, 12:54)
Another Kodachrome feature, this one documenting how businesspeople can benefit from air travel.

FLYING WITH ARTHUR GODFREY (1953, 48:02)
A made for TV film in its original colour format, chronicling the flight of an Eastern Airlines passenger plane which Arthur Godfrey himself copilots and which costars Eastern Airlines chief, and great World War I fighter Ace, Eddie Rickenbacker.

THE GILMORE BROTHERS: AVIATION PIONEERS (1931, 5:09)
Some of the wackiest ideas of these rustic Grass Valley, California air cadet brothers

KAY STINSON, AVIATOR (1917, 3:06)
The famed woman aviatrix of the day breaks the speed record from San Diego to San Francisco with an average speed of 66 mph.

LETTERS FROM AN AIRLINE PILOT (1944, 22:50)
A TWA pilot answers a letter from a satisfied customer who asks how a modern airline operates its flights from Los Angeles to New York City so effectively.

LOOK TO LOCKHEED FOR LEADERSHIP (MID 1940s, 31:52)
A World War II era expose of the renowned aircraft manufacturer’s unclassified production techniques and their employment in the past in civil aviation and in the present in military aviation.

NEWS MAGAZINE OF THE SCREEN: AVIATION: THEY WERE FIRST (MAY 1954, 11:04)
A chronicle of American firsts in aviation, from the Wright Brothers first powered flight through to Chuck Yeager’s first breaking of the sound barrier.

NORMAN GODDARD AND HIS GLIDER (1929, 6:19)
The glider designer and pilot of Stanford, California with his glider on the ground and in the air.

PAN AMERICAN CLIPPER (1935, 3:43)
Aerial footage of one of civil aviation’s most beloved flying boats.

PLANE TALK (1965, 21:27)
The role of radio as used by commercial air carriers in confirming passenger reservations, aircraft pre-flight preparation, air traffic control, flight monitoring and air-to-ground communications is here documented in this Leo Rosencrans directed film.

BESLER SYSTEMS: STEAM DEVELOPMENT, FULLY PATENTED (1932, 16:27)
By both air and land, the Besler Corporation shows off, at length, its incredible steam powered vehicles: an automobile and an airplane.

THE AIRPORT (1948, B&W, 10:27)
How an airport of the day operated, including all aspects of airline passenger service.

THE WORLD THROUGH STAMPS: THE STORIES BEHIND POSTAGE STAMPS: NEW HORIZONS FOR OLD (1957, 12:50)
Bob Trout narrates this survey of the history of aviation as depicted in the world’s postage stamps.

Language

English

Country

United States

Year of release

2011

Subjects

Aviation

Keywords

aeronautical engineering; aeroplanes; flight; history of aviation

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 0 NTSC

Price

$18.49

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

300 minutes

Year

2011

Distributor

Name

MediaOutlet.com

Email

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Web

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Address

PO Box 1432
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NJ 07002
USA

Notes

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