Ever wish you could see a World War I Curtiss Jenny do a triple loop? How about a squadron of American-made DH-4 Liberty bombers taking off on a mission over the front? You can, in glorious black-and-white shot on location by the military's own movie makers, using state of the art (1918-style) wooden boxes with crude brass-encased glass lenses, metal hand cranks, and cumbersome tripods. Thousands of WWI-related motion picture reels sit in the vaults at the National Archives and Records Administration facility in College Park, Maryland but only 71 titles contain aviation footage. This amazing...

Ever wish you could see a World War I Curtiss Jenny do a triple loop? How about a squadron of American-made DH-4 Liberty bombers taking off on a mission over the front? You can, in glorious black-and-white shot on location by the military's own movie makers, using state of the art (1918-style) wooden boxes with crude brass-encased glass lenses, metal hand cranks, and cumbersome tripods. Thousands of WWI-related motion picture reels sit in the vaults at the National Archives and Records Administration facility in College Park, Maryland but only 71 titles contain aviation footage. This amazing...

a researcher's guide to the aviation related stories released nationally by Universal Pictures 1929-1931

A researcher's guide to the aviation related stories released nationally by Universal Pictures 1929-1931.

This book is the SECOND EDITION of the first volume of the HENRY FORD'S MOVING PICTURE SHOW: An Investigator's Guide to the Films Produced by the Ford Motor Company series. It focuses on the initial six years (1914-1920) of the Ford Motor Company motion picture collection that is held in the U.S. National Archives and identifies 935 films. To assist in your investigation of this historically significant film collection, two indexes are also provided--an alphabetical title index and a comprehensive subject index. The Henry Ford's Moving Picture Show is a multi-book series of guides written to...

This book is the SECOND EDITION of the first volume of the HENRY FORD'S MOVING PICTURE SHOW: An Investigator's Guide to the Films Produced by the Ford Motor Company series. It focuses on the initial six years (1914-1920) of the Ford Motor Company motion picture collection that is held in the U.S. National Archives and identifies 935 films. To assist in your investigation of this historically significant film collection, two indexes are also provided--an alphabetical title index and a comprehensive subject index. The Henry Ford's Moving Picture Show is a multi-book series of guides written to...