a History of U.S. Naval Aviation (1954)

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This black & white educational film is about the history of naval aviation. Copyright 1954. Planes in the sky; the Wright Brothers; Wilbur and Orville Wright spent four years of research and development to create the first successful powered airplane, the 1903 Wright Flyer. It first flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, with Orville at the controls (:06). Captain Washington Irving Chambers, a United States Navy officer who played a major role in the early development of naval aviation, serving as the first officer to have oversight of the Navy's aviation program (:53). November 1910 - Eugene Ealy flies his Curtis plane off the deck of the Cruiser Birmingham (1:04). A few months later - Ealy lands his Curtis plane on the Cruiser Pennsylvania (1:14). Lt. T.G. Ellison (1:38). First aviation training camp In Annapolis, MD in 1911 (1:42). Seaplane (2:08). World War I planes being built (2:29). Naval aviation unit (2:55). Commander John Towers, a highly decorated United States Navy four-star Admiral and pioneer naval aviator. He made important contributions to the technical and organizational development of naval aviation from its beginnings (3:35). May 1919 - three NC planes try to fly a transatlantic flight to Newfoundland, only one makes it; newspaper headlines (3:39). Albert Cushing Read, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He and his crew made the first transatlantic flight in the NC-4, a Curtiss NC flying boat (4:02). 1920s - rapid development for…

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27 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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