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The Big Picture Fifty Years of Aviation
Title
The Big Picture [electronic resource (video)] : Fifty Years of Aviation / National Archives and Records Service.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2008.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (30 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 13, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Beginning with historical footage from 1907 when the United States Army purchased its first military plane, this exciting documentary examines the miracle of flight while examining all that man has done in such a short half century. Featuring rarely seen footage, this episode of the Big Picture produced by the U.S. Army, salutes the brave men and women whose courage, tenacity, and skill have directly resulted in Army, Navy, and Air Force aviation powers second to none. Footage from the National Archives and Records Administration details the Army's Delackner Aerocycle and the Hiller Flying Platform as well as pictures of the proposed Aerial Assault Vehicle and the Aerial Jeep.
Variant and related titles
Fifty Years of Aviation
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: National Archives and Records Service, 2008.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
First U.S. Military Plane, 1907 (0:46)
The Age of Flight (2:45)
From Development to WWI War Planes (1:24)
Aerial Engineering (2:01)
U.S. Army Air Corps (0:46)
The Flying Fortress and WWII (2:29)
War in the Pacific (1:34)
Army Helicopters (1:07)
Development of Jet Planes (2:39)
Air Power in Korea (1:57)
Army Air Power over Korea (1:20)
Supersonic Flight and Massive Bombers (3:16)
Experimental Planes (1:45)
Rockets and Missiles (3:57)
Credits: The Big Picture: Fifty Years of Aviation (0:27)
Videorecording number
45030 Infobase
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
National Archives and Records Service.
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