Archival Planes Stock Footage
1920s plane fire prevention crash tests
Description: The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, changed the world forever when they achieved the first powered, controlled flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. From their humble bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, they combined innovation, engineering, and persistence to create the first successful airplane. Their breakthroughs in aerodynamics and flight control laid the foundation for all modern aviation.
1920s plane fire prevention crash tests
Early Aviation Failures
Description: Experimental aircraft prototypes from the early days of aviation. Crashes and mishaps. Bicycle Plane, Rocket Plane, Bird Plane, Explosives and skates, Falling off a cliff, Arm Flapping and people that were lucky to be survive.
Early Aviation Failures
Barnstormers and Daredevils
Description: Wing Walkers and Barnstormers 1930s. Captain Frank
FearlessFrakes crashing his planes into homes, ground and water.
CASKET OF DEATH. Captain Tommy Walker
Barnstormers and Daredevils
First Airmail Flight
Description: The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, changed the world forever when they achieved the first powered, controlled flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. From their humble bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, they combined innovation, engineering, and persistence to create the first successful airplane. Their breakthroughs in aerodynamics and flight control laid the foundation for all modern aviation.
First Airmail Flight
First Parachute Tests
Description: The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, changed the world forever when they achieved the first powered, controlled flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. From their humble bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, they combined innovation, engineering, and persistence to create the first successful airplane. Their breakthroughs in aerodynamics and flight control laid the foundation for all modern aviation.
First Parachute Tests
Ford Trimotor
Description: Introduced in the late 1920s, the Ford Trimotor earned the nickname “Tin Goose” for its corrugated metal construction and helped launch America’s early commercial aviation era. Transcontinental Air Transport, Western Air Express, TWA, Charles Lindbergh
Ford Trimotor
Gee Bee Model R Crash
Description: Construction, Launch Flying over New York City. LZ 129 Hindenburg Fire.
Gee Bee Model R Crash
Graf Zeppelin Airship
Description: Construction, Launch Flying over New York City. LZ 129 Hindenburg Fire.
Graf Zeppelin Airship
Wright Brothers
Description: The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, changed the world forever when they achieved the first powered, controlled flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. From their humble bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, they combined innovation, engineering, and persistence to create the first successful airplane. Their breakthroughs in aerodynamics and flight control laid the foundation for all modern aviation.
Wright Brothers
Airports 1950s-1970s
Airports 1950s HD
Description: Terminal Buildings JFK Airport, Passengers Eastern Airlines Super Constellation, Henry Fonda, BEA Viscount Takeoff, Boac Canadair, United Airlines DC7, Boac Stratocruiser, Idlewild Airport, Interior Control Tower, Trans World Constellation, DC7 American Airlines, Passengers Claiming Baggage, San Francisco International, United Airlines, DC6 Japan Airlines, Stewardess Serving Lunch, KLM DC4 The Flying Dutchman, South African Airways, Cape Town Airport, Rio De Janeiro, Christ Statue. Sugar Loaf Mountain.
Airports 1950s HD
Airports 1960s HD
Description: London Heathrow Airport, JFK Airport, BEA Trident, Aeroflot TU 134 Airline Taxi, Swiss Air, DC8 Taking Off, Pan Am 747 100 Taking Off, 707 Landing, Afghanistan Kabul Airport, Fokker Friendship Twin Prop, Ariana 727, Twin Otter Propellor Plane On Landing.
Airports 1960s HD
Airports 1970s HD
Description: TWA Terminal, Interior TWA Terminal, Lounge, Pan Am 747, Los Angeles Airport Century Boulevard, Heavy Traffic, Aircraft Taxies, Montreal Airport, Air Canada 747, Past Control Tower, BEA Trident, London Heathrow Airport, Alitalia DC8, 747 Pan Am Taking Off, BEA Trident, Boac VC10, Shiraz Airport, Iran Air 727, Concorde, BA Trident, Tristar.
Airports 1970s HD
Aircraft
Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter or 377 Stratocruiser
Description: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Taxi over highway. Ramp. Passengers, staff, boarding, flight comfort, Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter or 377 Stratocruiser
De Havilland Comet
Description: British Overseas Airways Corporation, De Havilland Comet. BOAC. Flying, takeoff, taxi.
De Havilland Comet
Douglas Aircraft
Douglas DC-3 and C-47
Description: 1950’s and 60’s flying over mountains, clouds and jungle. Landing on dirt strip. Passengers, United Airlines, WWII U.S Army Paratroopers, Dropping supplies.
Douglas DC-3 and C-47
Douglas DC-6 SD-HD
Description: Douglas DC-6 Ariana Afghan Airline, Kabul Airport, Flying Over Mountains, American Grace Airways, Japan Airlines, American Airlines.Douglas DC-6 Ariana Afghan Airline, Kabul Airport, Flying Over Mountains, American Grace Airways, Japan Airlines, American Airlines, JFK airport.
Douglas DC-6 SD-HD
Douglas DC-7 SD-HD
Description: 60’s flying over mountains. American Grace Airways. Japan Air Airlines, United, American Airlines, New York International Airport 1955, Air Traffic Control Tower, Controllers. Passengers, Tarmac, baggage.
Douglas DC-7 SD-HD
Douglas DC-8 HD
Description: Landing Night. Takeoff day. 1968 Alitalia taxi and Dusk takeoff. Picking up luggage from the carousel, disembarking, yellow taxis, Gates and a lounge.
Douglas DC-8 HD
Lockheed Constellation
Lockheed Constellation HD
Description: Fly Eastern Lockheed Constellation 1955, Henry Fonda walking down stairs. Pan American Super Constellation Taxi, Passengers. Night Heathrow Terminal Exterior. Controls Tower and Air Traffic Control. TWA Trans World Airlines, Construction, Design Plans, Soldiers Boarding, Air Force C-69, The Flying Dutchman. Takeoff, Landing, Day.