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AIRSHIPS FOR ALL?

Airships For All? (1930)

Mini-airship is put through its paces at an American airfield.

WORLD'S FASTEST TANK - version b

World's Fastest Tank - Version B (1931)

A new tank is put through its paces on a testing track.

STRAFING TACTICS

Strafing Tactics (1943)

American fighter planes practising strafing on freight train models.

BOATS WITH A BITE - DUBLIN

Boats With A Bite - Dublin (1943)

American M.T.B. boats at training.

RIDERS IN GLIDERS - DUBLIN

Riders In Gliders - Dublin (1943)

American showing that glider can be a transport plane if needed.

THAT CROSS CHANNEL FEELING

That Cross Channel Feeling (1943)

Americans conducting a research to cure sea sickness.

BOTTOM - SIDE - UP

Bottom - Side - Up (1943)

In America a ship is built up side down and launched sideways.

 

 

AMERICAN TROOPS PRACTICE INVASION

American Troops Practice Invasion (1941)

American soldiers 'invade' a beach from landing craft,...

US SUPER LINER NEARS COMPLETION aka US SUPER LINER TAKES SHAPE

Us Super Liner Nears Completion AKA Us Super Liner Takes Shape (1938)

A huge American aeroplane...

OHIO - SCIENTIFIC TEST FLIGHT LNER

Ohio - Scientific Test Flight Lner (1937)

New American stratosphere plane goes on test flight.

AMERICA PREPARES FOR ATTACK ON STRATOSPHERE aka UNITED STATES STRATOSPHERE

America Prepares For Attack On Stratosphere AKA United States Stratosphere (1938)

An...

CALIFORNIA - LARGEST REPAIR HANGAR LNER

California - Largest Repair Hangar Lner (1938)

Work continues on the largest repair depot for...

AIRSHIP'S 8 HOUR FIGHT WITH GALE  aka AIRSHIP'S 8 HOUR FLIGHT WITH GALE

Airship's 8 Hour Fight With Gale AKA Airship's 8 Hour Flight With Gale (1924)

Shots of the...

A NARROW ESCAPE

A Narrow Escape (1925)

40 crew members are saved when a submarine runs ashore in America.

BOTTLING UP RUM ROW

Bottling Up Rum Row (1925)

Footage of the ships caught carrying rum by the prohibition patrol boats....

GOING UP!

Going Up! (1942)

US airmen are tested inside a pressure chamber before becoming stratosphere fighters.

TRAIN DISASTER Dublin issue

Train Disaster Dublin Issue (1942)

Scenes of a huge train crash involving two passenger trains and one...

SALVAGE ATTEMPT FAILS

Salvage Attempt Fails (1926)

Rough sea stops salvage attempt of sunken S.51 submarine off American...

U.S. NAVY TESTS TORPEDO BOAT - DUBLIN

U.S. Navy Tests Torpedo Boat - Dublin (1940)

New torpedo boats are tested in America.

TRUMAN BREAKS RAIL STRIKE

Truman Breaks Rail Strike (1946)

Trains are idle and passengers are left at stations during railway...

CALIFORNIA - MOTOR CYCLE RACE

California - Motor Cycle Race (1948)

Motorcyclists compete in Pacific Trails Endurance Run.

WORLD AT YOUR ELBOW - CALIFORNIA

World At Your Elbow - California (1948)

Motorcycle hill climbing competition in California.

ROCKET AID WING DESIGN

Rocket Aid Wing Design (1954)

A movie camera attached to a supersonic rocket reveals which wing shape...

AIR NEWS - POGO DART PLANE

Air News - Pogo Dart Plane (1954)

New vertical takeoff plane is tested in California.

FIVE TON RHINO

Five Ton Rhino (1954)

Five ton Rhino tractor is new vehicle with new type of wheels - virtually...

LONG LONG LINE SAFER RAILS

Long Long Line Safer Rails (1955)

Americans make quarter-mile long welded rails for safer and smoother...

 DOUBLE DECKER PLANES

Double Decker Planes (1948)

World's largest airliner takes 186 sailors on flight across America.

FLYING CAR IS HERE

Flying Car Is Here (1946)

A plane which can be converted into a car by removing its fuselage is...

STOCKING UP US FISH STREAMS

Stocking Up Us Fish Streams

Americans restock their fishing streams and lake by dropping young...

PILOTLESS PLANE FLIES ATLANTIC

Pilotless Plane Flies Atlantic (1947)

Radio-controlled plane in flight including footage of control...

THE AMERICAN CONSUMER

The American Consumer (1948)

Item showing cars being produced in American plant.

MULTIJET SEAPLANE - MARTIN SEA MASTER

Multijet Seaplane - Martin Sea Master (1950-1959)

Seaplane taking off, in flight and landing.

JET ASSISTED TAKE OFF

Jet Assisted Take Off (1953)

Propellor tests and jet assisted planes. America.

AMERICA'S OCEAN GREYHOUNDS

America's Ocean Greyhounds (1917)

Fast new American submarines to hunt German craft.

HELICOPTER CARRIES OWN HANGAR

Helicopter Carries Own Hangar (1954)

Helicopter picking up framework of it own hangar and transporting...

NEW JEEP'S FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE

New Jeep's First Public Appearance (1952)

Army test-drives new jeep over rough terrain

US AIRLINER TRAGEDY

Us Airliner Tragedy (1936)

Wreckage of Trans-Continental Plane after crash in Arkansas Swamp.

AMERICAN NON-CAPSIZABLE LIFEBOAT

American Non-Capsizable Lifeboat (1920)

Non-capsizable lifeboat built in America.

LIBERTY LAUNCHED

Liberty Launched (1918)

First 9600 Ton Freighter - 'Liberty'.

"The Two Man Submarine" (1933)

Dr William Beebe shows off his new two man submarine off America.

FATE WAS NOT SO KIND

Fate Was Not So Kind (1933)

Two Lithuanian pilots set off on flight - they don't make it.

BLAZING THE TRAIL AGAIN!

Blazing The Trail Again! (1933)

Colonel Lindbergh sets off on a surveying flight across the North...

"Like A Bird In Its Nest" (1933)

The American Macon airship arrives at its West Coast base in...

HER 22ND ATLANTIC CROSSING

Her 22nd Atlantic Crossing (1933)

The Graf Zeppelin - piloted by Dr Eckener - lands in America.

HUSTLE HUSTLE, ALWAYS HUSTLE!

Hustle Hustle, Always Hustle! (1930)

A air and water ferry service flies people about in the San...

DEATH RIDES THE RAILS

Death Rides The Rails (1933)

Massive rail crash in Virginia sees an express train hit a goods train.

THE LAST WORD IN

The Last Word In "Subs" (1933)

The American submarine 'Cuttlefish' is launched.

£500,000 YACHT ON THE ROCKS!

£500,000 Yacht On The Rocks! (1930)

J Pierpoint Morgan's expensive yacht 'Corsair' ends up on the...

FISHERMAN'S OCEAN CLASSIC

Fisherman's Ocean Classic (1930)

Beautiful sailing ships race off the coast of the US.

AMERICA'S

America's "Navy Day" (1930)

Various shots of American warships and airships on manoeuvres on the...