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Historic Military Footage

A collection of vintage military video clips documenting significant events and aircraft activity, portraying historical moments in military aviation.

1960s - US Navy Blue Angel pilots get out of their Grumman Tiger jets and are introduced.
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A BQM-34A target drone noses over as it starts for the water, out of control, following engagement by a laser beam from the Air Force Airborne Laser Laboratory. There is damage to the right rear quarter of the drone. Base: PAC Missile Test Ctr, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Aviation in Britain Before the First World War A man (Cody or one of his sons) flying a kite or model aircraft, the balloon shed is in the background. According to Cody he was fascinated by kites from a young age, when he saw the Chinese cooks who worked on the cattle drives making and flying toy kites. Like many of Cody's tales of his early life, it is difficult to say whether this is true or not.. In friendly competition he and his sons used to build kites and fly them to great heights. They began building larger and larger versions until Cody decided to try and construct a man carrier. After many trials and the occasional accident Cody designed and built a system that could easily carry a man to a height of over 2500 feet and hold him suitably stable whilst he was in the air. His design was purchased by the war office and Cody was employed as kiting instructor. Whilst man-carrying kites had been built previously, Codys use of a series of pilot kites to carry a cable along which a p
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Sailors on Small Rubber Boat and Submarine.
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Employees of the central workshop instruction agents while finishing a copy of the so-called 'Paris Maquette' from the Mast Maastricht fortress.
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The Republic of Serbska (Republika of Srpska), Bosnian Serb Army (VRS) soldiers of Headquarters 503rd Brigade, display two 122mm D-30 howitzers at a weapons storage site located in Zvornik, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during an inspection by (Not Shown) soldiers of Delta Company, 1ST Battalion, 4th Infantry, Fort Riley, Kansas. Operation JOINT GUARD, 15 April 1997. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Zvornik Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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The Royal Navy, November 1943 A naval gunner holding a shell.
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Periodic Inspections Of Parachutes By Tsgt. Herbert A. Holmes, Parachute Rigger Of Chicago, Ill. Panama.
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