Aeroplane Dance

On 1 December 1942, a US bomber called Little Eva was returning to base after a bombing raid over New Guinea. The plane hit a tropical storm and crashed at Moonlight Creek in the southeast corner of the Gulf of Carpentar

Animating Aeroplane Jelly

A documentary about Australian animation pioneer Eric Porter’s work on the iconic Aeroplane Jelly animated promos of the 1940s and 1950s.

An Aeroplane Elopement

Maude Brooks is in love with an aviator, George Pinckney. Maude tells her father that she intends to marry George, as he is a splendid fellow, but her father will not listen to her. So she decides to elope. Maude meets G

The Aeroplane Inventor

The creative yet debt-ridden inventor Fred must sell his beloved prototype of an aeroplane. Fred’s wife is ill and needs expensive medicine. The buyer is the usurer Frank, who doesn’t understand technology other than a s

Lieutenant Rose and the Patent Aeroplane

The lieutenant escapes form a spy's schooner and wires for help

L'Aéroplane de Fouinard

Fouinard, a poor devil looking for a quick fix, steals a large paper windmill from a toy shop window. It was his first theft. Pursued, our vagabond leaps over a bicycle, collides with two porters, and grabs their cardboa

Aeroplane Flight and Wreck (Piloted by M. Cody)

Fatal Flight of an Aeroplane under a Prague Bridge

A flight under the Prague’s Railway Bridge in July 1919 and its tragic consequences: the death of the director of YMCA in Prague and a river custodian. The film also captures two notable figures of early Czech film histo

Wilbur Wright and His Flying Machine

The film begins with a shot of Wilbur Wright starting the engine; an unidentified assistant (quite likely his brother, Orville) is seen at the front of the aircraft. From there, shots of the aircraft in flight with Wrigh

How An Airplane Flies

A six-part instructional film produced by the Shell Film Unit explaining the fundamentals of heavier-than-air flight through live-action aircraft footage, diagrams, and model demonstrations, covering lift, drag, thrust,

How An Airplane Flies

Derek Armstrong’s 1975 Shell Film Unit instructional series on aerodynamics, explaining the relationship between lift and weight as the foundational forces that keep an aircraft flying. (Note: This is an update of the 1

Adventures in Pygmy Land

Footage of the expedition to New Guinea led by explorer Matthew W. Stirling.

Ludlow's Aerodrome, No. 2

Footage of aviation tests from 1905.

Airplane vs Volcano

When a commercial airliner is trapped within a ring of erupting volcanoes, the passengers and crew must find a way to survive - without landing.

Propeller One-Way Night Coach

During the golden age of aviation, a young airplane enthusiast and his mother embark on a cross-country journey to Hollywood—and their simple flight transforms into the trip of a lifetime.