https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/1759e7d7-6fb1-45ad-99ab-c0f9d2541d06 Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Browse our products on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2YILTSD These silent 1940s home movies show various scenes, including a visit to Randolph Field in Texas. The film starts with shots at an air show. At :23, a parachutist jumps over the crowd. At 8:33, a Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing is shown. This is NC20753, now part of the Staggerwing Museum Foundation. At 10:04 a female pilot or passenger grins from the cockpit. At 10:54, the plane is shown on the ground at an unknown airport. At 11:00 are shots of a zoo with bears, a polar bear, flamingoes and other birds. At 11:35 a woman in a blue dress takes a photo of the cameraman. At 11:43 are shots of Randolph Field in Texas, with trainer aircraft visible on the tarmac and runway. At 12:17 is a billboard for the Park Motel. At 12:25, a man feeds a deer in a petting zoo. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdM109RbrcA Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:58:20 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/1759e7d7-6fb1-45ad-99ab-c0f9d2541d06 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.