https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/d47f4b6d-d798-4d14-9e21-14a3670280e3 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 This black & white educational film is called INTRODUCTION TO FLYING. It appears to have been made by the US Airforce as an opening to a flying lesson for new cadets. There is no copyright at the beginning or end of the film so the date of the production remains unclear although it is either in the late 1930s or early 1940s. Titles: Official training film, War Department. A product of the first motion picture unit, Army Air Forces (:10-:30). Opening title: INTRODUCTION TO FLYING (:31-:38). A cadet speaks to the viewer. He says if you need to throw up, then throw up. (:39-1:35). A plane is shown. The instructor and student are shown. The student looks at the dashboard of the Stearman training biplane (1:36-2:12). Our narrator, the cadet, continues on. The B-17 bomber looks like it needs a big man to fly it, but a small Major mastered this plane (2:13-3:01). Keep the plane straight and level. Student tries to maintain as Instructor doesn't do much. Long shots of a small plane flying (3:02-4:31). Being safe is a priority. Don't lean against a plane, even if no one is in it - a mechanic might be working on it from a point you cannot see and it can be dangerous or even fatal. Common sense on the ground is the same in the air (4:32-5:54). Headgear should be comfortable not tight causing you a headache or too loose (5:55-6:48). Sit straight and center. Go slow while taxiing down the runway. A huge lesson is to teach yourself. Pay attention and learn by watching. Sit in a plane and get a feel for it (6:49-8:35). Our narrator wraps it up. Footage of an early flyer (8:36-9:48). The End credit (9:49-9:59). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." 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=3ShopHLvjpA Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:31:37 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/d47f4b6d-d798-4d14-9e21-14a3670280e3 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.