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Girl Aces Hold Own Air Show: Universal Newsreel and the 1935 Women’s Championship Air Show

by chucik, posted in Archives, Asian Americans, Films, Fun, Fun Films, Motion Pictures, Universal News Collection, womens history

Still is taken from Universal Newsreel Volume 7, Release 406. “Thirty women pilots have groomed their ships for a wholesale assault today and tomorrow on man’s supremacy in the air.” This quote is taken from a newspaper clipping from the production file for Universal Newsreel volume 7, release 406. Since the early years of aviation, … Continue reading Girl Aces Hold Own Air Show: Universal Newsreel and the 1935 Women’s Championship Air Show

Queens of the Air: American Women Aviation Pioneers

by Heidi Holmstrom, posted in African American History, Motion Pictures, Photographs, womens history

This post was co-written with Katherine Stinson, an Archives Specialist in the National Archives (NARA) Moving Image and Sound Branch. One of the joys of archives is discovering a research subject you never even knew was missing from your life. The NARA Moving Image and Sound Branch and the Motion Picture Preservation Lab collaborated on … Continue reading Queens of the Air: American Women Aviation Pioneers