Made in the 1950s, this Shell Oil film covers two aspects of flight — “Thrust” and “Forces in Balance” (starting at 5:42). The film features early jet aircraft, as well as propeller-driven aircraft.

The film features a variety of aircraft including the de Havilland DH 108 Swallow (1:06), Beechcraft AT-11 (1:33), Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (3:21), Avro Anson (6:01), DC-3 and Cessna AT-17 Bobcat (7:40). At 3:39 is a rare view of an Avro Lancaster / Avro 691 Lancastrian testbed (either VN742 or VN733) which had a combination of propeller and jet engine propulsion. Other shots of interest: heavy locomotive wheels run by (1:34), model train on a bike wheel (1:59), sternwheeler steamboat (2:04), launching a small helium balloon (2:22), speedboats (3:38), animation of a moon rocket (4:29), tug-of-war (8:26), 1949 Mercury Eight Coupe driving on the higheway, automobile speedometer and foot pushing on the gas (9:07), man in rowboat (11:20),

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