This silent film from Germany was made to educate anti-aircraft and flight crews about airplane types, specifically seaplanes. The film starts with the He-60 at :19. The Heinkel He 60 was a German single-engined biplane reconnaissance seaplane designed to be catapulted from Kriegsmarine (German navy) warships of the 1930s. At 4:00 the film shows the He-114. The Heinkel He 114 was a sesquiwing reconnaissance seaplane produced for the Kriegsmarine in the 1930s for use from warships. It replaced the company’s He 60, but did not remain in service long before being replaced in turn by the Arado Ar 196 as Germany’s standard spotter aircraft. The He-59 is shown at 5:00. The Heinkel He 59 was a twin-engined German biplane designed in 1930, resulting from a requirement for a torpedo bomber and reconnaissance aircraft able to operate on wheeled landing gear or twin-floats. At 7:50 the Ar-196 is shown. The Arado Ar 196 was a shipboard reconnaissance low-wing monoplane aircraft built by the German firm of Arado starting in 1936. The next year it was selected as the winner of a design contest and became the standard aircraft of the Kriegsmarine (German navy) throughout World War II.

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