XD10114 “LOOK TO LOCKHEED FOR LEADERSHIP” 1940s LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CO. PROMO FILM (SHORT VERSION)

This is a 1940’s era, black and white movie presented by the U.S. Army Recruiting Service and the Lockheed Historical Corporation. It is called Look to Lockheed for Leadership. It was directed by Shirley C. Burden, the story and narration were done by Walter Wise, photography by Floyd Crosby. The film editor is Gene Milford, narrator John Hiestand, unit manager, Herbert E. Dow and the associate producer is Henri Chappellet. It is a Tradefilms, Inc. Production. The movie opens with snow covered mountains and tall ships sailing the ocean, 1:15. Western caravan on the open plains, 1:21. Lockheed airplane soars in the air, 1:30. Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and the Wright Brothers, 1:45. The first flight takes off at Kitty Hawk, 1:56. In 1928 the Yankee Doodle reaches NY from LA, 1:54. Flown by Colonel Arthur Goebel and Harry Tucker. In 1929, Captain Frank Hawks in his Lockheed flying to New York, 2:06. Charles Lindbergh in a sea plane, 2:28 crossing the Bering sea to Japan. 1931, Ruth Nichols lands her Lockheed, Vega, 2:55. The Lockheed Vega, Winnie Mae, piloted by Wiley Post, the first man to fly around the world, 3:11. The Lindberghs take off on a 29,000-mile journey, 3:21. 1934, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and P.G. Taylor cross the Pacific from Australia to California, 3:40. Amelia Earhart lands making a solo flight over the pacific, 4:01. Howard Hughes races around the world in a Lockheed, 4:19. The Lockheed Electra, 5:04. The Lockheed 12, 5:15. The Lockheed Lodestar soars in the sky, 5:26. Spinning globe with Lockheed plane flying in background, 5:55. The Lockheed Electra, the 12, the Hudson Bomber, the Lodestar are shown, 6:03. The P-38 for national defense is presented, 6:17.

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