TUSKEGEE TRAINS AIRMEN Part 2

Description

AERONAUTICS TRAINING FILM: On Negro education and aviation training at Tuskegee Institute, Macon County, Alabama. Reel 1: Shows campus founded by Booker T. Washington, farm, John A. Andrews Memorial Hospital, nurses training, carpentry and machine shop classes. Airport; student and instructor inspect and demonstrate Piper Cub. Instructor flies plane; student imitates his actions from rear cockpit. Air cadets in close order drill and Morse code class. Reel 2: Cadets study nomenclature, aerial navigation, meteorology, and Federal aviation law. Students fly heavier aircraft and perform aerobatics. Close-ups of hands operating controls. Student instructor learns precision (stunt) flying.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups