Harry R. Mankins Film Collection
Contents of the Collection
The Harry R. Mankins Film Collection is a small collection containing one film reel from circa 1930s-1940s of various military aircraft and airliners flying around the Seattle, Washington area. Aircraft pictured include the Boeing XB-15, XB-17, 247, and 314 Clipper prototype; Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats; and a United Airlines Douglas DC-3 "Mainliner" aircraft. Passengers, flight attendants, and flight and ground crew are featured in a few shots. Other scenes include a brief aerial view filmed from an unidentified aircraft in flight. The black-and-white, privately shot film is approximately five minutes in length.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1930s-1940s
Creator
- Mankins, Harry R. (Person)
Language of Materials
All materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The films in this collection may not be handled, but digital surrogates are available on our The Museum of Flight Digital Collections. For more information contact us.
Conditions Governing Use
The Museum of Flight (TMOF) Archives is the owner of the physical materials in the archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from TMOF archives before any publication use. TMOF does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 film reel)
Existence and Location of Copies
Materials from this collection have been digitized and are available at The Museum of Flight Digital Collections.
Subject
- Boeing (Organization)
- Douglas (Organization)
- United Airlines (Organization)
- United States. Army. Air Corps (Organization)
- Consolidated Aircraft Corp (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Harry R. Mankins Film Collection
- Status
- Completed Level 1
- Author
- A. Matthews
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Processing, cataloging, and digitization of the films in this collection was made possible by a Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) "Recordings at Risk" grant.
- Edition statement
- 1st edition
Repository Details
Part of the The Museum of Flight Archives Repository
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-7874
curator@museumofflight.org