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Joe Aiken Films
Collection — Box: Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection
The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...
Dates:
circa 1918-1950s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2015-06-17
Abstract
The Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers is comprised of documents and scrapbooks, photographic prints and photograph albums, and assorted ephemera primarily pertaining to the life and military career of Lieutenant Commander Emile Chourré (1894-1938). Major topics include Chourré's military service, especially while stationed in Coco Solo, Panama; his service as a U.S. Naval announcer for the 1929-1931 and 1933-1934 National Air Races; and family (immediate and extended) photographs.
Dates:
1889-1988; Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Robert L. Simons Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1998-05-05-B
Overview
Robert Lewis Simons was a military and commercial pilot in the mid-twentieth century. The Collection is comprised of materials relating to Simons’ career , including log books, military records, photographs, and films.
Dates:
1925-1972; Majority of material found within 1938-1948
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives