The quest to go higher, faster, and farther during the first halfcentury of aviation. Hi, im jeremy kinney. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of this story of higher, faster, and farther in the history of aviation. But first i want to talk about the air and space museum overall. The air and space museum has over 8 million visitors a year between the National Mall building and the stephen f. Udvarhazy center. Were looking at over 500 aircraft and helicopters. Of those aircraft, about 67 are on display on the National Mall building. So, what supports these artifacts is up to 60,000 individual small and medium artifacts. But what were going to talk about today is the story of higher, faster, and farther, which is scene sooen as a cliche in many ways throughout the history of aviation but actually has a real meaning to it, in which we look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. And so, the idea of flying
Hello. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of the story of higher, faster, and farther. First, i would to talk about the museum overall. It has over 8 million visitors a year. Looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. About 67 are on display in the National Mall building. What supports these artifacts are up to 60,000 small and medium artifacts. Were going to talk about the story of higher, faster, farther. A bit of a cliche in the history of aviation but has a real meaning. We look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. The idea of flying to the highest altitudes, faster speed, longest distances tells us a lot about the Technical Development of the airplane and the reinvention of what the Wright Brothers did. Only the smithsonian can tell the story. Behind me, you see the wright flyer. Oracle right, at the controls takes flight Or
Became the highlight of the century. We will be looking at this story of the higher, and faster and farther of aviation, but first i want to talk about the Aerospace Museum overall. It has over 8 million visitors a year between the National Mall building, and so looking at the story of the atmosphere that i am working in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. Of those aircraft. 67 are on display in the National Mall building and what is supporting the artifacts is 67,000 small and medium artifacts, but what we will talk about today is the story of higher, faster and farther which is seen as a cliche throughout the history of aviation, but it has a real meaning to it. And in which we look at the people who made the quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. And so, the idea of flying the highest altitude and the fastest speed and the longest distances tells us a lot about the Technical Development of the airplane, and also the invention of the Wright Brothers and what t
[ applause ] American History tvs reel america journeys through the 20th century with archive films, tonight focus on the police and communities. 8 00 p. M. Cbs news special report watts, riot or revolt . This 1965 report looks back to the watts riots tracing the events of august 11 through 17, 1965. And searching for reasons behind the violence and destruction. At 9 00 p. M. Pilot district project washington, d. C. A series of three 1971 office of Economic Opportunity films documenting a program to improve Community Police relations in the nations capital. Just before 10 00 the people and the police, oakland. This 1974 kron tv Program Investigates the history of Police Brutality in oakland, california, and documents a variety of efforts to reform the department. And at 10 25 p. M. A 1960 Police Training film explains how to recognize and deal with the mentally ill. All of this coming up tonight on American History tv. Next, reverend al sharpton and Trayvon Martins Attorney Benjamin Cr
George w. Bush. A big difference between terrorists and teenage daughters is that on occasion you can successfully negotiate with terrorists. So i wish my daughters listened to me a little bit more. Congressman John Radcliff from texas, 4th congressional district, we appreciate your time. You bet. Thank you. Tonight on cspan3, American History tv in primetime with archival footage from reel america series. Up next, News Coverage of the 1965 watts riots in los angeles. Then a series of government films produced in 1971 that documents a program to improve Community Police relations in the nations capital. Thats followed by footage examining the history of Police Brutality in oakland, california. Later, a 1960 film sponsored by Louisiana Association for Mental Health depicting how Police Officer should respond in situations involving the mentally ill. Each week American History tvs reel america gives you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. Cbs reports watts riot o