First Omaha Air Races

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First Omaha Air Races

History Nebraska

Title: First Omaha Air Races

Record Group Number: RG4664.MI

Collection: Omaha Air Races

Contributing Institution: History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/

Date: 1931

Description: Amateur footage of the first annual Omaha Air Races, held May 15-17, 1931, at Eppley Field in Omaha, Nebraska. Includes the airport's formal opening, several airplane races and demonstrations, including the first demonstration of an autogyro west of the Mississippi, and a glider. Also shows the crash and death of stunt pilot Charles "Speed" Holman.

Language: English

Subject (Topics) : Aviation

Source (Names): Hester, Dorothy

Source (Names): Holman, Charles

Source (Places): Omaha (Neb.)

Source (Temporal): 1930s

Format-Extent: 00:15:00

Format-Medium: Motion picture film

Format-Medium: Black and white

Format-Medium: Silent

Dimensions: 16mm

Type: Moving Image

Rights: This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The organization that has made this item available believes that the item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. (CC Public Domain 1.0 and RightsStatements.org NoC-US 1.0). The original object is available at History Nebraska. For more information contact: hn.web@nebraska.gov

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