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Look to Lockheed for Leadership (Part II)

1940/15 min 54 sec/53 shots

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This industrial film presents Lockheed’s aviation innovations, following aircraft production from analysis of metal alloys and the forging of fuselage components to aerodynamic principles governing wings, rudders, and flaps. It shows aircraft taking off and landing while highlighting the Fowler flap’s lift and braking action, concluding with Lockheed’s commercial transports and military planes, including Hudson bombers and P-38s.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: Tradefilms, Inc.
Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Look to Lockheed for Leadership (Part II)
Date: 1940-06-19T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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