National Air and Space Museum Archives

2nd Bomb Group at Langley Field Photography

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.2000.0022
Dates:
1937
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.1 Cubic feet
(2 folders)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection of 264 negatives, with corresponding contact prints, concerns the 2nd Bomb Group at Langley Field, Virginia. These images were shot to aid the filming of "Test Pilot," which starred Clark Gable. The images include shots of uniforms, buildings at Langley Field, Boeing B-17 bombers and images of Clark Gable's double for this film.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Tom Britton, gift, 2000-0022, unknown

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

More Information

General

General
Note: While there are 264 negatives, there are three shots of each image. There are only 88 unique images that appear in this photography.
General
NASMrev


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Test Pilot (motion picture) Title Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics, Military Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Contact prints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Negatives Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Langley Field, Virginia Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
United States. Army. Air Corps. 2nd Bombardment Group Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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