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The Wright Military Flyer Soars on Celluloid: Uncovering the Story of Our Oldest Government Film

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The oldest known government-produced film in our holdings is First Army Aeroplane Flight, Fort Myer, Virginia , which captured daring test flights of the Wright Military Flyer. According to Agriculture Department lore, this early filmmaking was done with a degree of secrecy. But what about the first government films?

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Summer Road Trip 2019: San Francisco and Yosemite National Park

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Senate, 1789 – 2015 , Series: Committee Papers, 1842 – 1946 (NAID 2127316 ). The area began as a military garrison built by the Spanish in 1776 and, after nearly 150 years as a U.S. This hand-colored glass lantern slide is one of a series found in the records of the United States Department of Agriculture.