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BF-1879: 206 LTV Tunnel Smoke Test
Footage of a wind tunnel test for the Bell 206 JetRanger. No sound.
Date:
196X
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
47G OT Wichita Falls
Footage of a Bell 47G lifting a large coil of plastic tubing.
Date:
1953~
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BF 3861 - Tail Rotor Strike - 206L in South America
Test footage simulating a Model 206L tail rotor striking a tree branch.
Date:
March 3, 1982
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BF 4912 - Huey II: The Legend Continues
Promotional film for the Huey II upgrade package for the UH-1 helicopter.
Date:
August 10, 2000
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Film No. - Film Title] 1st_World_Helicopter_Championships
Footage from the first World Helicopter Championship, held in Germany. The film shows attendees during different activities and a variety of helicopters performing maneuvers. No sound.
Date:
1971
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BF-018: 11th Air Assault, Edited Workprint
This film opens with then-Major General Harry Kinnard emerging from a Huey helicopter to deliver an update on the 11th Air Assault Division. The 11th was reactivated in 1963 to explore the feasibility of helicopter assault tactics for the U.S. Army. The film includes footage of several aircraft, including the UH-1 Iroquois and the H-13 Sioux. This is the workprint of the film, combining footage from the A- and B-rolls, referenced below. No sound.
Date:
1964
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Folding Prop Model Wind Tunnel Test
Footage of a wind tunnel test for a folding prop. No sound.
Date:
February 1971
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
One Thousand Years of Rotating Wings
A short film tracing the history of the helicopter from the early development of windmills and improvements in the aerodynamics of rotating wings. No sound.
Date:
1979~
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BF-1290: AH-1S - Enough Helicopter To Do the Job
Promotional film showcasing the anti-armor capabilities of the AH-1S Cobra. The AH-1S variant was an upgrade of the standard AH-1, equipped with TOW missiles and advanced countermeasures.
Date:
[1979..1981]
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BF-4720: 412 Fatigue Test Machines
Recording of the machines used to perform fatigue tests on the mast, yoke and spindle, and inboard blade of the Bell 412. No sound.
Date:
1981~
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U. S. Army XH-40 Helicopter Development Program, Progress Report #2, USAF Contract 33 (600)-30229
Film clips of test flights and product tests for the XH-40 helicopter with a XT53 turbine engine. Narration provides technical details about the tests performed and the features of the XH-40.
Date:
1956~
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Bell Helicopter test drills]
Video footage from Bell Aircraft Corporation on various drills and test flights.
Date:
195X
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The XH-40 Flight Demonstration]
Video footage of Bell Helicopters' XH-40 flight demonstration for the U. S. Army. The XH-40 is a six-place, turboshaft-powered light helicopter, designed with the primary mission of battlefield medical evacuation. Operated by one or two pilots, it could carry four passengers. Bell Aircraft Corporation Chief Pilot Floyd W. Carlson and Chief Experimental Test Pilot Elton J. Smith made the first flight of the Bell Model 204 (designated XH-40-BF serial number 55-4459 by the United States Army) at Bell’s helicopter factory in Hurst, Texas.
Date:
October 20, 1956
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Helicopter flying in the air above a forest of trees]
Video footage of a red Bell helicopter flying above a forest of trees, another helicopter is flying above it and recording the one on the bottom.
Date:
April 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BF-1834: 214ST Briefing with Tiltrotor
Product briefing for the Bell 214ST, with some footage of the XV-15 tiltrotor.
Date:
1983
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
UH-1B Armament Subsystem
Film about the XM-3 rocket launcher sub-system for the UH-1B.
Date:
1962
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BF-308: American Helicopter Society Presentation, Mag Sound Track Only
Sound track from a presentation to the American Helicopter Society. The track contains what sounds like combat noise, aircraft engines, and helicopter rotors. It is unclear from the audio itself what part this was intended to play in the presentation.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
CUH1-D TV Spot, Optical Audio Track
Optical audio track for a commercial about a UH-1 model manufactured for the Canadian armed forces. This film exists in four parts: A-roll and B-roll footage, a full-coat audio track, and an optical audio track. These are linked below.
Date:
[1962..1966]
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
CUH1-D TV Spot, Full-Coat Magnetic Audio Track
Full-coat audio track for a commercial about a UH-1 model manufactured for the Canadian armed forces. This film exists in four parts: A-roll and B-roll footage, a full-coat audio track, and an optical audio track. These are linked below.
Date:
[1962..1966]
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BF-5055: AH-1Z Introduction Ceremony
Announcement ceremony for the AH-1Z Viper featuring Lieutenant General William Nyland (Deputy Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps), Terry Stinson (Chief Executive Officer, Bell Helicopter), John Murphy (President, Bell Helicopter), and Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX12).
Date:
November 20, 2000
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
AH-1W SuperCobra
Video detailing the history of the AH-1W SuperCobra, featuring footage of the helicopter in action in Grenada during Operation Urgent Fury, in Iraq during Operation Desert Shield, and in Somalia during Operation Gothic Serpent.
Date:
1993~
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BF-2060: OH-58D Fort Hood Tests
Footage of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior at Fort Hood, showcasing its flight and observation capabilities.
Date:
1983~
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BF-3377: 35 Years With the Huey
This video contains footage of a number of UH-1 models, including the experimental XH-40, and Huey variant models: UH-1A, B, D, E, H, and N. The video shows the aircraft performing a variety of operations, including combat, transportation, and medevac. Some of the combat footage was shot in Vietnam in 1965. The video concludes with a still image of U.S. President Ronald Reagan exiting Marine One, at the time a VH-1N.
Date:
1989~
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BF-3671: Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA) Video
Promotional video demonstrating how law enforcement agencies have employed Bell helicopters. The video features the U.S. Park Police, the Virginia State Police, the Virginia Beach Police Department, the Fort Worth Police Department, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, the Delaware State Police, and the Kentucky State Police. Models featured in the video include the 412, 206L LongRanger, 206B-3 JetRanger III, and the 222.
Date:
1991
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library