Odd Ducks: Unusual Aircraft from the Movietone Collection, 1921-1934

Aviation was new and exciting in the 1920’s and ’30’s, and Fox Movietone News followed developments in the field pretty closely. Along the way, they covered stories of some unusual aircraft, some of which actually flew and others that never made it off the ground. The men behind them ranged from Jack Northrup, one of the great names in American aviation, to Roy Scroggs, a lone inventor in Eugene, Oregon. Here is a summary and some background on the segments in this video: 00:19 Vincent Burnelli’s RB-1: Vi