# U.S. NAVY WWII NEWSREEL KAMIKAZE PILOTS GILMORE BROTHERS 76644

This U.S. Navy newsreel consists of several segments. The first tells the story of the Gilmore Brothers, Charles and Lyman, who attempted to build an airplane several years prior to the Wright Brothers. The second segment shows the Japanese Kamikaze pilots and tells the story of "how they got that way". Next, a sexy interlude called "Showtime" with singer Joy Hodges. This soundie is typical of the 1940s era, where music videos often consisted of cute vignettes. This one is complete with the proverbial "bouncing ball" lyrics. Actress and singer Joy Hodges appeared with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Follow the Fleet (1936), but made her greatest impact by advising Ronald Reagan to ditch his spectacles, then introducing him to a Hollywood agent. Lyman Wiswell Gilmore, Jr. (June 11, 1874 - February 18, 1951) was an aviation pioneer. In Grass Valley, California, he built a steam-powered airplane and claimed that he flew it on May 15, 1902. Due to the requirement of a heavy boiler and the dependency on coal as a power source, the flights would have been unsustainable. Records and evidence relating to his claim were lost in a 1935 hangar fire. Gilmore, in a 1936 interview, reported a successful tethered glider flight in 1893 and a free glider flight in 1894. Gilmore further added that (although he had not reported it until 1927) he made a controlled steam-powered flight on May 15, 1902, however all records and papers related to his aircraft were destroyed in a fire. There are…

- Kind: Newsreel
- Genres: War, News, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/76644QuickFactsClientFilmBurnIn)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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