# 1942 CURTISS WRIGHT AIRCRAFT ENGINE PROMOTIONAL FILM "WRIGHT BUILDS FOR SUPREMACY" 85004

This black and white documentary, Wright Builds for Supremacy, is a film on how to create and build Curtiss-Wright aircraft engines, and was probably produced around 1941 to 1942. The documentary was presented by Wright Aeronautical Corporation which was in business from 1919-1929 and then merged with Curtiss to form Curtiss-Wright, remaining one of the divisions of that corporation. This film was narrated by Lowell Thomas, an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, and was produced by Audio Productions, Inc. Wright Flyer, the Wright Brothers plane, flying at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina 1903 ( 0:33 - 0:52 ). The Wright Company building of 1903 in Dayton, Ohio ( 0:53 - 0:55 ). Wright Brothers Paterson, New Jersey plant built in 1927-1928 ( 0:56 - 1:22 ). 1940 Wright Brothers plant number 2 was built in Paterson ( 1:23 - 1:47 ). Plant number 3 was built at Fairlawn, New Jersey ( 1:50 - 2:09 ). Plant in Cincinnati, Ohio ( 2:16 - 2:32 ). Inside the assembly plant showing the rows of machines ( 2:33 - 3:03 ). Wright Engineering – showing a large rooms of engineers going about their jobs ( 3:07 - 3:41 ). Making a cylinder head molding – making the molding using sand casting ( 3:55 - 5:23 ). The core is inserted into the mold ( 5:27 - 5:53 ). Molten aluminum being poured into mold ( 5:58 - 6:13 ). Mold broken open to find the cylinder head ( 6:17 - 6:33 ). Cylinder heads are cleaned ( 6:35 - 6:39 ). Scene inside a factory ( 6:40 - 7:00 ). Milling machine ( 7:01 - 7:09 ). Drills…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/85004WrightBuildsForSupremacy)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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