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The Brodie System included a portable rig for landing and launching light planes from a tight, overhead cableway. It was devised, tested, and named for Lieutenant James H. Brodie, F.A. The U.S. Army and Navy became interested in the Brodie System in the early months of World War II as a means of providing daylight air observation of German U-boat packs preying on U.S. convoys in the North Atlantic.

 Identifier

NASM.2013.0039

Date

bulk 1944-1947

Provenance

Scott Gregory, Gift, 2013

Extent

0.15 Cubic feet ((4 containers)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the following three 16 mm films: "Brodie Landing System for LST," approximately 20 minutes, color, silent, 1944 Kodachrome stock; "Brodie Landing System for OSS," approximately 22 minute, b&w, sound 1944 Kodak positive stock; and "Brodie Landing System of OSS (edited)," approximately 18 minutes, b&w, sound, 1944 Kodak positive stock. The collection also included a pamphlet, entitled, "Introducing for Commercial and Private Aviation The Brodie System: A Cable Runway for Landing and Launching Airplanes."

Rights

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Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Citation

Brodie Landing System Film Collection, Accession 2013-0039, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics

Brodie System (Suspended Wire Landing System)

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Motion pictures (visual works)

Publications