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This Mechanical Age

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This Mechanical Age is a 1954 American short documentary film about the early days of aviation, produced by Robert Youngson. In 1955, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject [One-Reel] at the 27th Academy Awards

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical28 Aug 1954

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This Mechanical Age was released on 28 August 1954.

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    CinemaSerf

    11/30/2025

    6/10

    Having recently watched Disney’s “Water Birds” (1952) it is probably fair to say that not everything that actually makes it up into the sky looks like it was born so to do. Here, though, we look at a range of man-made contraptions that had about as much chance of getting airborne as the Eiffel Tower. Using everything from bicycle power to steam and even feathers, this ten minute sojourn through aviation’s pioneering …

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