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Wright Plane flies in Le Mans, France.

Wright Plane flies in Le Mans, France. Wilbur Wight's plane with 25 horse power and two chain-driven propellers at Le Mans, France. Two men start propellers. Frenchmen pull Wright brother's plane 'B' Pusher type over the ground to steel rail catapult ramp. French military and civilian spectators at air show. Frenchmen pull launch weight into steel tower. Start of flight on 08 August 1908. Steel weight descends and plane catapult into air. Airplane flies.

Location: Le Mans France
Date: 1908, August 8
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025926
Montage of Wright brothers and their airplanes in France and at Ft. Myer, Arlington, Virginia.

As a contrast to the early pioneering airplanes, passengers are seen seated inside cabin of a "modern" airplane (Douglas DC-4E). View of the DC-4E in flight. A view of Orville Wright. Wilbur Wright gesturing as he talks with officials in France about an aerial course to be flown. Wilbur Wright placing wheels under a Wright Flyer before it is moved across a muddy field in France. A team of men pull a rope raising a catapult weight in a tower. The weight falls, catapulting the Wright Flyer airplane into the air. Soldiers remove a Wright Flyer airplane from a storage building onto the parade grounds at Ft. Myer, Virginia. The airplane is seen in flight with Orville Wright alone, at the controls, On July 30, 1909, soldiers are seen moving a Wright Flyer from its shed for its final acceptance test. President William Howard Taft, U.S. Army Major George Owen Squier, U.S. Army Major Charles E. Saltzman and Wilbur Wright are among those standing with the President, as the Wright Flyer is moved toward the parade ground. Views of the monorail and weight and catapult used for launching an airplane. Men turn the two propellers on a Wright Flyer, as Wilbur Wright stands at the rear of the aircraft engine and makes an adjustment. . On September 9, 1908. U.S. Army Lt. Frank P. Lanham, seen in uniform, seated on a Wright Flyer, is joined by Orville Wright. Wilbur. They take off and set a new airborne endurance record, and Lt. Lanham becomes the first Military officer to fly in an airplane. On July 30th, as part of the final acceptance test, Orville Wright takes Army Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois on a cross country flight to Alexandria, Virginia, and back again. They are seen aboard the Wright Flyer, and then high in the air on their way to Alexandria.

Location: Virginia United States USA
Date: 1908
Duration: 3 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033853
Launching of Wright Brothers' glider and aircraft in different places in Europe.

The history of aviation. A glider being launched from a hillside in Germany. The glider is parked. Several men stand nearby. The glider in flight overhead. The first flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina on December 17, 1903. A still photograph of Wright Brothers' aircraft in flight. The pilot in a prone position while piloting the aircraft. Launching of Wright Brothers' aircraft in France on August 8, 1908. A launching tower, weight dropping and the take off of the aircraft are shown. Spectators in stands watch the air show. Headlines of a New York newspaper proclaim Wright's flight in France.

Location: Europe
Date: 1908
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070413
First flight with a passenger on Wright plane in France.

First flight with a passenger on Wright plane in France. News Clip of Wright plane in flight with photograph of Wilbur Wright and a headline as 'carries passenger 36 miles'. Wright and a French journalist sit as passengers on the Wright plane on 03 October 1908. Plane flies over water for 55 minutes and 37 seconds. People watch from the ground.

Location: France
Date: 1908, October 3
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025927
French aviator Henri Farman fuels his aircraft and the aircraft takes off in France.

The history of aviation and early flight. The Farman flying machine in France in 1908. French aviator Henri Farman fuels his flying machine. The aircraft takes off and in flight.

Location: France
Date: 1908
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070411
Henri Farman's flying machine in flight over France

Tail section of plane designed by Henri Farman, a successful competitor of the Wright brothers. Three men seen around the plane. Farman pours gasoline into tank from a can. Plane taxiing for take-off. Plane in flight over Issy-les-Moulineaux in France during demonstration in 1908.

Location: Issy-les-Moulineaux France
Date: 1908
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040853
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