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Wilbur Wright demonstrates flying in Le Mans in France

Wilbur Wright demonstrates in Le Mans in France to convince people that man could fly. Plane moves down track. Plane airborne after leaving single track. Men stand on ground as plane takes-off. Several French dignitaries sit and watch Wilbur Wright flying over barren terrain. A newspaper headline reads 'Wright glides in air as a hawk'.

Location: Le Mans France
Date: 1908
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040861
Spectators watch as mechanics prepare Wright brothers aircraft and launch it in first public exhibition at Le Mans, France

Demonstration of flying given by Wilbur Wright in Le Mans, France. A horse pulls the Wright brother's aircraft across open field. Spectators stand including various high officials in the French government. Mechanics prepare the aircraft for launching. Catapult device being erected on field. Wright brothers aircraft being placed on the launching rail. Spectators on stand. Men pull the catapult device for dropping of weight. Wright brother's aircraft being launched. The aircraft in flight.

Location: Le Mans France
Date: 1908, August 8
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068543
Scenes from the Wright Brothers first public demonstration flight in Le Mans France.

First public demonstration flight of the Wright Brothers in Le Mans France in 1908 as seen in a 1928 commemoration film. Mechanics rotate the propellers of the aircraft for engine start. Orville Wright sitting in the cockpit with a person. The aircraft is launched by means of a catapult. The Wright aircraft flies low over a field.

Location: Le Man France
Date: 1908, August 8
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068545
The Wright aircraft in flight over high snow covered mountains at Le Mans in France.

The history of aviation. The Wright aircraft at Le Mans in France on November 18, 1908. The aircraft in flight overhead. Three balloons in the background used to determine the altitude of the aircraft. A high snow capped mountain peak. The aircraft in flight. High snow covered mountains having pine trees vegetation.

Location: Le Mans France
Date: 1930
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070408
Wright Brothers begin the public demonstration of first successful flight in Le Mans, France in 1908.

The first successful flight in Le Mans, France on August 8, 1908. French President Armand Fallières and a French General shake hands. French officers and civilians in the background. The civilians hauling up a launching weight that is to catapult an airplane from a steel launching rail. Wright Bothers airplane takes off for its first flight.

Location: Le Mans France
Date: 1908
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075712
Wilbur Wright's airplane carries the first passenger in flight over Le Mans, France in 1908.

The first passenger flight of Wilbur Wright's airplane in Le Mans, France. A newspaper announcing the first passenger flight of the Wright Brothers airplane. Wilbur Wright and a French journalist climb aboard the airplane for the first passenger flight. The airplane takes off and gains altitude. Civilians watch Wilbur Wright's first passenger flight. Tress in the background. Wilbur Wright's airplane carrying the first passenger.

Location: Le Mans France
Date: 1908, October 3
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075714
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