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Wright Brothers give first public demonstration of their Wright flyer in Le Mans, France.

Officials and interested spectators fill the stands at Hunaudieres race course, near Le Mans, France, to watch a demonstration of a Wright Flyer airplane. Wilbur Wright places a large wheel under the aircraft as he and his team prepare a Model A Wright Flyer, for movement.Horses are seen towing it across a field. A man checks the planes launching track. Closeup of men maneuvering the aircraft into position on the launching track. Next, several of them are seen pulling together on a rope to raise a heavy weight up a small tower, to provide the launching power for the airplane. Next, two men pull the propellers through to start the Flyer’s engine. A passenger is already seated as Wilbur Wright climbs aboard and puts his hands and feet on the plane’s controls. View of the launching weight dropping to the ground and causing the Flyer to accelerate along its track and take off. A group of officials, wearing white armbands, watch the takeoff and the Flyer as Wilbur Wright maneuvers it skillfully above the race track grounds. Complete change of scene shows U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt on a platform, covered with a huge American flag. He is giving a speech. Scene shifts back again to Le Mans, where the Wright Flyer is still maneuvering all about in the air, above the grounds. Scene shifts again to World War I. American volunteer flyers with the French Lafayette Escadrille are seen in flight gear, by their Spad airplanes (marked with their distinctive Indian in head dress logo). They run to their respective planes and board them. View of the Spad airplanes with engines running and then taxiing out for takeoff.

Date: 1908, August 8
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055378
Wright Brothers' first flight is celebrated and seen in archival footage, including flights at Le Mans France and other sites

Chronicling history of early flight. A German motorless glider early aircraft is launched from atop a hill and flies over bystanders on a field. Short history of the Wright Brothers flights at Kitty Hawk is given, showing planes, hangar, and living quarters for the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina during 1903 to 1908 period. Footage of successful flightby Wilbur Wright in Le Mans France on August 8, 1908. People watch from grandstand as plane flies. Newspaper headlines detail success in Le Mans. Front page of "The North American" is shown with headline "Wright Glides in Air as a Hawk; flies 2.17 Miles in 106 Seconds!"

Date: 1908, August 8
Duration: 3 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027432
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'.

Date: 1908
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040861
Wright brothers give first public demonstration of their airplane at Le Mans in France.

Development of first airplane by Wright brothers in United States. Launch of Wright Flyer at Le Mans in France. The Flyer prepares to take off using a catapult device. Headlines of a newspaper. Wilbur Wright places carriage wheel beneath wing. A horse drawn cart attached with Wright Flyer. Men pull propellers to start the engine. Man checks catapulting rail, while others pull rope to lift weight to top of drop tower. Wright Flyer operates smoothly. French dignitaries and social leaders in stands.

Date: 1908
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036820
French civilians at cheese and grocery stores and a woman sells newspapers to soldiers and civilians in Le Mans, France.

French civilians in the streets in Le Mans, France. Girls walk down the steps of the Hall of Justice with their blouse showing the French flag. French men and women buy cheese from stores. A man talks with soldiers outside a store. A female vendor fills a bowl with cheese and hands over the bowl to an old lady. The old lady puts the bowl in her basket. Civilians stand near by. Exterior of a grocery store. Civilians stand inside the grocery shop. Grocery articles displayed on shelves inside the shop. A French woman sells newspapers to soldiers and civilians. They read the newspapers. Buildings seen in the background. A woman sells photos of French General, Charles De Gaulle. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055596
Wright Brothers demonstrate flight with a passenger in Le Mans, France.

Wright Brothers demonstrate their airplane in public at Hunaudieres horse racing track near the town of Le Mans, France. The "Wright Flyer" is brought to the field in center of the track, by horses. French audience sits and talks. Two men rotate blades of the "flyer" to start it. A team of men pull a rope to raise a weight in a launching derrick. When the weight drops it catapults the airplane into the air. Views of the airplane in flight, with Wilbur Wright at the controls accompanied by a passenger.

Date: 1908
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026656