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American built Curtiss Hawk aircraft piloted by French pilots down German airplanes in France early in World War II.

French pilots fly American built Curtiss Hawk airplanes in France early in World War II. French pilots board U.S. built airplanes to combat German aircraft. Formations of French Curtiss Hawks in flight. A German Dornier Do-17 bomber descending in normal flight. French fighters in the area. Downed German He-111 bomber near front lines is inspected. Frenchmen eat lunch using part of wrecked German bomber as a table. Holes on the damaged German aircraft. The Imperial German Eagle insignia is on the fuselage of the wrecked airplane (with no swastikas). But swastikas appear on the empennage. A triangle with 87 inscribed in it appears on the fuselage, indicating that 87 octane fuel should be used.

Date: 1939, November 27
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075696
Wright brothers preparing for first public demonstration flight in Le Mans, France

August 8, 1908 newspaper front page story about the Wright Brothers first public demonstration flight completed in France. Wilbur Wright adjusting a launching wheel for their airplane. Horses pull the airplane across a field. Two men turn the propellers of the Wright's airplane to start the engine. Men maneuver the Wright airplane on a steel takeoff rail.

Date: 1908, August 8
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075711
Wright airplane flies with first army personnel Lt. Frank Lahm over Fort Myer in Virginia, during an official exhibition.

Official trial of the Wright airplane at Fort Myer in Virginia, United States demonstrating compliance with specifications in the presence of the Aeronautical Board, U.S. Signal Corps. Orville Wright and U.S. Army Lieutenant Frank Lahm in the cockpit of the aircraft prior to the take off. The airplane is launched and it flies over barracks and administration buildings. U.S. soldiers remove doors from a storage building. The soldiers prepare to remove the aircraft from the storage building. U.S. Secretary of War William Taft, U.S. Army Major General George Owen Squier, Lieutenant Lahm and Major Faltpsam stand near the hangar building as the aircraft is being removed from it. Men tow launching weight up into the top of a tower. The launching tower shows weights suspended. A soldier moves the Wright aircraft out to the launching platform. Lieutenant Lahm sitting at the controls. Orville Wright stands in the front talking to a mechanic while another officer stands on the right wing of the aircraft. The aircraft is launched. Spectators watch the flight. Orville Wright making adjustments in the aircraft engine prior to the first cross-country flight in America: from Fort Meyer to Alexandria. A person in the back pulls the propeller through. U.S. Army Lieutenant Benjamin Foulois sitting in the cockpit.

Date: 1909, July
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075725
Aviator Howard Hughes takes off for Paris from Floyd Bennett Field in New York during his airplane flight around the world.

American aviator Howard Hughes takes off for Paris, France from Floyd Bennett Field in New York, United States. Howard Hughes surrounded by a crowd in front of a Lockheed L-14 Super Electra (NX18973) passenger aircraft. Hughes being interviewed by press. Crew with Hughes includes navigator Tom Thurlow, navigator and copilot Harry Connor, radio technician Richard Stoddart, and flight engineer Ed Lund. This is the start of a world circumnavigation flight that ultimately covered some 14,672 miles. The Lockheed L-14 Super Electra aircraft taxis and takes off from Floyd Bennett Field.

Date: 1938, July 10
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075739
Inspector General of German Federal Armed Forces Maizière receives U.S. Medal of Legion at the Pentagon in Virginia, U.S.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Wheeler awards the Legion of Merit to Inspector General of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany General Ulrich de Maizière at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States. A U.S. Navy band plays. U.S. Color and Honor Guards lined up. General Maiziere arrives with his wife and is greeted by General Wheeler. The Generals walk to a review stand, salute and receive a 19 gun salute. Color Guards march in front of the review stand. General Wheeler presents the Legion of Merit to General de Maiziere. The Generals and their wives proceed back to the Pentagon.

Date: 1969, April 17
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075770
U.S. Army headquarters at Fort Richardson in Alaska, United States.

U.S. Army installation Fort Richardson in Alaska, United States. A sign reads 'US Army Headquarters, Fort Richardson'. Vehicles move along a snow-covered road in front of a warehouse. View of a snow covered area.

Date: 1969, January 27
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075772