Early history of aviation, aircraft, and flight. Example of a dangerous would-be flying machine ornithopter that was being experimented with during the early 1900s.
Ex-German cruiser Ostfriesland taking direct bomb hits by United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Smoke seen. Four bombers in flight over USS Alabama. USS Alabama enveloped in smoke from direct bomb hit. Ship completely obscured by smoke. Plane lays smoke curtain. Plane continues over water. Plane continues laying screen.
USS New Jersey battleship used as bomb targets for Army bomb tests. Water shot high enveloping the ship. Fire on after part of the ship. Stern of the ship seen. Ship on its side in water. Keel seen as ship flips completely over and sinks below waves.
USS Virginia takes direct bomb hit on after part. Hit tumbles main mast. Ship enveloped in black smoke. Extensive damage seen. Ship starts sinking and flips over. The keel is exposed. Portion of bow seen as it plunges below surface. A ship seen in background.
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'.
Father of aviation, Wilbur Wright adjusting a transporting wheel in a plane. A horse driven cart seen. Several men cranking the 25 horse power motor of Wright airplane.
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