French aviator Louis Charles Joseph Blériot in France (opening slate incorrectly lists his name as Jean Bleriot). Blériot sitting at the controls of his first monoplane, the first to cross the English Channel. Louis Bleriot's airplane, the Blériot XI takes off.
Developments in the field of aviation in the United States. Wilbur Wright flying at an altitude of 360 feet in his first successful airplane. In a later scene, high snow-capped mountains as seen from an airplane in flight years later.
Developments in the field of aviation in the United States. An early model airplane in flight. Trees in the background. American aviator Lincoln Beachey performs his first stunt flying. Lincoln Beachey stands. A stunt man stands on the wing of a Curtis JN-4 "Jenny" biplane in flight.
French aviator Henri Farman in Rheims, France. Henri Farman checks his airplane before a take off. He fills up the gas tanks of his airplane with a gallon of gas. His airplane takes off. Trees in the background.
The Wright Brothers in the United States. Orville Wright poses. Wilbur Wright points out directions to two civilians.
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. The storage building for Wright airplane at Fort Myer. U.S. President William Taft looks through doors which are surrounded by U.S. Naval and Army officers and civilians. President Taft in the crowd. Army personnel removing the doors from the building. Men remove the airplane from the hangar. They move the airplane across to the launching site near the headquarters building at Fort Myer.
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