The history of aviation. French aviator Louis Blériot flies an aircraft over the English Channel on July 25, 1909. Blériot XI monoplane at an airfield in France. Bleriot at the controls of the airplane. A man stands nearby. Louis Blériot takes off in the Blériot XI.
The history of aviation. Wilbur Wright and a French journalist fly in an aircraft in France. October 3, 1908 headlines proclaim the event. Wilbur Wright and the journalist get into the aircraft. Launching of the aircraft. The aircraft in flight overhead. Pressmen standing on the airfield duck as the aircraft flies overhead. The Wright aircraft flies overhead.
The history of aviation. American aviator Glenn Curtiss at the controls of his first aircraft in Rheims, France in 1909. The aircraft starts to take off. Men stand in the foreground.
Floods in France. Heavy losses due to the floods. Flooded streets in an area. Buildings submerged in water. Men row a boat in water.
U.S. troops in France during World War II. Damaged houses in an area. A flag on a pole. Soldiers aboard a truck. A soldier climbs up an electric pole. The troops string telephone wires between Gourbesville and Amereville. Horse carts, jeeps and trucks driven along a street. Some of the soldiers walk.
Aviation activities in France during World War I. Lieutenant Lucien Dautresme and observer Henry Paschen climb into the cockpit of a Salmson 2 A.2. A ground crewman near the aircraft. His hands on the propeller of the aircraft. He turns the propeller of the aircraft. The aircraft takes off and in flight overhead.
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