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Scenes from the Wright Brothers first public demonstration flight in Le Mans France.

First public demonstration flight of the Wright Brothers in Le Mans France in 1908 as seen in a 1928 commemoration film. Mechanics rotate the propellers of the aircraft for engine start. Orville Wright sitting in the cockpit with a person. The aircraft is launched by means of a catapult. The Wright aircraft flies low over a field.

Date: 1908, August 8
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068545
Invasion of St. Marcouf, France by U.S. 82nd Airborne Division soldiers during World War II.

D-Day Invasion of St. Marcouf, France during World War II. Soldiers of U.S. 82nd Airborne Division move into the wrecked town of St. Marcouf. They pass ruins and meet several French civilians on a road. A soldier smokes a cigarette in the background. Damaged buildings. The soldiers walk on rubble. 82nd Airborne Division soldiers pass a building with a sign 'St. Marcouf'. A damaged building in the town. Some soldiers seated and a few standing on a street. A U.S. soldier speaks with French children. A close up of a young French girl.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068778
U.S. 101st Airborne Division soldiers round up and interrogate German prisoners in St. Marcouf, France during World War II.

D-Day Invasion of St. Marcouf, France during World War II. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division round up and interrogate German prisoners.Opening scene shows U.S. 101st Airborne Division Paratroopers of the 506th PIR (Parachute Infantry Regiment) with Ace of Spades stenciled on their helmets. They apprehend German soldiers surrendering in midst of wooded area. A wounded German soldier is seen conversing with a U.S. trooper. He reaches out a bandaged right hand towards a Lieutenant. Another German soldier raises his hands as he surrenders. (Slate erroneously identifies 82nd Airborne.) Next, U.S. troopers are seen riding captured German Panzer I Ausf.A Sd.Ktz.101 tanks. One is pulling a field piece trooper riding on the barrel. . Ensuing sequence clearly shows Screaming Eagle shoulder patches on U.S. troopers of the 502nd PIR (hearts stenciled on their helmets) as they process German prisoners of war. Surrendered German military equipment, helmets and such, piled up on the ground.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068779
U.S. 101st Airborne Division soldiers invade St. Marchouf, France.

D-Day Invasion of St. Marcouf, France during World War II. The burial of a dead German soldier. Paratroopers of U.S. 101st Airborne Division advance across a grassy field. Soldiers of the U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division file past the paratroopers. A German tracked motorcycle parked on pavement, surrounded by 101st Airborne Paratroopers, some of whom stand in a group and hold a captured Nazi flag.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068780
P-47Ds of the 362nd Fighter Group at forward operating base in France during World War II

Two P-47D aircraft raise considerable dust as they make a formation takeoff from Advanced Landing Ground, A-12, at Lignerolles, France, during World War 2. They are painted with white invasion stripes Change of scene shows P-47D, tail number 42-27603, of the 362nd Fighter Group, 378th Fighter Squadron, parked on stiffened steel mesh (Sommerfeld Tracking) at the field. The aircraft is under armed guard. Its tail wheel appears to be sunk below the steel mesh. A motorcycle is parked beside the aircraft. Airmen walk around the airplane, looking at battle damage that is seen on leading edge and aileron of its right wing. Two holes are seen in the fuselage below the cockpit. A Military policeman examines the holes in the fuselage. Camera shows accidental closeup of steel mesh on the field that appears to be the square-mesh track variety (SMT). Glimpse of a P-47D making a dusty takeoff.

Date: 1944
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068869
U.S. 90th Infantry Division soldiers advance under cover near St. Jores, France during World War II.

Tank support for U.S. 90th Division, 359th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company F infantrymen near St. Jores, France during World War II. An aid man attends to a wounded U.S. soldier. A platoon moves cautiously along hedgerows firing M-1 Garand rifles and BARs (Browning Automatic Rifles) and rifle grenades. A tank fires, giving cover to the infantrymen.

Date: 1944, July 6
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070139