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Beginnings of successful powered heavier-than-air flight. Wright Brothers flights in U.S. and Europe. General Hap Arnold

History of aviation. A balloon in flight. Historic glider such as that which interested U.S. War Department as early as 1898. In 1903, a crew of men moving a Wright Flyer into position. Two men turn over propellers on a Wright Flyer, and the engine starts. View of the Wright-designed water-cooled engine. View of Orville Wright. The famous first powered flight, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with Orville Wright at controls. Animation shows that 120 foot flight juxtaposed against a B-36 wing. Wilbur Wright in Europe, in 1908, gesturing as he converses with interested parties. A gallery of spectators including the President of France, King of England, King of Spain, and King of Italy. Wilbur Wright places a wheel under the right wing of a Wright Flyer and lashes it to the strut. A team of horses pulls the plane across the field. Men maneuver the plane onto a monorail on the ground. Men pull on a heavy rope to raise a weight in a tower, for a catapult. Two men spin the propellers and the Wright Brothers airplane motor starts. Wilbur Wright and his passenger, a French journalist, board the plane. The catapult weight drops, launching the aircraft which flies low over the field. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt speaking (He is seen on a podium campaigning for the Bull Moose Party nomination at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kansas on September 22, 1912.) War department issues specifications for a heavier-than-air craft. Reenactment of a Wright brother signing a bid contract. A Wright Flyer airborne at Fort Myer, Virginia, as the Wrights meet the Army specifications and sell, U.S. Army airplane number 1, to the War Department, in 1908. Gold Aviator wings being pinned on the uniform of a U.S. Army pilot. Photograph of Army Air Forces Chief, General Henry (Hap) Arnold, wearing his original aviator wings on his service uniform. A Glenn Curtis training airplane starting up and taking off. View of a DH-4 airplane and a Wright Flyer taking off together.

Date: 1908
Duration: 4 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051723
Surgical operation aboard LST (Landing Ship, Tank).

Prior to Invasion of France. Surgical operation at progress in LST. Men busy operating a patient.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051819
Surgical light system explained to officers by an officer aboard LST (Landing Ship, Tank).

Prior to invasion of France. Officer explains surgery light system to other officers in LST. Operating equipment in surgery.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051820
Loading and checking vehicles aboard LST (WW2)

Preparations prior to the Allied invasion of France in World War II. American officers examine loaded vehicles aboard LST. Officers and crew watch. Elevator rises. Troops push away a truck from elevator. Signalman signals. Truck backs onto elevator. Officers smile.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051821
Military vehicles stowed atop LST (WW2)

American troops pull truck from elevator aboard LST, prior to the Allied invasion of France in World War II. Elevator rises with more vehicles. Star markings on trucks. Troops handle vehicles on deck of LST.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051822
Boat is lowered from loaded LST (WW2)

A loaded United States LST (Landing Ship, Tank) crossing the English Channel towards Normandy, France on D-Day in World War II. Boat is lowered. Troops aboard boat. Boat exits.

Date: 1944, June 7
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051834