Refine Your Search

Chapel Hill North Carolina USA 1955 stock footage and images

- Showing 19 to 24 of 27994 results
Launch of Wright plane in North Carolina on 17 December 1903 and in Virginia on 09 September 1908, United States.

Launch of Wright plane in North Carolina on 17 December 1903 and in Virginia on 09 September 1908, United States. Wibur Wright places wheels beneath wing on Kill devil hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States. Wright plane takes its first flight after launch. Flight of plane in France. Two men pull props through on the Wright aircraft. Frenchmen stand and watch Wilbur Wright who makes adjustment on aircraft engine. Launching tower at right. Wright plane launches by catapult in France. Civilians and officers attend the air show. Wright plane passes overhead. Flight of Wright plane in United States. Orville Wright and Lieutenant Lahm sits on control section of the plane. Wright plane launches by catapult launch track at Fort Myers in Virginia on 09 September 1908. Plane in flight at Fort Myers. Spectators watch the plane. Army personnel move the Wright plane across open terrain they remove hangar doors from storage building. Army personnel grouped around the Wright aircraft. President Taft stand along the spectators. President Taft walk through spectators.

Date: 1903, December 17
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025913
United States soldiers walk through an obstacle course during B-B rifle training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

B-B rifle training on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Soldiers walk through an obstacle course. A trainee puts on a helmet and a face shield. Another trainee fires at a face mask. The trainees walk through the course. A soldier's foot sets off a trip wire.

Date: 1969, December 15
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060241
A still photograph of a memorial dedicated to Orville and Wilbur Wright at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, United States.

A memorial dedicated to Orville and Wilbur Wright on November 19, 1932 at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, United States. A still photograph of the memorial atop Kitty Hawk hill.

Date: 1935
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075737
Dedication of the Wright Memorial, early flight by Orville Wright, U.S. Navy Martin PM-1 Navy Patrol Boats in formation

Officials gathered to dedicate the Wright Memorial at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina, USA. A wreath is handed up to two boys standing on a shelf around the memorial, paying tribute to the Wright brothers. A biplane flies past the memorial. Scene from an early flight of Wright Flyer II from approximately 1904, with Orville Wright at the controls. Some years later, a formation of U.S. Navy Martin PM-1 Navy Patrol Boat aircraft (biplane-style flying boats) in the skies over the American coast.

Date: 1932, November 14
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030449
Memorial to Wright brothers is dedicated on site of the first flight, and Orville Wright is present; Kitty Hawk North Carolina

Monument dedicated by Ruth Nichols and Patrick Hurley. The shaft reads 'Erected by the Congress of the United States, Begun 1928, dedicated 1932'. People gathered to watch the unveiling of a granite pylon. The ceremony marks the feat of two air pioneers. Orville Wright is present. He receives a congratulatory message from U.S. President Herbert Hoover. 'Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright' seen written on the Wright Brothers National Memorial (1000 N Croatan Hwy, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948).

Date: 1932, November 21
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040755
Students at an Appalachian industrial or training school in western North Carolina

Young men and women at an Appalachian industrial school or training school gather around an evergreen tree with a teacher and examine it. One of the school buildings in the background. School students walking on a road near school playground facilities. Children playing basketball in the background. Children cross a wooden bridge and proceed up a hillside path to reach a school building atop a hill. Possibly a facility of the Appalachian Industrial School or the Penland School of Handicrafts which provided skills and training to Appalachian Mountain children.

Date: 1935
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023116