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Aviation History in France; early airplane history and notable French aviation pioneers.

Scene of a symbol which demonstrates man's desire for flight. Painting of Leonardo da Vinci. Drawing of Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine. Views of drawings of the attempts of man to fly. Photo of Clement Ader. Drawing of Ader's plane. Still photo of the first powered Wright Brother's plane. Still photo of one of Ader's planes. Photo of Louis Blériot. Gabriel Voisin's photo. Picture of Robert Esnault-Pelterie. Two French designers. Robert Esnault-Pelterie making a test by mounting a glider atop a truck. Gabriel Voisin towing a glider with boats on the Seine River. He stayed airborne for several seconds. Photo of Alberto Santos-Dumont. The plane in which he made several flights. A plane made by Gabriel Voisin "La Bagatelle" which was flown by his brother Charles Voisin. Scene of this flight. Henry Farman seated in plane. Several views depicting the first attempt to fly the English Channel. Three competitors were Count Lambert in a Wright Plane at Wissant, Hubert Lathan in Antionette IV at Sangatte and Louis Bleriot (winner) flying a monoplane of his own design from Los Baraques to Dover. Single of Bleriot's plane. Observers of the flight. The English Channel. The wreckage being salvaged by French boat. Wreckage of plane as it is lifted out of the channel. Wreckage being pulled down streets. Louis Bleriot walking on crutches. Bleriot standing in cockpit of plane prior to, attempting to fly the English Channel at Les Baraques. The takeoff. Observers watching the landing at Dover, England. Two men standing on roof top waving a flag. Field, tent and personnel at Dover, England where the landing was made. English people examining plane after landing. Ship on which Bleriot returned to France. Reception committee greeting him. Street scenes of his reception in Paris.

Location: France
Date: 1909
Duration: 7 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675034508
General Patton decorates Major General Walton H Walker and Colonel W A Collier of the XX Corps with bronze star in France.

General George S Patton inside Check Point near Pithiviers in France. General Patton enters jeep and drives away from CP. General stops along road to speak with soldiers. General Patton decorates Major general Walton H Walker and Colonel W A Collier of the XX Corps with bronze star. Lt. General Patton shakes hands with Major General Le Roy Irwin of the 5th Division. (World War II period).

Location: France
Date: 1944, August 26
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034891
Wilbur Wright prepares for first public demonstration of Wright Flyer in France. A Wright Flyer in flight at Fort Myer, Virginia

A film on the development of air power of the United States. Wilbur Wright places a large wheel under a Wright Flyer Model A, so it can be towed across a field in the first public demonstration of a Wright Brothers airplane at Le Mans, France. Next, A Wright flyer is seen in flight at Fort Myer, Virginia. An Army balloon is seen aloft in the background.

Location: France
Date: 1908
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051057
Adolf Hitler meets French leader Philippe Petain and Spanish General Francisco Franco in France

Adolf Hitler in a meeting with Philippe Petain in Montoire, and then with Francisco Franco in Hendaye France. Soldiers stand in lines. Philippe Petain gets out of a car in Montoire-sur-le-Loir. Pierre Laval beside him. Petain exchanging salutes with German officers. Cameramen take photographs. Petain shakes hands with Adolf Hitler. Scene changes to Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering relaxing and laughing as they ride in Hitler's train car. A sign reads Hendaye, the train's next stop. A bridge in view. A train arrives. 'Espana' written on train. A crowd gathered at the station. Adolf Hitler stands at the station and greets Francisco Franco. Both men walk on the station. Nazi flags hung. They board Hitler's train and pull dark curtain down over window of the meeting room on the train. (Opening slate states 1941, but that is incorrect. This event was October 24, 1940). (World War II period).

Location: France
Date: 1940, October 24
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675053449
Troops return to a rest area, dig fox holes and a burning USAAF P-51 aircraft in France during World War II.

The United States Army in France during World War II. On 5th August, 1944 : soldiers of 35th Infantry Division, 137th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion walk in columns while returning to a rest area near Le Mesnil-Robert. On 8th August, 1944 : an officer of 28th Division, 109th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion shows replacements where to dig foxholes in Gathemo. The soldiers dig the foxholes. A United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) P-51 Mustang burns after a crash landing near Vire. Ammunition in the aircraft exploding. The rescued pilot talks to two soldiers.

Location: France
Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057873
Burned buildings and a power plant in southern France due to Allied bombings during World War II.

Aftermath of Allied bombings in southern France during World War II. Damaged buildings. Children walk past a damaged building. A French woman with her children after the Germans killed her husband and burned down their house. A sign reads 'Matafelon'. A burned restaurant. A sign reads 'Le Port'. Machinery at a power plant. Water comes through a spillway.

Location: France
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078074
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