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Aviation history; historic early flight scenes; first hand accounts from persons who knew and worked with the Wright brothers.

Views of traffic on a city street around the turn of the 20th century. A mix of horse and buggies and motorcars and bicycles. People waiting for a trolley car. Reenactment of persons using an early telephone and of early filmmakers at work with camera on motion picture film. The Wright brothers home at 7 Hawthorne Street, West Dayton, Ohio. The Wrights' former housekeeper, Carrie Grumbach, recalls December 17, 1903, a telegram arriving about the Wright brothers successful first powered flight. Glimpse of Wright brothers machine shop. Charlie Taylor, who had worked in their shop, speaks of being pleased at their accomplishment. View of the Wrights flying gliders at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Charlie Taylor describing how he machined and built the motor for the Wright brothers airplane. Glimpse of that motor or a facsimile. Men positioning the Wright brothers airplane for launching, and French citizens gathered to watch a demonstration of their airplane in France. French aviation pioneer, Henri Farman with two other men in his Voisin-Farman I airplane. They begin takeoff. Closeup of Brazilian aviation pioneer, Alberto Santos-Dumont. Other early aircraft in flight. A Wright Flyer passing over the Fort Myer drill ground in Virginia. An Army balloon in the background. Retired United States Air Force Brigadier General, Frank P. Lahm, walks across the tarmac on an airport and speaks for interviewer (unseen). He speaks about the difficulty the Wright brothers had in convincing the U.S. Army of the value of their airplane. He tells that in December, 1907, Wilbur Wright was finally granted an interview with the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications, which led to a contract, in 1908, with the Signal Corps. Moving imagesof Orville Wright and assistants bringing a Wright Flyer to Fort Myer, Virginia, to conduct flight trials for the Army. Views of the airplane being flown all around the area, watched by spectators. (This footage is a mix of 1909 footage where the aircraft shows two half-rounds of canvas in the front elevator, and 1908 footage, taking off and flying, where the aircraft has a single half-round of canvas in the front elevator.) After landing on the 9th of September, 1908, then, Lieutenant Lahm, accepts Orville Wright's offer to fly with him. Lahm climbs aboard the airplane, sits next to Orville Wright, and they are seen taking off and flying about for six minutes and forty seconds. (Lahm is the first. military officer to ever fly in an airplane.) The next scene shows the wreck of a Wright Flyer, in which Army Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge was killed and Orville Wright injured, on September 17, 1908.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1953
Duration: 4 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068445
Various activities like Gun fire test, technician works on a fabricated machine at Wright Air Development Center.

Activities at Wright Air Development Center, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Two burners under wing of B-47 Stratojet aircraft. Gun fire test on a container filled with hydraulic fluid. B-47 lands with drag parachute. Technician makes a part for aircraft C-97 Stratofreighter. A stenographer types notes. A woman takes out the printouts. Several view of various office workers. A project engineer works on a machine. A woman takes out the prints of graphs. Librarian checks out book for technician. A woman works on publications. Technicians seated at a desk and look at the project details. Various supplies kept in warehouse. A sign reads 'WADC Supply Shuttle Truck No 6'. A technician works on a fabricated machine. Instrumentation camera in operation. Theodolite camera track B-45 Tornado in flight. Technician checks the propeller. F-86 stationary. Divided frame in five sections shows F-86D Sabre, F-59 buzz camera, Matador missile launching,F-86D, Book entitled 'Nuclear Powered Aircraft' and Bell X-1 in center. Aerial view low-flying over facilites of the WADC in Ohio. A Wright Memorial. A title card reads "For us, This is Not the End."

Location: Ohio United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021356
Project Mercury candidate Captain James Wayne Wood, USAF undergoes test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

NASA Project Mercury candidate Captain James Wayne Wood, USAF, undergoes psychological and stress test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Astronaut takes an instrument in his mouth and blows air. Doctor checks his pulse and pressure wearing a stethoscope. Subject's feet dipped in ice water.

Location: Ohio United States USA
Date: 1959, February
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023386
Project Mercury astronaut candidate Hal R. Crandall rides Equilibrium Chair at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

NASA Project Mercury astronaut candidate Lt. Hal R. Crandall, USN, undergoes equilibrium and vibration stress test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He must keep the chair upright while blind-folded, and the chair vibrates at a high-frequency.

Location: Ohio United States USA
Date: 1959, February
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023382
Project Mercury astronaut Hal Christian undergoes treadmill testing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

NASA Project Mercury astronaut candidate Major Hal W. Christian, Jr., USAF, undergoes psychological and stress test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Astronaut undergoes a treadmill test. Subject walks at a constant rate on a moving treadmill which is elevated one degree each minute. The test continues till heart beat reaches 180 beats per minute. Subject sits on a stool in between the tests.

Location: Ohio United States USA
Date: 1959, February
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023385
Astronaut candidate Hal Christian undergoes treadmill test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

NASA Project Mercury astronaut candidate Major Hal W. Christian, Jr., USAF undergoes treadmill test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He sits on a stool while doctors take readings from an instrument.

Location: Ohio United States USA
Date: 1959, February
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023387
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