August 8, 1908 newspaper front page story about the Wright Brothers first public demonstration flight completed in France. Wilbur Wright adjusting a launching wheel for their airplane. Horses pull the airplane across a field. Two men turn the propellers of the Wright's airplane to start the engine. Men maneuver the Wright airplane on a steel takeoff rail.
The first successful flight in Le Mans, France on August 8, 1908. French President Armand Fallières and a French General shake hands. French officers and civilians in the background. The civilians hauling up a launching weight that is to catapult an airplane from a steel launching rail. Wright Bothers airplane takes off for its first flight.
The first passenger flight of Wilbur Wright's airplane in Le Mans, France. A newspaper announcing the first passenger flight of the Wright Brothers airplane. Wilbur Wright and a French journalist climb aboard the airplane for the first passenger flight. The airplane takes off and gains altitude. Civilians watch Wilbur Wright's first passenger flight. Tress in the background. Wilbur Wright's airplane carrying the first passenger.
U.S. Army 9th Machine Gun Battalion in Chateau Thierry, France, during World War I. Ruins of destroyed buildings on the street. Smoke due to mortar shelling. 9th Machine Gun Battalion march with rifles on their shoulders. World War 1 (WWI).
United States 6th Engineer Battalion in Chateau Thierry, France during World War I.. The 6th Engineer Battalion receives hot chocolate from the Young Men Christian Association (Y.M.C.A) before entering St. Eugene. A cart in the background. A woman pours chocolate in the mugs of the troops. The troops with rifles on their shoulders. A man puts the hot chocolate in a container which is kept on the cart. The troops move in a foxhole carrying rifles and mugs in their hands.
U.S. 12th Field Artillery Regiment in Chateau Thierry, France during World War I. U.S. troops on horse drawn carts. Soldiers on horse back. 12th Artillery Regiment troops unload ammunition from a truck. The ammunition is arranged properly.
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