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Wilbur Wright flies Wright Model A Flyer during the first public flight demonstrations in France.

Headline of the newspaper 'New York American' reads 'Wright Glides in Air as a Hawk, Flies 2.17 miles in 106 seconds'. Pictures of the Wright Model A Flyer under the headlines. Wilbur Wright prepares the Wright Model A Flyer for flight at the Hunaudieres horse racing track near Le Mans, France. A horse cart pulls the plane on field. Men pull a rope connected to a launching weight held in a derrick. The plane is catapulted from the runway when the men release the weight. Spectators in a grandstand look through binoculars, among them is Louis Bleriot. View of the Wright plane in flight high above the racetrack, with Wilbur Wright seated upright at the controls.

Location: Le Mans France
Date: 1908, August 8
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049965
British soldiers fire antiaircraft guns at a German observation airplane in Busigny, Nord, France.

The sixth section battery 'F' antiaircraft service of the British Expeditionary Forces in action in Busigny, Nord, France during World War I. The battery in action against a German observation airplane. Two antiaircraft guns are mounted on World War I vintage trucks which are jacked up on blocks and are leveled with leveling screw jacks. Soldiers standing nearby. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: Busigny Nord France
Date: 1918
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051063
World War 1 Anti-aircraft bursts near a French observation balloon in flight at Souain in Marne, France.

A film on the development of air power. A French observation balloon in flight at Souain in Marne, France on October 2, 1918 during World War I. Anti-aircraft bursts near the observation balloon. Wreckage of a bombed village in the background.

Location: Souain Marne France
Date: 1918
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051064
A man salutes in a German cemetery in St. Mihiel, France after the St. Mihiel Offensive of World War I.

Consequences of the St. Mihiel Offensive of World War I. A German cemetery in St. Mihiel, France. A road along the cemetery. Trees along the road. A vehicle parked on the road. A man standing in the cemetery salutes. A soldier enters the cemetery.

Location: Saint Mihiel France
Date: 1918
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051149
Ukrainians and Belorussians, who fled to France to escape poor treatment under Polish domination, return home after 20 years.

The Soviet ship Vyacheslav Molotov is seen, docked at the French port of Le Havre. A crane raises cargo onto the ship. Ukrainian and Belorussian passengers stand on the pier, ready to board the ship that will take them to their former hometowns. One woman walks up the gangplank with a flag and a carryall displaying the image of Joseph stalin. On the pier, French Army officers process the embarking passengers, as a Soviet Army officer stands nearby. Closeup of documents being stamped. (Narrator states that these refugees fled their homes for France, 20 years earlier, when they were under the domination of Poland.) The Soviet officer encouraging passengers up the gangplank. View from high on the ship, of passengers clustered around the processing station. Camera pans up to the ship's funnel, where Soviet hammer and sicle is displayed. View from behind people waving on the dock, of the passengers lining the railing of the ship, waving goodbye as the ship slowly begins to move forward and then is seen underway. Scene fades to reopen showing the ship in waters of the Black Sea approaching the port of Odessa, Ukraine. Buildings seen upon cliffs overlooking the port. Several views of the passengers assembled on deck looking toward shore. Closeups of passengers and their flags. A Ukrainian woman gives a speech about her joy at homecoming. Other passengers applaud. A man holds up a homemade sign reading (in Russian) "LONG LIVE SOVIET-HOMELAND I-EE-GOVERNMENT." Passengers disembarking down the gangplank, carrying flags and riding in open small trucks away from the ship.

Location: Le Havre France
Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054040
French War Brides at Camp Philip Morris in Le Havre, France at end of World War 2

Camp Philip Morris in Le Havre, France. War brides of American soldiers at railway station preparing to travel to Camp Philip Morris. Several American soldiers are seen with their wives and babies. The war brides fill the train and it leaves the station, as American Military Police in white helmets stand and salute. Passengers look out of the windows of the railroad cars. A sign reads 'Camp Philip Morris'. War brides arrive by bus and carry belongings to their quarters. Camp buildings in view.

Location: Le Havre France
Date: 1945
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054472
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