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Attempted use of rockets to propel an ice skater

Three rockets are adjusted on a metal holder fastened to the back of an ice skater. View of rocket ignition control fastened on skater's belt. He presses button to close battery circuit and ignite rockets. He leans forward and starts to be propelled by the rockets. But the skater loses his balance in the humorous stunt and falls on the ice, with the rockets still firing.

Date: 1920
Duration: 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042057
Attempts to fly a human-powered airplane or vintage flying machine

Early attempts of aviation. Views of a man using bicycle-type pedals to power an airplane. View of the machine atop a launching ramp. Two men assist as the operator pedals and the machine moves down the ramp. The would-be airplane simply falls off the end of the ramp onto the ground. The attempt is repeated with the same results.

Date: 1920
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042058
Early and historic flight: Attempts to fly ornithopters, including Gustav Lilienthal's large ornithopter.

Scenes of vintage, historic, early aviation flight attempts: Men at controls of several unsuccessful ornithopter aircraft, intended to fly by flapping wings. One man rides a bicycle equipped with wings that he flaps using sticks by his handle bars. Another sits in a tub-like machine with tricycle wheels, as it "flaps" its wings. In a third scene, men assist as operator moves very large wings on a machine. Although the wings move, the machine doesn't. This large machine might be Gustav Lilienthal's ornithopter. It had a 3 horse-power motor. Location might be Berlin's Tempelhof Airport, around 1927

Date: 1920
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042059
Man attaches wings to his body in unsuccessful attempt to fly

A man, "wearing" large fabricated wings and a tail, walks along the ground. He mounts a large rock and jumps off in an attempt to fly, but simply falls on the ground.

Date: 1920
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042060
Germans express anger in Berlin over Article 228 of the Treaty of versailles. French General Debeney watches troops in Paris

Unter den Linden in Berlin, Germany after the end of World War 1. German people angry about the Treaty of Versailles, gathering on Unter den Linden, in Berlin. A poster on a wall lambasting the Allies (British and French, in particular) for the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, especially Article 228 giving the Allies authority to prosecute Germans accused of violating the laws and customs of war. Complete break and change of scene to France. Small unit of French troops, led by officer on a white horse, marching on street in Paris. Closeup of French General Marie-Eugene Debeney, Commandant la place de Paris, as he watches the troops assemble in formation with the officer on white horse, in center, across the street from where he stands . Several Renault FT light tanks parked on pavement next to a building.

Date: 1920
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042454
Film 'History of Airplanes' shows early model aircraft at Professor Langley's aerodrome in United States.

Film 'History of Airplane' shows the early aircraft in United States. Early model aircraft at Professor Langley's aerodrome. Monoplane Flying machine takes off from the aerodrome. Aircraft in flight on water surface. Curtiss Pusher biplane in flight. Types of early aircraft parked on ground. Pilot seated in cockpit of aircraft. A group of men works on an early aircraft. Curtiss Aircraft stationed on field.

Date: 1920
Duration: 5 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043551