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The Wright brothers and early models of airplanes developed and flown by them in the United States.

Depicts contribution of Wright brothers in development of airplanes. Old French bi-planes fly in parallel. Orville and Wilbur Wright brothers discuss with other man. Glider dragged of hill flies steadily. Wilbur attaches wheel beneath wing. First heavier than air plane takes off at Kitty hawk North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. Headlines of news paper about the event. Wilbur Wright prepares to fly under French Government subsidy, at La Mans in France. Orville flies with a passenger in Fort Myers, Virginia for an Army acceptance demonstration in July 1909. Men on ground watch the sustained flight of the plane. Bi plane flies close to ground in an open field. Military officials near the hanger of the plane. Wright brothers inspect catapult rails. The plane towed out and put on catapult. Two men rotate propeller to start the plane. Men pull weight to catapult the plane. Wright flyer climbs and plane takes off.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1909
Duration: 7 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036849
Funeral procession of U.S. President William Taft from his Washington DC home, to the Capitol, and then Arlington Cemetery

Troops carry casket containing the body of U.S. President William H Taft from his Washington DC home to the Capitol building in a horse cart. Escort is provided by U.S. Army troops E and F, 3rd Cavalry, from Fort Myer, Virginia. Citizens view the body in Capitol Rotunda. People queue up for paying homage to the body of the deceased President Taft. The casket is placed on a hearse for the journey across the Potomac. The body is borne by caisson All Souls Unitarian Church. Flowers at the grave of President William Howard Taft at Arlington National Cemetery.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1930, March 11
Duration: 7 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025670
Office entrance of the Liggett and Myers Tobacco factory in Richmond, Virginia.

Liggett and Myers Tobacco factory in Richmond, Virginia. Building of the Liggett and Myers Tobacco factory. Several cars parked in front of the building. Vehicular traffic passes by. Office entrance of the factory. A sign on the entrance gate reads 'Office'. A sign on the road in front of the entrance reads 'No Parking'. Men enter the office.

Location: Richmond Virginia USA
Date: 1939, April
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054127
Fort Myers, Florida man practices primitive lifestyle by spearing fish, making fire with sticks and eat with bare hands

Primitive lifestyle of a man from Fort Myers, Florida. Man, wearing only a loincloth, spears fish and crabs from river. Man returns to his makeshift wooden hut. Man makes a fire using a bow drill and adds a bundle of dry leaves and branches. Man eats only with his bare hands.

Location: Fort Myers Florida USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078527
A soldier arrives at the U.S. Military District of Washington DC and reports to Fort Myer to join the U.S. Army.

A soldier (PFC Ed Griffiths) arrives in new assignment with the U.S. Army in Washington DC, United States. U.S. Army Sergeant Stuart Queen in his office. Military MATS C-131 (Convair 240) airliner in flight over Washington DC area with PFC Griffiths and other personnel aboard. Army personnel seated in the aircraft. The captain makes arrival announcements. Aerial view of the Washington Monument , the National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, and Potomac River and the Capitol. Military Air Transport Command C-131 parked and passengers descending stairs upon arrival in Washington, DC. They exit the Operations building and look for ground transportation to their destinations. Soldier gets into a taxi cab. He looks at the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Monument, across the Potomac River, as the cab drives, along the George Washington Parkway, past them. He arrives at the U.S. Army Military District of Washington Headquarters, at Fort Myer, and reports for his new assignment in Headquarters Company, U.S. Army. The Sergeant in charge introduces Sergeant Stuart Queen to the soldier. He is warmly welcomed.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1958
Duration: 4 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073531
Colonel Fulgencio Batista in DC and reviewing U.S. cavalry and field artillery regiments at Fort Myer with General Malin Craig

Cuban Leader Colonel Fulgencio Batista in Washington DC, United States. Colonel Batista also known as 'Iron Man' arrives with his wife for a good will mission in Washington DC. Close views of Batista and his wife. Scene from Fort Myer where he reviews United States cavalry and field artillery regiments with U.S. General Malin Craig.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1938, November 14
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043743
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