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A U.S. Air Force B-36 Peacemaker bomber aircraft lands at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas, United States.

XB-36 first flight on August 8, 1946, at Fort Worth, Texas, with Convair Chief test pilot Beryl Erickson and copilot Gus Green, at the controls. The XB-36 flying over airfield, with landing gear extended. Views from side and below. Views from above, from the side, from below and from the rear, as it flies some distance from the field, with gear still extended. XB-36 on final approach crossing a river, and touching down on first part of runway as it lands.

Date: 1946, August 8
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075683
Mountainous terrain seen below from a USAAF B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight over Japan soon after World War II.

A U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight over Japan soon after World War II. Aerial view of the B-29 aircraft in flight. Mountainous terrain below.

Date: 1945, September 20
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075690
Orville Wright takes off, flies a short distance and lands in an early airplane in the United States.

Types of airplanes in the United States prior to 1917. Orville Wright takes off, flies a short distance and lands in an early airplane. The Wright airplane takes off accompanied by a De Havilland airplane. An early blimp in flight.

Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075710
Wright brothers preparing for first public demonstration flight in Le Mans, France

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.

Date: 1908, August 8
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075711
An early model airplane taxis on a field in France.

Developments in the field of aviation in France. An early model airplane taxis on a field. Trees in the background.

Date: 1910
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075717
French aviator Louis Bleriot's monoplane takes off from a field in France.

French aviator Louis Charles Joseph Blériot in France (opening slate incorrectly lists his name as Jean Bleriot). Blériot sitting at the controls of his first monoplane, the first to cross the English Channel. Louis Bleriot's airplane, the Blériot XI takes off.

Date: 1909
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075718