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Wright Brothers give first public demonstration of their Wright flyer in Le Mans, France.
Officials and interested spectators fill the stands at Hunaudieres race course, near Le Mans, France, to watch a demonstration of a Wright Flyer airplane. Wilbur Wright places a large wheel under the aircraft as he and his team prepare a Model A Wright Flyer, for movement.Horses are seen towing it across a field. A man checks the planes launching track. Closeup of men maneuvering the aircraft into position on the launching track. Next, several of them are seen pulling together on a rope to raise a heavy weight up a small tower, to provide the launching power for the airplane. Next, two men pull the propellers through to start the Flyer’s engine. A passenger is already seated as Wilbur Wright climbs aboard and puts his hands and feet on the plane’s controls. View of the launching weight dropping to the ground and causing the Flyer to accelerate along its track and take off. A group of officials, wearing white armbands, watch the takeoff and the Flyer as Wilbur Wright maneuvers it skillfully above the race track grounds. Complete change of scene shows U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt on a platform, covered with a huge American flag. He is giving a speech. Scene shifts back again to Le Mans, where the Wright Flyer is still maneuvering all about in the air, above the grounds. Scene shifts again to World War I. American volunteer flyers with the French Lafayette Escadrille are seen in flight gear, by their Spad airplanes (marked with their distinctive Indian in head dress logo). They run to their respective planes and board them. View of the Spad airplanes with engines running and then taxiing out for takeoff.
Spectators watch as mechanics prepare Wright brothers aircraft and launch it in first public exhibition at Le Mans, France
Demonstration of flying given by Wilbur Wright in Le Mans, France. A horse pulls the Wright brother's aircraft across open field. Spectators stand including various high officials in the French government. Mechanics prepare the aircraft for launching. Catapult device being erected on field. Wright brothers aircraft being placed on the launching rail. Spectators on stand. Men pull the catapult device for dropping of weight. Wright brother's aircraft being launched. The aircraft in flight.
The French ship "Pourquoi Pas?" underway in Antarctica, during 2nd French Antarctic Charcot Expedition
The bow ot the French antarctic exploration vessel, "Pourquoi Pas?" is seen as it makes way in antarctic waters. Ice floes are all around. The occasion is the second French Antiarctic expedition headed by explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
French aviator Henry Farman fills up the gas tanks of his airplane before taking off in Rheims, France.
French aviator Henri Farman in Rheims, France. Henri Farman checks his airplane before a take off. He fills up the gas tanks of his airplane with a gallon of gas. His airplane takes off. Trees in the background.
United States soldier handing out shovels to Iranian men
United States soldier handing shovels to Iranian men. The men have their heads covered. United States soldier handing flit guns to native children. Children standing in lines. The native children briefed. Children spraying the village. Children are running in the village. Native children spraying animals. Spraying of marshlands and ditches with chemical pesticide (possibly DDT) to combat malaria. (World War II period).
Iranian medical patient suffering early stages of rabies infection
An Iranian villager exhibiting symptoms of early rabies in third day following admittance to hospital, after being bitten by rabid wolf. He is restless and uncomfortable.