French soldier comfortably settled in ruins of building, cigarette in mouth, smiles and waves at camera. French soldiers among battle ruins during World War I on Western Front. Destroyed buildings. French officers and soldiers stand about by cars parked at a wartime ceremony in which soldier is being decorated. Fade to interior of the Gem Theatre, in Brooklyn, New York City, where these World War I scenes are part of series projected on the movie screen. Woman playing piano at front of movie theater to accompany the movie.
A film titled 'Fighter kills'. Strafing of trains, railroad yards, tug and barges in canals by United States Army Air Forces fighter planes during World War 2. Truck convoys, freight cars and enemy aircraft are attacked.
Louis Bleriot piloting one of his planes. French aviator Louis Bleriot, the first man to successfully cross English Channel seated in the plane. Plane is ready for take-off. A man spins propeller.
Father of aviation, Wilbur Wright adjusting a transporting wheel in a plane. A horse driven cart seen. Several men cranking the 25 horse power motor of Wright airplane.
Men standing near a Wright machine. Plane catapulted by means of a falling weight. Several men hauling up the weight that catapulted the plane from the rail.
French social leaders fashionably dressed watch demonstration of flying. Men and women are seen wearing hats. Wilbur Wright goes up with a French journalist remaining aloft for 55 minutes and 37 seconds. Both seen seated in the plane. Several men stand as the plane takes off. A newspaper headline reads 'Wright in new world record'.
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