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Wright brothers give first public demonstration of their airplane at Le Mans in France.

Development of first airplane by Wright brothers in United States. Launch of Wright Flyer at Le Mans in France. The Flyer prepares to take off using a catapult device. Headlines of a newspaper. Wilbur Wright places carriage wheel beneath wing. A horse drawn cart attached with Wright Flyer. Men pull propellers to start the engine. Man checks catapulting rail, while others pull rope to lift weight to top of drop tower. Wright Flyer operates smoothly. French dignitaries and social leaders in stands.

Location: Le Mans France
Date: 1908
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036820
United States 1st Army rolls into St. Quentin, France and crosses over to Belgium, in World War II

U.S. 1st Army troops pass an abandoned German pill box near Cambrai, on their way to the Belgian border, during World War 2. U.S. tanks advancing along road to Saint-Quentin on September 1, 1944.Road sign points toward St. Quentin. Some French civilians watch as troops ride into the city aboard military vehicles. American flag is seen at window of a building.September 2nd, lead elements of the 1st Army pass road sign marking boundary between France and Belgium. A road sign on ground at the old formal border reads "Douane Belge." American tanks speed across Belgian fields in pursuit of retreating German soldiers.US units firing tank guns and machine guns at German positions.Smoke rising.Destroyed and burning German artillery, tanks, halftracks, and other vehicles and equipment along side of road.Destroyed civilian automobile and wagons. American troops entering town where Belgian flags fly. German Army Captain, accompanied by U.S. troops, urges his soldiers to surrender.He steps over wire fencing into a field where German soldier are coming forward. View of numerous German prisoners of war being held in a meadow.

Location: Saint Quentin France
Date: 1944, September
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037772
United States Army 82nd Airborne Division soldiers capture a German soldier in Saint Marcouf in France

United states Army 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers roundup and capture German soldiers in Saint Marcouf, France. One German has a bandaged hand. The U.S.paratroopers interrogate and search a German soldier. 101st Airborne (Screaming Eagle) paratroopers driving a pair of French Armored Carrier UE artillery tractors captured in use by German troops.The troopers questioning German prisoner. (World War II period).

Location: Saint Marcouf France
Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038159
United States gliders take off in Saint Marcouf, France

United States gliders taxi along the runway before taking off from Saint Marcouf in France. Planes take off and seen in flight.

Location: Saint Marcouf France
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038161
American soldiers in Chateau Thierry, France during World War I;destroyed bridge and Big Bertha gun emplacement

U.S. Army soldiers with rifles in fields of Chateau Thierry France during World War I. They are firing rifles from prone positions. Soldier in foreground seems to be having trouble with the bolt on his rifle. Buildings across a river in area still held by Germans. The buildings seem relatively intact. But a bridge across the river is completely destroyed. An empty German 'Big Bertha' gun emplacement is examined by American soldiers. One holds up a large howitzer shell casing found at the emplacement. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: Chateau-Thierry France
Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039779
Wilbur Wright demonstrates flying in Le Mans in France

Wilbur Wright demonstrates in Le Mans in France to convince people that man could fly. Plane moves down track. Plane airborne after leaving single track. Men stand on ground as plane takes-off. Several French dignitaries sit and watch Wilbur Wright flying over barren terrain. A newspaper headline reads 'Wright glides in air as a hawk'.

Location: Le Mans France
Date: 1908
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040861
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