Launching of Freighter Henry Ford II by the Ford Motors Company, United States. Men look down from the bow of Freighter Henry Ford II. Other men stand near it on dock. Freighter launched, drags into seawater. U.S. National flag on the ship. Sea waves rise to the deck of ship. Spectators on land watch the launch.
Balloon and Airship schools ran by the U.S. Air Service at various places in United States. Several hot air balloons inflated at ground at a school in Port Omaha, Nebraska. Eight balloons launched in air, one of them rises high. Students at the Ross Field, Arcadia, California. A big observation balloon moved out of the interior storage by the students. They attach a basket to the inflated balloon. Gasoline driven winch releases wire and balloon rises high in air. The Airship ship School. Langley Field, Hampton Virginia. A dirigible ZDUS.-1at the school. Students haul the dirigible out of its hanger.
Students of Balloon and Airship schools ran by the U.S. Air Service, training on balloons and dirigibles at various places in United States. Dirigibles ZDUS-1 and C-2 flying over countryside, farmlands and over a river. Student operators in the control room of ZDUS-1 communicate with members at various stations. Uniforms and equipment of the operators. A person in flying uniform cooks eggs and potatoes on a stove at the rear of airship. Crew members eat food inside cabin compartment.
Development of first airplane by Wright brothers in United States. Airplanes in formation. The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright talk with each other. Drawing of first model of flying machine at Dayton Ohio. Improved successive models. The hanger and living quarters of Wright brothers. The plane Ville Wright takes off from Kill Devil hills in Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, on 03 December 1903. A Wright plane takes off with hanger and a balloon in background.
Photograph of the Wright Flyer flying low over houses in the United States. Collage of photographs with the Wright brothers Wilbur and Orville in center. Various photographs of the Wright Flyer during flight and preparing to take off.
Sir John Bennett Jewelery Shop near a road, in United States. Still figures of Medieval Bell Ringers above doorway of shop. The mechanical figures ring bells. Top of building sign 'Sir John Bennett' inscribed on a stone. Clock on top of tower, above the still figures of clock ringers.
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