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Wright brothers' success in aviation

1902 Still photo of glider made by Wright brothers in which they used wing warping technique for balance in flight. 1903 Still photograph of Orville Wright's first flight and plane on the ground. 1908 Newspaper headline and front page story of Wilber Wright's flights in France along with pictures. Wilbur Wright works on a transporting wheel of his plane in France. Horse tows plane across a field in France.

Date: 1908
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025925
Bob Hope show at camp Enari in Pleiku, South Vietnam.

Bob Hope show at camp Enari in Pleiku, South Vietnam. Bob hope and troupe entertain the United States soldiers. Performer plays trumpet on the stage. Performer plays the saxophone. Performer plays trombone. Band accompanies them from the background. Soldiers sit in front, watch performances and click pictures of performers. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1967, December 26
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025968
United States Atlantic ship sailors hold turkey and pose in Constantinople, Turkey.

Several United States Navy sailors hold live turkey birds and pose with a group of nurses for the camera in Constantinople Turkey. Five sailors stand outside of a building with a nurse. The turkeys flap wings and struggle in their hands. Nurses, officers and sailors sit and pose in front of a building.

Date: 1922
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026007
French and American Soldiers fight side-by-side in 2nd Battle of the Marne in World War I.

Camera pans over French soldiers in several trench locations along the Marne line during World War 1. Some are also seen digging new trenches next to a road. Several French troops and a farmer stand near two French Schneider tanks, one with a White diamond painted on its side. In far background troops are seen marching single-file. Scene switches to American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) moving single-file along a tree line. The film is destroyed between time code: 01:23 and 2:02, where it picks up again showing American soldiers gathered in a clearing in the woods. Horses and wagons, trucks, and a staff car are also seen. Next scene shows a long line of U.S. troops and trucks clogging a road. German prisoners, including some ambulatory wounded, walk past French canvas-covered wagons, and are seen near French soldiers. French troops with wagons pulled by donkeys, pass German prisoners of war, and enter the town of Longmont. Mounted French soldiers pull a caisson. The destroyed Abbey of Longmont is seen in the background as mounted French soldiers ride into the town. More German POWs walk towards the rear, past them. More views of the destroyed Abbey. A contingent of French troops with wagons and caissons advances toward the front.

Date: 1918
Duration: 4 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026012
President Woodrow Wilson's "Pilgrimage of the Heart" visit to Carlisle, England, in 1918.

On the way to the Paris Peace conference, President and Mrs. Wilson visit Carlisle, England, on 29 December, 1918. Crowds gather at the main Market square in Carlisle, England, to welcome President Wilson on his “pilgrimage of the heart” visit to this birthplace of his mother. The weather is foggy and drizzling. The Crown & Mitre Hotel, where the President and First lady are staying, and where Wilson signed the freemen's roll, can be seen faintly across the square. A troop of horsemen lead an open horse-drawn carriage carrying the President, Carlisle Mayor Bertram Carr and another official. They step from the carriage in front of the Town Hall to await a second carriage carrying First Lady, Mrs.Edith Wilson. While waiting, Wilson doffs his hat and waves to the crowds attending in spite of the dreary weather. The second carriage arrives and Mrs.Wilson waves a large bouquet of flowers as she steps down from the carriage,followed by Lady Mayoress, Miss Eleanor Carr. The President, First Lady, and others then enter the Town Hall.

Date: 1918, December 29
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026020
British Trade Union leaders receive Russian Trade Union leaders at Hamilton house in England.

Russian and British Trade unionists stand at the steps of Hamilton House in England. Colonel John Ward, Member of Parliament and Mr WA Appleton Secretary of Federation of trade unionists receive Russian Trade Unionists. They stand in front of the building shake hands, talk and pose.

Date: 1919
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026030