Wright Flyer test flight footage. Designed by US aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright, the Wright Flyer II and Wright Flyer III improved on the earlier Wright Flyer in which Orville had made the first successful flight in a heaver-than-air machine (17 December 1903). All three Wright Flyers carried a single pilot and were biplanes with an engine to power the propellers. The Wright Flyers II and III were flown over Huffman Prairie, Ohio, USA, in 1904 and 1905. The 5-metre-tall catapult launching tower (seen here) was first used in September 1904. A falling weight and block-and-tackle system was used to power the catapult and accelerate the aircraft. Over 100 flights were made in the Wright Flyer II and Wright Flyer III during 1904 and 1905.

1960s: The Wright Brothers pose near early plane in photograph.

ORIGINAL WRIGHT BROTHERS FILM FTG ORIG. COLOR 1450 SOF.MAG (FTG CKED 09/04 NOW 1125') CS: VS WRIGHT BROTHERS PLANE ON DISPLAY AT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. STILL PHOTO OF PLANE AND ONE OF THE BROTHERS. NORTH VO SU. INTV W/ PAUL GARBER, WHO WITNESSED WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FLIGHT, ON HIS REACTION TO APOLLO II MOON FLIGHT. NORTH SU. VO ONLY DUPE NEG FTG OF WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT AND SEVERAL SUCCEDING FLIGHTS INCLUDING THE FIRST FILM SHOT FROM AN AIRPLANE OF THE TAKE-OFF AND IN-FLIGHT. CU'S BUSTS OF WRIGHT BROTHERS. MORE OF INTV W/ GARBER. NORTH SU. MORE OF PLANE ON DISPLAY. MORE VO ONLY OF DUPE NEG FTG OF WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FLIGHTS. MORE OF PLANE ON DISPLAY. INTV WITH SMITHSONIAN OFFICIAL ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF ROCKETS. MORE OF INTERVIEW WITH GARBER WHO TELLS ANECDOTES ABOUT WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THE HISTORY OF FLYING. VS STILL PHOTOS ON DISPLAY. 115 FT DUPE NEG FTG OF WRIGHT BROTHERS FLIGHTS. CI: AVIATION: PLANES, WRIGHT BROTHERS. PHOTOGRAPHY: STILLS. BUILDINGS: MUSEUMS, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. PERSONALITIES: WRIGHT, ORVILLE (B&W). PERSONALITIES: WRIGHT, WILBUR (B&W). PERSONALITIES: GARBER, PAUL.

[Wright Brothers Honored; Early Wright Flight w POV]

1908 or 1909 The Wright brothers' airplane, assistants crank the two propellers, the engine starts. Ms the people in the review stands, the French exchanging kisses and greetings and not looking as the plane rolls away to take off

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Aviator Ruth Nichols unveils the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, NC, in 1932

The first engine-powered flight by the Wright Brothers. Co-production with the BBC.<br/><br/>Note: This footage is from 1908 when Wilbur Wright demonstrated the Flyer in Paris.

A hand reaching for a green, vintage 1970 corded Princess Telephone and dialing a number. View of the Wright brothers National Memorial in North Carolina. Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright written on the building. The Wright Brother's museum. View of a Wright flyer aircraft flight from roughly 1908. More views from the museum: Sign board under pole reads 'End of 4th Flight, time Distance and pilot: Wilbur'. Location: North Carolina United States USA. Date: 1970.

B&W film, 1904. This film was taken a short time after the brothers first flight in 1903. Exact date unknown.

Washington D.C. - District of Columbia - National Smithsonian Air and Space Museum - Wright Brothers biplane w/ model of one of the Wright brothers on it (either Orville or Wilbur ) - old prop in b/g - DC

Aviation news: shots of Charles Lindbergh taking off, airborne in "Spirit of Saint Louis". Night HASs of dense crowd. Shots of Lindbergh being welcomed by French and American ambassadors in Paris. Sequence on Orville and Wilbur Wright preparing for their first flight at Kitty Hawk (00/00/1903), of first flight of the Wright brothers biplane.

The Wright brothers and their early successes. Orville Wright, a picture of the distance flown, Wilbur Wright on demonstration trip to Europe where he greets European dignitaries and makes a flight with a French journalist.

One of the Wright Brothers photographs the test flight of a biplane.

Wright Brothers

1960s: Diorama, display on history of transportation. Model of Wright Brothers plane.

ORIGINAL WRIGHT BROTHERS FILM FTG ORIG. COLOR 1450 SOF.MAG (FTG CKED 09/04 NOW 1125') CS: VS WRIGHT BROTHERS PLANE ON DISPLAY AT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. STILL PHOTO OF PLANE AND ONE OF THE BROTHERS. NORTH VO SU. INTV W/ PAUL GARBER, WHO WITNESSED WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FLIGHT, ON HIS REACTION TO APOLLO II MOON FLIGHT. NORTH SU. VO ONLY DUPE NEG FTG OF WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT AND SEVERAL SUCCEDING FLIGHTS INCLUDING THE FIRST FILM SHOT FROM AN AIRPLANE OF THE TAKE-OFF AND IN-FLIGHT. CU'S BUSTS OF WRIGHT BROTHERS. MORE OF INTV W/ GARBER. NORTH SU. MORE OF PLANE ON DISPLAY. MORE VO ONLY OF DUPE NEG FTG OF WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FLIGHTS. MORE OF PLANE ON DISPLAY. INTV WITH SMITHSONIAN OFFICIAL ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF ROCKETS. MORE OF INTERVIEW WITH GARBER WHO TELLS ANECDOTES ABOUT WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THE HISTORY OF FLYING. VS STILL PHOTOS ON DISPLAY. 115 FT DUPE NEG FTG OF WRIGHT BROTHERS FLIGHTS. CI: AVIATION: PLANES, WRIGHT BROTHERS. PHOTOGRAPHY: STILLS. BUILDINGS: MUSEUMS, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. PERSONALITIES: WRIGHT, ORVILLE (B&W). PERSONALITIES: WRIGHT, WILBUR (B&W). PERSONALITIES: GARBER, PAUL.

Wright Brothers National Monument, Wright Brothers National Memorial Wilbur Slow Tilt shot with Canon C300

WRIGHT BROTHERS

Wright brother's cycle shop in Dayton, Ohio. The building with signboard on its entrance 'Wright Cycle Co'. A cycle made by the Wright brothers on a display window of the shop. Signboard outside the shop reads 'Wright Cycle Shop', Here the Wright brothers made bicycles and began work on their first plane. Location: Dayton Ohio USA. Date: November 1951.