Summary: Coverage of early aviation history starting with Wright brothers' "Kittyhawk" of 1903, first heavier-than-air aircraft. Shows also scenes of the Bleriot, Farman and Curtiss early models, and 1929 German aircraft, the DOX. ON OCTOBER 10, 1929 THE DOX CARRIED 169 PASSENGERS ON SINGLE FLIGHT. 1) MS of German aircraft DOX taxiing upon water, plane is twelve-propeller driven on six engine nacelles (pull and pusher type props). 2) MS interior of aircraft showing news cameraman taking pictures of people on maiden flight. 3) The take off of DOX. 4) LS DOX landing. NOV 18, 1908, WILBUR WRIGHT AT LEMANS, FRANCE MADE A WORLD S ALTITUDE RECORD BY RISING THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FEET; NOTE THE BALLOONS TO DETERMINE THE ALTITUDE. 5) DS head on view of Wright aircraft in flight, three balloons in bg used to determine altitude of the aircraft. LITTLE DID HE DREAM THAT MAN WOULD REACH AN ALTITUDE OF 8 MILES IN HEAVIER THAN AIR AIRCRAFT WHERE THE TEMPERATURE IS ALWAYS AROUND 76 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 6) AV of high snow-capped mountain peak, camera aircraft flies directly over same. 7) AV high snow-covered mountains, pine tree vegetation on same. THE FIRST AIR CORP WAS BORN IN l908 (FEB) WHEN THE U.S. ARMY CONTRACTED FOR A WRIGHT AIRPLANE TO STAY IN THE AIR FOR ONE HOUR AND FLY AT A SPEED OF 4O MPH. LT. LAMH, LT. FOULOIS AND LT. SELFRIDGE WERE DETAILED TO AVIATION DUTY. 8) MS soldiers moving the Wright aircraft out of hangar building. LT LAHM AND ORVILLE WRIGHT SET THE WORLDS ENDURANCE RECORD FOR ONE HOUR 12 MIN. AND FORTY SECONDS. 9) MS Lt. Lshm sitting at controls, Orville Wright making final preparation prior to take off. 1O) MS Orville Wright getting into control section of plane. 11) LS Wright Flyer taking off from Fort Myer; headquarters building in bg. 12) PS Wright aircraft in flight at Fort Myer. LT. FOULOIS AND ORVILLE WRIGHT MAKE THE FIRST CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM FORT MYER TO ALEXANDER, VA. AND RETURN. 13) CS Orville Wright, Lt. Foulois and another worker standing near the control section of the aircraft. Foulois gets into cockpit, Wright makes adjustment upon aircraft motor. 14) MS starting ot the engine. 15) MS Orville Wright and Lt. Foulois before take off sitting in the plane. AMONG THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COMPETITOR OF THE WRIGHTS WAS HENRY FARMAN. (FARMAN'S MACHINE AS IT APPEARED IN 1908.) 16) PS of the Farman flying machine. FARMAN FILLED HIS TANK WITH A FEW GALLONS FROM A CAN; HE MADE A FLIGHT AT ISSY-MOULIN-EAUX IN 1908. 17) MS Farman fueling his flying machine. 18) PS of same taking off. 19) PS same in flight. LOUIS BLERIOT, DISTINGUISHED FRENCH AVIATOR AND THE FIRST MAN TO SUCCESSFULLY FLY THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, JULY 1909, PILOTING ONE OF HIS AIRPLANES. THE HISTORY OF AVIATION. THE TURN OF A CENTURY FOUND TWO BROTHERS, WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT, DILIGENTLY TRYING TO FULFILL A DREAM OF THE AGES TO CONQUER THE AIR. THE WRIGHTS LEARN TO FLY BY GLIDING. THIS IS A MOTORLESS GLIDER IN GERMANY. 20) PS launching glider from hillside in Germany. IN 1903, WRIGHTS STARTLE THE WORLD BY ACTUALLY FLYING IN A MOTOR-DRIVEN HEAVIER-THAN-AIR MACHINE. FIRST FLIGHT OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, KITTY HAWK, N.C., DEC. 17, 1903--ORVILLE WRIGHT, PILOT. 21) MS still photo--Wright brothers aircraft in flight, pilot in prone position while piloting same. THE WRIGHTS IN 1904 AND 1905 CONTINUED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT MAN COULD FLY, BUT NOT UNTIL WILBUR WRIGHT'S FLIGHT IN LEMANS, FRANCE ON AUGUST 8, 19O8 WAS THE LAST DOUBTING SKEPTIC CONVINCED. 22) PS of launching of the Wright Brothers aircraft in France showing launching tower, weight dropping, aircraft taking off. 23) MS spectators in stands watching the air show. 24) CU headlines of New York paper proclaiming Wrights flight in France. WILBUR WRIGHT, FATHER OF AVIATION, ADJUSTING A TRANSPORTING WHEEL TO HIS AIRPLANE. 25) CS placing the wheel beneath the wing and attaching same by means of strap. 26) LS horse and two-wheel cart to which rope is attached pulling the Wright aircraft across the airfield in France. CRANKING THE 24 HP MOTOR OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPLANE (A MODERN PLANE HAS FLOWN WITH 7200 HP). 27) MS two men pulling props through on the Wright aircraft, Wilbur Wright in bg making adjustments upon aircraft motor. EARLY WRIGHT MACHINE STARTED FROM A RAIL AND LANDED ON SKID: AFTER 1904 THEY WERE CATAPULTED BY MEANS OF A FALLING WEIGHT. 28) MS men checking the launching rail. 29) MS moving the Wright aircraft into position on the launching rail. 30) MS men pulling the weight up into the top of the launching tower. NOTE THE STYLES IN VOGUE UPON THE SOCIAL LEADERS IN FRANCE DURING THE WRIGHT DEMONSTATION IN 1908. 31) Spectators attending the demonstration, male and female, military and civilian. OCT. 3, 1908, WILBUR WRIGHT GOES UP WITH A FRENCH JOURNALIST REMAINING ALOFT FOR THE ASTONISHING TIME OF 55 MINUTES AND 37 SECONDS, THE WORLD' ENDURANCE RECORD WITH A PASSENGER. 32) CS headlines proclaiming event. 33) CS Wilbur Wright and the French journalist getting into the aircraft. 34) LS launching. 35) LS aircraft in flight. 36) CS pressmen standing on the airfield, ducking as aircraft flies overhead. 37) MS head on view, Wright aircraft passing overhead. LOUIS BLERIOT, DISTINGUISHED FRENCH AVIATOR AND THE FIRST MAN TO SUCCESSFULLY FLY THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, JULY 25 1909, PILOTING ONE OF HIS AIRPLANES. 38) CS Bleriot sitting at controls of his aircraft, man pulls props through on same. 39) LS RV Bleriot aircraft starting for take off, flies just a few feet off ground. WHILE THE WRIGHTS WERE DAILY ASTONISHING THE WORLD, ANOTHER FLIER CAME TO THE FORE--GLENN H. CURTISS, AMERICAN PIONEEER OF AVIATION AT THEIM'S, FRANCE IN 1909. 40) CS of Glenn Curtiss sitting at controls of his first aircraft. 41) PS Curtiss aircraft starting for take off--view obstructed by men in fg. IN THE EARLY DAYS OF AVIATION THE WRIGHTS AND OTHERS FLEW CLOSE TO THE GROUND FOR SAFETY AND STUNTING WAS UNKNOWN. 42) LS of the Wright aircraft in flight, low level. HERE THE FAMOUS LINCOLN BEACHEY, THE FIRST MAN TO STUNT AN AIRPLANE, WAS KILLED WHILE LOOPING THE LOOP AT THE PANAMA PACIFIC EXPOSITION IN 1951. 43) MS head on view of Lincoln Beachey stunting a Curtiss model aircraft, flying same down low over road--crowd along fence watching same. 44) CU of Lincoln Beachey adjusting crash helmet. IT WAS LEFT TO A LATER DATE TO DEVELOP THE SUPER DARE-DEVIL AND LOOPING THE LOOP IS NOW CONSIDERED TAME. 45) AV stuntman standing on wing of aircraft, 'Jersey Ringling" written on side of same. Stuntman switching planes in flight, grabbing hold of bar attachment on bottom of wing, hanging from same after switching plane by leg and hand only--releases hand hold and swings by legs. MANY WERE MORE-OR-LESS DANGEROUS MACHINES SET UP AS RIVALS TO THE WRIGHT BI-PLANE. 46) PS of early model type aircraft showing rotor attachment between each wing. Plane does not successfully take off. ORVILLE WRIGHT, THE FIRST MAN TO FLY A HEAVIER-THAN-AIR MACHINE, HAS SURVIVED HIS BROTHER AND HAS LIVED TO SEE HIS DREAM BECOME THE MARVELOUS REALITY OF TODAY. 47) CU of Orville Wright standing on boat deck, water in bg. WILBUR WRIGHT AT LEFT, BORN 1867 DIED 1912. 48) CS of Wilbur Wright and two Frenchmen standing on airfield. WHAT THE WRIGHTS LEFT TO POSTERITY. 49) Head on view, formation of ten early model twin-engine bombers. Good
