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History Kids: The Wright Brothers
In this video, students will learn about the early years of Wilbur and Orville Wright, their journey to inventing the first practical aircraft, and their impact on the world. They will explore the challenges the Wright brothers faced,...
Bridgeman Arts
Early aircraft model in hangar, the Wright Brothers, 1900s
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
Bridgeman Arts
First trans-Atlantic flight, 1919
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight, 14th June 1919. Clip from a film about the achievements of Vickers Aviation, made in 1957.
Bridgeman Arts
Pilots and designers experiment with very early aircraft prototypes, 1900s. One crashes.
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
Bridgeman Arts
1909, Louis Bleriot sets off for first flight over the English Channel
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
Bridgeman Arts
Wind in the Wires
35mm cinema short on the history of aviation/flight narrated by James Mason. This highly successful film was widely distributed across UK cinemas in 1972, and was voted Top Documentary of the Year. Contains very rare footage of Wright...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: I Was at Kitty Hawk Wright Bros.
A man who was present at the famous 1903 Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk, NC tells his story and tells what he saw.
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Wright Flyer Project: Dreams of Flight
Watch a video of the people involved with the Wright Flyer Project who are attempting to reconstruct the Wright brothers' original airplane to deteremine how it flew. [12:47]