The centuries of trial and error during which man acquired the power to fly. Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of bird flight; Sir George Cayley and the first glider; Stringfellow flies a steam-driven model in 1848; the Wright brothers’ first powered flight in 1903; rapid progress from 1914 to 1918; the passenger carrying biplane; the airplane comes of age; fighter design and high-octane fuels during the Second World War; the jet engine and super sonic flight.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
008625
Language
English
Subject categories
Animation → Animated films - Great Britain
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airplanes - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Flight
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)