Les avions de la première guerre mondiale 1914-1916

Les avions de la première guerre mondiale - 1914/1916 DVD cover.

Documentary (1996)

Starring:
Alex Scott (Narrator)
Albert Coia (Character)
Grant Slawson (Character)

(Synopsis needed)

Wright Flyer II

Orville & Wilbur Wright with the Wright Flyer II at Huffman Prairie May 1904.

Wright Flyer II.

Wright Flyer III

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Wright Flyer III.

Wright Flyer III

Wright Flyer III.

Accident of September 1908, 17th in a demonstration for US Army at Fort Myer, Virginia, injuring Orville Wright and killing his passenger Lt. Thomas Selfridge who thus became the first man to die a powered airplane.

Wright Flyer III.

Wright A

The model A did some demonstrations in France and Europe in 1907.

Wright A.

Voisin Archdeacon Hydroplane

Trial for taking off from the Seine river in 1905. The glider was towed by a motor-boat.
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Voisin Archdeacon Hydroplane.

Santos Dumont 14-bis

In order to simulate flight-like conditions, Santos-Dumont attached the aircraft to the belly of his latest non-rigid airship, the Number 14. Due to this, the aircraft came to be known as the "14-bis".

Santos-Dumont 14-bis.

Several flight attempts done in 1906. The aircraft flew for over 200 feet at an altitude of about 10 feet (3 m).
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Santos-Dumont 14-bis.

Voisin Farman I

First flight in 1907. Voisin built, with Antoinette V8 engine.

Voisin Farman I.

Antoinette IV

Designed by Léon Levasseur, first flight on 19/10/1908.

Antoinette IV.

Antoinette IV

Hubert Latham’s attempt of flight over English Channel on the 19th July of 1909. It failed due to engine failure.

Antoinette IV.

After forced water landing on the Channel, the airplane was destroyed but Latham was safe.

Antoinette IV.

Blériot XI

25 July 1909: first flight across the English Channel with an airplane.

Blériot XI.

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Blériot XI.

Blériot XI

Blériot XI.

Blériot XI Taxi-Pingouin

Specific training versions of Blériot XI, made for training in taxiing phases. With truncated wings, enforced fuselage, and big wheels, there were on purpose unable to take-off and fly.

Blériot XI Taxi-Pingouin.

Farman HF.1

Derivate of the Voisin Farman I, with Vivinus-Antoinette engine.First flight in January 1909.

Farman HF.1.

Farman HF.2

Highly modified variant of the Henri Farman HF.1 which was derivate of the Voisin Farman I. First flight in 1909.

Farman HF.2.

Curtiss No.1 Golden Flyer

First flight in 1909.

Curtiss No.1 Golden Flyer .

Santos Dumont Demoiselle No.20

Built in 1908.

Santos Dumont Demoiselle No.20.

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Santos Dumont Demoiselle No.20.

Farman HF.3

Variation on the HF.2, built in 1910.

Farman HF.3.

Hanriot Monoplan

Hanriot Monoplan.

Hanriot Monoplan Type V

Registration N8449, c/n 11. Built in 1910.

Reg.N8449 Hanriot Monoplan Type V.

Reg.N8449, Hanriot Monoplan Type V.

Curtiss D

Registration N68014, c/n 1976. Built in 1911.

Reg.N68014 Curtiss D.

Farman MF.2

Maurice Farman built in 1911.

Farman MF.2.

Farman MF.11.Bis

Built since 1914.

Farman MF.11Bis.

Farman MF.11

Farman MF.11.

Farman F.40

First production in 1915, after merge between Henri Farman and Maurice Farman societies.

Farman F.40.

Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Farman F.40.

Farman F.40

Farman F.40.

Voisin III

Bomber built in 1914. One of this aircraft gave opportunity to French aviators Frantz and Quenault to win the fist victory on a German Aviatik on 5th October 1914.

Voisin III of the Aéronautique Militaire.

Deperdussin D Monocoque

Project for Military use.

Deperdussin D Monocoque.

Morane Saulnier H

Rolland Garros, first to cross the Mediterranean see on a Morane Saulnier H on 23rd of September 1913.

Rolland Garros on its Morane Saulnier H.

Morane-Saulnier N

First flight in 1914.

Morane-Saulnier N.

Caudron G.3

Built in 1914.
Registration N3943P, c/n 1914-2. From collection of Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum.

Caudron G.3.

Caudron G.3

Caudron G.3.

Caudron G.4

Built in 1915.

Caudron G.4.

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Etrich Taube

Produced from 1910 to 1914 by various company.

Etrich Taube.

LVG C.II

LVG C.II of the Luftstreitkräfte .

Fokker E.I

Fisrt flight in 1914.

Fokker E.I of the Luftstreitkräfte.

Fokker E.III (replica)

Fokker E.III (replica).

Fokker Dr.I

Out of subject for the 1914-1916 period, as this triplane Fokker was launched in 1917. Seen in the intro of the documentary.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Fokker Dr.I .

Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Fokker Dr.I .

Fokker D.VII (replica)

Seen in the intro of the documentary. Production in late 1918.
Registration N70814, c/n 1918-1989.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.