You Are There: First Flight of the Wright Brothers

Duration: 22 min

Creator: McGraw Hill Text Films

Description: Shows the background and physical setting at Kitty Hawk North Carolina, where the Wright brothers made their first flight. Uses interviews to reveal the opinions regarding; flight prevailing at the time. Shows original shots of the first flight by Orville and Wilbur Wright. Concludes by explaining how, or. the fourth attempt, Wilbur Wright succeeded in flying 862 feet in 59 seconds and launched the air age on December 17, 1903.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)