Kites. A collage of kites and kiteflyers - ACE095.3

Photograph of huge multi-cell kite, the Cygnet, designed to lift someone off the ground, devised by Alexander Graham Bell. Reconstructed kite of similar design. Photograph of annular kite, also devised by Bell. Building Cygnet-style kite and launching it. Kite in flight and being hauled in. It crashes. Photograph of man on covered raft launching kite. Man in WWII pilot’s kit demonstrates how pilots downed at sea would assemble and launch kites from their dinghies to signal their whereabouts. Seagull-shaped kite flying. Man making such a bird-shaped kite, which he calls the "larus" kite. Larus kite flying with flapping motion. Flying miniature kite. Flyer shows miniature kites designed to look like insects – including wasp and butterfly – and some based on Japanese designs. Miniature dragonfly kite. Larger dragonfly kite flying. Details from Japanese print showing peasants stopping to watch kite being flown by man on horseback. Large insect and bird kites flying. "Snake" kites. "Face" kites flying and in close-up. Japanese prints. Multi-disc kite like jointed snake. Kimono-shaped kite. Japanese print. Breakers. Kite patterned with image of sea god. Paper carp on posts at water’s edge (acting like wind-socks). Fishing kite flying. Man demonstrates function of Banks Island fishing kite. Copy of Banks Island fishing kite flying. Humming kite flying.