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French army uses observer in a balloon to obtain information about the enemy in World War I

View from above of a French military officer observer in the gondola of a tethered balloon. French soldiers on the ground control a reel of telephone wire connecting to the observer, aloft. Scene shifts to the observer, again, who bends over a chart of the area On the ground, French officers communicate by phone to the observer and make notes about his observations.

Location: France
Date: 1916
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027330
French defenses against enemy aircraft in World War I.

French troops in trenches on lookout for enemy aircraft. They fire an elevated machine gun (Mitrailleuse) mounted on a fixed pedestal, at an ememy airplane. View of an antiaircraft machine gun hidden in a deep hole. Observation balloon being lowered to a landing site with assistance of many French troops on the ground. Basket carrying observers is seen. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)

Location: France
Date: 1916
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027331
French observer in balloon parachutes to escape approaching German aircraft (not seen).

A French observation balloon aloft high in the sky near the front during World War 1. Suddenly the observer bails out of the gondola and parachutes to earth (presumably due to threat from German aircraft, that is not seen in the sequence). (WWI. WW1)

Location: France
Date: 1916
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027332
French Caproni bomber prepares and departs on a mission during World War I.

Crew members climb aboard a Caproni bomber parked on an airfield in France, during World War 1. One of them slides a slender bomb into a holder in front of the plane. Brief view from rear engine looking forward to crew in their seats. Crew placing bombs into holders. Right engine being started. The bomber taxiing out for takeoff. Views from cockpit of takeoff and in flight. View from the air of military airfield and barracks below. View from the bomber of a French Nieuport 17 approaching. (WWI; WW1)

Location: France
Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027333
French infantry enter their trenches during World War I

French infantry assembled before advancing to occupy trenches in World War 1. The pick up supplies and are next seen marching in full battle gear towards the front lines. Officers on horseback follow leading platoon carrying the unit flag. Long line of infantrymen follow behind. Another view of the infantry on the march. The troops enter their trenches. They are dressed warmly and as they progress into an area of woods, snow is seen on the ground. A sign at the trench line reads: "Bois Carre." (WWI. WW1)

Location: Bois Carre France
Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027335
French troops taking a break during a lull in fighting on the Western Front in World War I

French troops taking a break on the Western Front during World War I. They are in a deep trench. Many smoke cigarettes. One plays a flute. Some share food. Scene shifts to a deep dugout with substantial structure, where several soldiers relax. Another scene shows several rifles arranged in a group at edge of a trench and French soldiers afixing grenades to their barrels and firing them. French soldiers in a deep trench behind sand bags. Officer reads a dispatch brought to him by a courier.

Location: France
Date: 1916
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027336
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