Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Spad 11 aircraft parked at an airfield. American observer Lieutenant J. P. Harmon of the 149th Field Artillery and pilot Kalley walk towards and climb into the cockpit of the aircraft. The propeller is turned, wheel chocks are removed and the aircraft taxis out. A hangar and a ground crewman in the background. 42nd Escadrille insignia, the Ibis, an Egyptian bird, is on the side of the aircraft. The aircraft makes a take off run from the airfield. A Spad 13 aircraft in a low flight. It lands. Lt. J. P. Harmon standing in the cockpit of the Spad 13 hands photographic plates to a ground crewman. 42nd Escadrille insignia on the side of the fuselage.
An observatory to studies cosmic rays in the French Alpine, France. An aerial tramway begins operation, supplying one of Europe's most famous observatories atop the Pic du Midi. View of the observatory. Men work in the observatory. Scientists from many countries study possible effects of the cosmic rays and atomic forces. The scientists work on a control panel for weather reports. View of the French Alps.
Activities of American troops in France during World War 1. United States Army soldiers drill and practice one-on-one hand-to-hand combat. Soldiers conduct bayonet drills. With fixed bayonets they charge over a ridge and bayonet stuffed mannequin targets. American soldiers seen training in trenches. American soldiers with gas masks in a trench and firing machine guns. Soldiers load shells into an artillery piece and fire.
Deadly attacks at Loos, St. Mihiel and the Somme in France during World War I. The German troops load shells into artillery and fire. An explosion and smoke rises. An observer, standing on a ladder resting on a tree. He finds range for shooting. The view of a building and small houses. The building explodes and smoke rises. Artillery is fired. The German troops standing beside artillery and firing. Flame rises from fire. A soldier making his way across the battlefield with incoming artillery shells exploding nearby.
Horse carriage race in German-occupied France during World War 2. Race starts. Horse carriages pass along streets of a city. Participants seated in the horse carriages. A large crowd of civilians stands on a road to watch them. A man looks through binoculars.
United States Army Air Service (USAAS) 94th Fighter Squadron in France during World War 1. Lt Eddie Rickenbacker seated in the cockpit of a 94th Squadron Nieuport 28c.1fighter #12, as a ground crewman turns a propeller and the engine starts. The squadron's "Hat in Ring" logo is painted on the fuselage. Jump to October 1918 - Captain J. A. Meissner seated in the cockpit of a SPAD S.XIIIc.1 fighter. April 1918: Lieutenant Edwin Green seated in the cockpit of a Nieuport 28c.1 which starts to taxi. Another Nieuport takes off and climbs. Forward to October 1918 - Captain J. A. Meissner seated in the cockpit turns around and points towards the ground. A mock dogfight between two WW I bi-winged aircraft. American Army aviator Captain Eddie Rickenbacker seated in the cockpit of a USAAS Dayton-Wright DH-4 bomber looks back and waves. Aircraft is in flight. Aerial views of the ground showing a coastline below. The aircraft climbing over the clouds. Captain J.A. Meissner seated in the cockpit of an airborne aircraft. Captain Rickenbacker in his SPAD S.XIII fighter #1 in flight over the clouds. (Note: This is a segment of a longer film described in Eddie Rickenbacker's 1919 book, "Fighting the Flying Circus." It was filmed by Capt.Cooper of the U.S. Army Signal Corps from October 18th - 21st, 1918, and contained reenactments of air combat, some of it with a captured German Hanover C.III observation plane.) (WWI,WW1, World War One, First World War)
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