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Some of the first American flying squadrons in World War I. The 1st and 103rd Aero Squadrons and their members

During World War 1, in 1918, American Expeditionary Force's 1st Aero Squadron members, including a mascot dog, pose on airfield. Airplanes in the background. Crewman pastes paper iron cross over enemy bullet hole in tail of airplane. Colonel Billy Mitchell decorating a flyer. General Benjamin Foulois in cockpit of a DH-4. United States officers shake hands with Colonel Thomas D. Milling. Colonel Frank Laub talks with a French officer. Members of the Lafayette Escadrille converted to the American 103rd Aero Squadron. July 1918 - Major William Thaw, steps forward and salutes, followed by Lieutenant Gordon D. Larner, Lieutenant Charles I. Merrick, and Lieutenant Edgar G. Tobin. Ace Captain Field Kindley, stands by a Sopwith Camel, supporting a small dog perched on its propeller. Ace Major Raoul Lufbery, smoking a cigarette, poses in front of a Nieuport 28c.1. Ace Captain Elliot Springs, also smoking a cigarette, poses in front of another airplane. Ace of Aces, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, poses by SPAD S.XIII, number 5 ( its number not seen in this image) with "Hat in Ring" insignia painted on fuselage. (WWI,WW1, World War One, First World War)

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051725
P-47 aircraft in flight over clouds.

A Republic P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft, with bubble canopy, in flight over clouds as seen from another plane flying extremely close. At one point, the two airplanes move a little too close as slipstream of lead plane (unseen) forces the P-47 to adjust. The P-47 has tail number: "226716" and "K" and "E4" are painted on its fuselage which indicates it was one of the P-47D-27s of the 362nd Fighter group, 377th Fighter Squadron (or later, of 86th Fighter Group, 525th Squadron). Slate at start notes the P-47 footage was shot by Air Force Lieutenant Colonel William Clothier, a famous cinematographer.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051882
French civilians and German soldiers mingle at metro station in Paris.

View of Paris Opera House. German occupation force soldiers mingle with French population, at metro station Opera, in Paris. Children are selling flowers. Automobiles on the street. Buildings in the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041922
French firemen fight fire with hose. Cars move to allow fire truck access. Only steel framework and rubble remain.

Smoke rises up from a building. Onlookers watch and automobile moves to allow fire truck access. Firemen pour water from hose. Only steel framework and rubble remain. Other buildings in the background. A man with bicycle passes by. (World War II period).

Date: 1941
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041926
Jumpmaster talks on microphone during an air search mission.

Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 that crashed in French Italian Alps, on October 24, 1954. Having discovered the crash site, a Search and Rescue jump master kneels near the door of SA-16 aircraft, wearing a helmet, and talking on microphone. View of C-47 crash site on Mount Carbonè in the Italian-French Alps. Rugged mountain peaks are misty and snow covered. Part of the SA-16 aircraft is seen.

Date: 1954, October
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042026
British troops heat and share a Christmas pudding in a trench during World War I.

World War 1 British soldiers dressed in cold weather gear, in a trench with snow all around. A Sergeant heats a canned Christmas pudding over a "fire devil" (metal cooking stand) in the trench. He opens the can and distributes contents to other soldiers in the trench. The soldiers pose and smile after sharing the pudding.

Date: 1916, December
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042463