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A gunner climbs down from De Havilland DH-4 bomber that nosed-over in France during World War I.

A French Breguet 14 biplane bomber taxis around to the left and lines up with other aircraft parked at the Colombey-les-Belles Airdrome in France during World War 1 . (Blue-white-red vertical paint stripes on their tails identify these as French aircraft.) Several Breguet 14 biplane bombers take off, one after the other, from the field. A motorcycle with sidecar and a loaded truck drive beneath planes taking off. A change of scene shows a gunner still in the rear cockpit of a De Havilland DH-4 bomber that has just nosed over. Its propeller is buried in the ground. Tricolor roundels on its wings (blue-white-red, from center outward) identify this as a French airplane. A number of pilots and mechanics gather around as the gunner begins climbing down from his cockpit.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070262
American Air Service officers examine a Vickers machine gun mounted on a Brequet 14 airplane in France, during World War I

U.S. Air Service officers observe test firing of Vickers machine gun on a Brequet 14 airplane, at the First Air Depot in France, during World War 1. Colonel T. D. Milling, Commanding Officer, First Brigade, First Army Corps; Captain G. C. Thomas Jr.,96th Aero Squadron; First Lieutenant V. F. Ludden, 96th Aero Squadron, and Pilot, 1st Lieutenant C. G. Sellers (in the cockpit) examining a Vickers machine gun mounted on the side of a Breguet 14 airplane, named "Photo." Lieutenant Sellers fires the machine gun from the cockpit. View of the machine gun firing with expended cartridges being ejected. (The gun is designed to synchronize and fire through the turning propeller when the engine is running. But that is not demonstrated here.)

Date: 1918
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070263
96th Aero Squadron prepares a Breguet 14 bomber for a bombing mission, at Amanty Airdrome in France during World War I

U.S. 96th Aero Squadron at Amanty Airdrome in France during World War 1. Airmen unload bombs from a truck. They place fuses in the tails of the bombs. They load the bombs to racks under wings of a French Breguet 14 biplane bomber. Major J. L. Dunsworth, Commanding Officer of the 96th Aero Squadron and First Lieutenant V. F. Ludden inspect the operation. Ground crewmen work hard, pulling the propeller through numerous times before finally getting the engine to start on the. Breguet 14. Lt. A. H. Alexander in the pilot's cockpit and Lt. E. MCLennair in the observer and gunner's position discuss something they see in the air behind them. The insignia of the 96th Aero Squadron (a devil carrying a bomb in a triangle) is painted on the fuselage of the airplane.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070264
Pilots and mechanics work on DeHavilland DH-4 bombers at the 1st US Air Depot in Colombey-les-Belles, France during World War I.

Activities at the First Air Depot in Colombey-les-Belles, France during World War I. An early morning scene shows a large number of new De Havilland DH-4 bombers, painted in French colors, parked on the airfield. Pilots and mechanics begin to move amongst the aircraft and work on them. Extended panorama of hangars and buildings with clouds in the sky. New DH-4 and Spad XIII aircraft near canvas hangars. Some aircraft stripped for parts or repair. Mechanics and pilots near the aircraft. Men smooth parts of the airfield using horse-drawn wooden platforms. Pilots and mechanics near new and repaired parked aircraft.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070265
Activities at a French airbase during World War I. DH-4 and Spad XIII aircraft.

Camera pans along a road and railroad, show a truck convoy moving on the road past camouflaged barracks and hangars of a French airbase in World War 1. De Havilland DH-4s and other aircraft are parked on the field. An American and a French officer walk together across the field. Mechanics and helpers work to restrain a Spad XIII moving with engine running. Several of them hold it back by pulling on wing struts. Finally the pilot (or mechanic) in the cockpit stops the plane, and several other men catch up with it.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070266
French military hold a track event in a stadium in France, with some American participation, in World War I

French civilian spectators fill a grandstand and ground in front of it to watch a French military track meet (with some American participation) during World War 1. Longer distance runners are cheered by some spectators as they cross the finish line, one by one, in front of the grandstand. contestants run a shorter race with a close finish. The winner is congratulated by a French military officer. Scene shifts to closeup of Lieutenant Paul Rene Fonk, French Air Ace credited with over 59 enemy planes. He stands in center of stadium, being recognized by the crowd. An American officer is seen standing behind him. Next, a large group of youths perform calisthentics in unison for the crowd. Lieutenant Leonard, of the U.S. Air Service (in athletic garb) converses with Lieutenant Fonk. Other athletes, another U.S. flyer, and a French civilian official stand with them. As they move away, Lieutenant Fonk and other French officers remain to confer with the French civilian official. Another race is seen, next, as runners come past in single file around the track.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070267