Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. A Caudron trainer and French mechanics turn an aircraft at a field by lifting the tail and twisting on the wing tip.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. A French mechanic repairs a wing of an aircraft. Men at work on the fuselage of an aircraft in the background. Men rebuilt the fuselage of the aircraft in front of a canvas hangar building. The assembled aircraft parts on the ground and on a work bench. Airmen working on the fuselage.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. An airman loads a camera in a machine gun mounted on the turret of an aircraft. A gunner standing in the gunner's seat of the aircraft demonstrates the action of the turret. He swings the gun to various positions for firing.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. An airman puts a film into a camera unit on a 30 caliber Lewis Machine Gun. U.S. pilots undergo a training in the use of 30 caliber Lewis Machines Guns. Hangars in the background. Targets set up on tripods. A long line of pilots undergoing gunnery training. Airmen set up model targets on the tripods. A target placer moves a target as directed by a gunner.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. A target placer moves a target about as directed by a U.S. gunner. A gunner looks down wooden tracks at a model aircraft mounted on a tripod. The tripod moves directly towards the gunner. The gunner fires at the model aircraft. An entrance to the headquarters. 'Photographic Laboratory' sign on a doorway. An airman walks to the door and stops. He removes a film magazine from a stimulated 30 caliber gun camera. He hands the film magazine to a U.S. officer and salutes. The officer enters a building. Finished prints hanging and drying in the laboratory. A soldier carries a print over to an Evaluation Officer. The soldier checks the finished print for hits upon the same from the gunnery practice.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. An instructor and a student in prone positions on the ground fire 30 caliber Lewis Machine Guns at unseen targets. U.S. officers stand around a gunnery test platform. Two U.S. pilots get on the platform. Two 30 caliber Lewis Machine Guns mounted on the platform. The two pilots demonstrate in a twin gunner compartment mock up and a crowd looks on.
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