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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.
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.
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.
A French Spad VII C.1 aircraft takes off and in flight overhead near Chaux in France during World War I.
Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Spad VII C.1 aircraft takes off from an airfield near Chaux. The aircraft in flight overhead. It lands. A formation of single-engine bi-winged French bombers in flight
Launching of an observation balloon near the Alsace sector in France by a French balloon squadron.
Aviation activities in France during World War I. An observation balloon is launched near the Alsace sector by a French balloon squadron. A formation of French single-engine bi-winged bombers in flight. The French observation balloon in the foreground. Two World War I bi-winged aircraft in flight.
1st Lt. J. C. Brown climbs into the cockpit of his French Spad 7 C.1 at an airfield near Grandvilliers in France.
Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Spad 7 C.1 aircraft with a stork insignia parked at an airfield near Grandvilliers, France. 1st Lieutenant J. C. Brown Escadrille No. 67 of the 12th Group of Storks stands near the aircraft. He climbs into the cockpit of the aircraft. Lt. G. R. Mellin, Escadrille No. 8, seated in cockpit of a Spad 7 C.1. 1st Lt. J. C. Brown seated in the cockpit of his aircraft.
