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.)
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.
Artillery and ambulances to front in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France during World War I. Artillery, horse carts and ambulances on the road to the front lines.
Infantry and tanks advance at Hazavant Farm in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France during World War I. Soldiers inspect an American tank overturned in the field. A tank cutting through barbed wire entanglements, in its advance. Infantry dug in, awaits orders to advance. Infantry advance through barbed wire entanglements. Tanks maneuver across the field.
Battalion H.- Verdun Campaign in Verdun-sur-Meuse, France during World War I. A church at Herbecourt. The ruins and debris seen. The wounded French soldiers sought refuge in this church, killed during bombardment.
Battalion H.- Verdun Campaign in Verdun-sur-Meuse, France during World War I. The rubble of Maricourt. An unexploded Zeppelin bomb on the ground.
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