Interior of a French aircraft factory during World War 1. Stacks of lumber in their receiving department. Men work on airplane framework stretched across wooden horses. Women in dresses and caps work on electric ignition wiring. men occupying an office area on the factory floor. Partially assembled aircraft lined up in the background. Men and women in a wing assembly area. Two scenes of men working in an engine assembly area. A man stands next to a LeRhone 9J,110 Hp rotary radial aircraft engine mounted on a mobile test stand. He rotates the engine. Another man displays one fitted with a long propeller shaft. A third man starts an engine fitted with a propeller. It runs on the test stand. A group of completed Nieuport 17 aircraft fuselages, lacking only wings and propellers. Larger view of that factory room, with men fitting the wings onto the airplane bodies. A line of airplanes with wings on the opposite side of the room. View of an airfield with a line of Nieuport airplanes parked in front of buildings. (WWI; WW1)
A World War 1 French soldier and his dog, seeking cover from enemy fire, run across a street in a French town. The soldier steps on a board leaning against a tall brick wall, throws his rifle over the wall and then jumps over it, himself. His dog tries to follow him, is unsuccessful on the first attempt, but succeeds on the second try in leaping to the top of the wall, and then over.
U.S. 1st Division troops on the Western Front during World War I, during a break in battle. Two soldiers stand amongst war debris at the front. One holds something up in his hand. The other holds a mortar round in his hand. A soldier sits on edge of a crater, with a Vickers medium machine gun in his lap. Scene shifts to a soldier playing with a pet pig. U.S. soldiers standing in a pay line. A beautiful home in a French residential district. American Army officers pose with a French officer, for a photographer. U.S. cavalrymen, accompanied by a French soldier, ride on horseback in a French town.
British artillery pulled by horses. British gunners fire a 9.2 inch howitzer. British infantrymen smile and eat while settled deep in a trench. Four German prisoners of war carry a wounded comrade on a litter, on their shoulders. Large group of German prisoners of war. Some German prisoners stand near some smiling British infantrymen.
Covered troop transport trucks in a convoy line drive through a French village, bringing soldier reinforcements to the front in World War I. Houses and shops along the street. Civilians and French soldiers on the street watch the troop trucks pass by.
Battery of British Army motor machine guns drives into a battle location, parks, and commences firing during World War I. The vehicles feature motorcyles with armored sidecars and machine gun mountings. The soldiers show how some of the machine guns can be removed and setup on the ground, and then replaced on the motorbikes, before driving away.
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