Midshipmen from United States Naval Academy at a dock in Annapolis, Maryland. A midshipman kisses a woman. Midshipmen stand in formation at a dock. Small tenders at the dock. The 1100 Navy midshipman board the boats. They are seated in the boats and wave as the boats set out approaching a nearby docked U.S. Navy battleship. U.S. flag in the foreground and cadets waving as they prepare to embark on a summer trip with Le Havre, France as their first stop.
Flight of Cierva C.8L autogiro (G-EBYY) from Croydon, United Kingdom to France, the first cross-channel flight by a rotating wing aircraft, on 18 Sep 1928. The pilot Juan de la Cierva and the editor of 'L Illustration' M Bouche stand near the 180 hp Lynx-powered autogiro. The men get into the autogiro. The pilot talks to spectators and photographers gathered around the autogiro. The autogiro takes off and is seen air-to-air over the channel. After the flight to St Inglevert, the autogiro later lands at Le Bourget airport, Paris (where it is now preserved at the Musee de l'Air). Men approach autogiro. The pilot sits on edge of cockpit of the autogiro.
Austro-Hungarian forces invade Serbia during World War 1. Hands ripping a newspaper apart. Front page of French newspaper, Le Petit Parisienne, reads “La Tension Austro-Serbe Les ambassadeurs de France et de Russie font une démarche auprès du cabinet de Vienne” (“The Austro-Serbian Tension: The ambassadors of France and Russia approach the Vienna cabinet” in English). A French language newspaper says “Le conflit Austro-Serbe” (“The Austro-Serbian conflict”). Austrian cavalry moves into Serbia. Serbian locals look on Austrian cavalry in the background. Austrian cavalryman with horse. Some Austrian soldiers are riding open horse drawn carriages.
House in a recaptured village in France, during World War One. President of France, Raymond Poincare, arrives in the village with other dignitaries. Vehicles parked on the street in front of the house. He shakes hand with another person. They talk amongst themselves. They sit in a car.
Troops disembark ship in France during World War I. Ship underway at sea. It arrives at harbor. Troops disembark ship. They hold their belongings. The embattled veterans of France and Britain form honor escort to the comrades and march off to war
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War 1. Several American pilots are shown in their aircraft. Opening scene shows pilot clad in heavy flying suit, helmet and goggles, climbing into cockpit of a De Havilland DH-4 aircraft, as another officer stands nearby. An army ground crewman steps to the propeller and slowly rotates it to clear any hydraulic lock. He then stands ready to pull it through for a start. Closeup of pilot in the cockpit. Another ground crewman joins hands with the first to help him as they pull the prop through and the engine starts. The aircraft taxis out, with a rear gunner also aboard. Halfway through the film, Eddie Rickenbacker is seen in a Spad VIII. Rickenbacker in the cockpit. Plane taxis before take off. Aircraft takes off with hangar in the background. Men push a plane with a pilot in the cockpit. Pilot in the cockpit of a DH-4 aircraft, the aircraft takes off. Plane in flight. Pilot in the cockpit of a Nieuport aircraft. Aircraft seen taking off and in flight.
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