Activities of American troops in France during World War 1. United States Army soldiers drill and practice one-on-one hand-to-hand combat. Soldiers conduct bayonet drills. With fixed bayonets they charge over a ridge and bayonet stuffed mannequin targets. American soldiers seen training in trenches. American soldiers with gas masks in a trench and firing machine guns. Soldiers load shells into an artillery piece and fire.
Deadly attacks at Loos, St. Mihiel and the Somme in France during World War I. The German troops load shells into artillery and fire. An explosion and smoke rises. An observer, standing on a ladder resting on a tree. He finds range for shooting. The view of a building and small houses. The building explodes and smoke rises. Artillery is fired. The German troops standing beside artillery and firing. Flame rises from fire. A soldier making his way across the battlefield with incoming artillery shells exploding nearby.
Horse carriage race in German-occupied France during World War 2. Race starts. Horse carriages pass along streets of a city. Participants seated in the horse carriages. A large crowd of civilians stands on a road to watch them. A man looks through binoculars.
United States Army Air Service (USAAS) 94th Fighter Squadron in France during World War 1. Lt Eddie Rickenbacker seated in the cockpit of a 94th Squadron Nieuport 28c.1fighter #12, as a ground crewman turns a propeller and the engine starts. The squadron's "Hat in Ring" logo is painted on the fuselage. Jump to October 1918 - Captain J. A. Meissner seated in the cockpit of a SPAD S.XIIIc.1 fighter. April 1918: Lieutenant Edwin Green seated in the cockpit of a Nieuport 28c.1 which starts to taxi. Another Nieuport takes off and climbs. Forward to October 1918 - Captain J. A. Meissner seated in the cockpit turns around and points towards the ground. A mock dogfight between two WW I bi-winged aircraft. American Army aviator Captain Eddie Rickenbacker seated in the cockpit of a USAAS Dayton-Wright DH-4 bomber looks back and waves. Aircraft is in flight. Aerial views of the ground showing a coastline below. The aircraft climbing over the clouds. Captain J.A. Meissner seated in the cockpit of an airborne aircraft. Captain Rickenbacker in his SPAD S.XIII fighter #1 in flight over the clouds. (Note: This is a segment of a longer film described in Eddie Rickenbacker's 1919 book, "Fighting the Flying Circus." It was filmed by Capt.Cooper of the U.S. Army Signal Corps from October 18th - 21st, 1918, and contained reenactments of air combat, some of it with a captured German Hanover C.III observation plane.) (WWI,WW1, World War One, First World War)
Activities of Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a holiday in France. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, his wife Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill and their daughter, Sarah, seated in a grandstand during a handball match. Spectators watch as the French champions play in a handball court. French folk dancers and musicians perform. Trees in the background.
Activities of Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a holiday in France. Jai alai players in a court. A Jai alai match begins. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, his wife Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill and their daughter, Sarah, seated in a grandstand watch the match.
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