ITwo officers confer in front of a group of French aviators lined up before a hangar in France during World War 1. Scene shifts to the pilots being given last moment briefing and then running to their respective voisin 3 airplanes parked in a line on grass field. (WWI. WW1)
Aerial dogfight over the skies of France. View from pilot seat as gunner with machine gun fires on a German aircraft. Enemy German plane falling toward the ground. Crashed plane wreckage on the ground, surrounded by French forces.
Sailors aboard the USS Leviathan (formerly the Vaterland) in New York harbor, during World War 1, when she was serving as a troop ship. They are seen practicing emergency drills, including lowering lifeboats over the side and actually rowing them away. They also launch rubber rafts over the rails. U.S. Army soldiers from a lower deck, then descend to the rafts, using the lines from above. They are seen steping into the water-filled rafts and from there, into the lifeboats. Closeup of one soldier swimming in full uniform, with aid of floatation gear. He also relaxes in the water, suspended entirely by his life vest. View from above of a lifeboat crewed by sailors and filled with soldiers in uniform. They row away, pulling a raft, from which they help a few more soldiers into the lifeboat. Sailors row the filled lifeboats away from the ship, each towing a raft behind them. (WWI. WW1)
Camera slowly pans from bow to stern along a large troop ship in New York harbor during World War 1. U.S. Army troops and emergency lifeboats, rafts, and gear fill the upper deck of the ship. The ship is docked at one of a line of berths. As the camera covers the stern of the ship, ferry boats can be seen plying the waters, and a tug boat approaches the ship's stern. The ship is in camouflage paint. Buildings can be seen lining the waterfront across the water, in the background. (WWI. WW1)
U.S. soldiers and ship's sailors fill the upper deck of a camouflage painted troop ship leaving its berth in New York harbor, during World War 1. Tugboats back the ship stern first from her berth. Two officers stand amidship beside the ship's single funnel. The tugboat's funnel, bearing letter,"D" passes in front of the camera. Sailors in white are seen on upper decks of the ship. Brief panning view of the ship. Glimpse of the troop ship moving under her own power. (WWI. WW1)
A U.S. troop ship underway as she departs New York harbor, carrying troops during World War 1. The two-stacker ship is painted in camouflage colors. A ferry boat passes going the opposite direction. Buildings and boats are seen along waterfront in backgroud. (WWI. WW1)
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