Convoy of U.S. Navy troop transport ships arriving at harbor in France, during World War 1. Soldiers of the Ameridan expeditionary Force, carrying their gear, crowd the deck of a transport ship. American soldiers disembarking on gangways at a pier in France. Local ships and boats, including sailing vessels are seen in background. The troops walk across the quay.
A training film titled 'Gas and Gas Mask' shows how lethal gas is disseminated from gas cylinders and artillery shells in Europe by Germany during World War 1. German soldiers wearing gas masks move out from a trench through a screen of smoke or gas.The soldiers in prone positions advance through poisonous gas smoke and carry square shields. American forces demonstrate use of liquid fire (flame thrower) like that used by German troops to spray liquid fire in the trenches. Condensed gas in a cylinder. The cylinder lying on the ground in a horizontal position. A U.S. Army soldier wearing a gas mask opens the knob of the cylinder. The gas comes out. A gas cloud is formed and moves in the direction of the wind. A soldier holds a German gas shell. A large number of gas shells are exploded. A U.S. soldier demonstrates two different forms of gas masks. The first is a basic scarf which holds a small pad of cotton soaked in soda solution. He puts on the scarf mask. Next he puts on a more advanced "Gas helmet" (early gas mask).
A World War 1 training film shows how to carry and don a gas mask. A U.S. soldier stands at attention. He carries a mask in a satchel. The satchel is slung over the shoulder of a soldier. He shows the satchel. He turns. The soldier demonstrates the way to carry the satchel in trenches. The satchel is slung around his neck. He opens the satchel, takes out a string and ties it around. He opens the satchel and takes out the mask . He puts his chin forward and wears it.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. A large number of British Airco DH-4 biplane light bombers stationary at an airfield. Hangar buildings in the background. Ground crew around the aircraft. The hangars in the foreground with different numbers written on them. A DH-4 aircraft parked in front of a hangar. An unidentified aircraft in flight. A guard tower on the top of a hangar.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. An unidentified aircraft in flight. Wooden hangar buildings at an airfield. An aircraft parking area, warehouses, barrack type buildings and a motor pool at the airfield. A truck drives past on a road in the background. Several fighters and bombers, Royal Air Force Sopwith Cuckoo torpedo bomber, French biplane fighter aircraft Spad, British bombers Airco DH-4s, French fighter aircraft Nieuports, British fighter aircraft Sopwith Camel and other World War I aircraft dispersed all around on the field. Ground crew around the aircraft. Hangars in the foreground. A parked Airco DH-4 aircraft.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. A Caudron trainer and French mechanics turn an aircraft at a field by lifting the tail and twisting on the wing tip.
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