French Army engineers at work in World War 1. Several maneuver in a small boat at a waterfront. Others manual operate a pile driver to set a post in the water for a dock. Officers look on as a group of Army engineers works to repair a wooden bridge made of many supporting members and cross braces. Change of scene to French engineers strengthening and stabilizing the base of a high bridge over a river. New sequence shows a pier with boats tied up and high water in river behind. Scene shifts to engineers working on a low level bridge over a river. A team of horses pulls construction equipment over the bridge. A bombed out high railroad bridge is seen in the background. (WWI. WW1)
French Schneider CA tanks in operation during the First World War. Tank passes camera. Two World War I French tanks moving towards front line. Rear view of tank moving away with crewman emerging from rear door. The tanks bear painted images of playing card suits: heart, spade, and diamond are seen, indicating to which section of the French Tank Company they belonged.
French troops firing a "French 75" artillery field piece set up in a revetment during World War 1. One soldier holds his ears before the gun is fired. Closeup of recoil as it fires. The gun crew immediately reloads and fires again. Chart displays yearly increased production of these weapons from 1914 through May, 1917. (WWI. WW1)
Slate describes more than 12 million French men and women working to produce arms and ammunition during World War 1. Huge crowd of factory workers seen walking during shift change. Many others are seen riding bicycles and running.
A French Army Bleriot XI airplane on a field at the outbreak of World War 1, in 1914. The pilot starts the engine, and taxis around on the field. Next, French Army observer-gunner climbs into front seat of a Farman MF.11 Shorthorn biplane, He is followed by the pilot who sits behind him. They start engine and promptly taxi out on a grass field. Finally, a French pilot is seen standing next to the cockpit of a Caudron G.3 airplane. (WWI. WW1)
Slate describes French airplanes of 1917 in general terms. Views of a French Morane-Saulnier G low wing monoplane taxiing out on a grass field during World War 1. A pilot walks to a biwing Nieuport airplane, seen from the tail. Front view shows ground crewman turning the propeller through and engine starting. Pilot taxis the airplane forward. Exhausts blowing white smoke from the engine. In next scene, the camera pans from tail (showing number on its rudder) forward across a Spad airplane, parked in front of a hangar. Pilot in cockpit moves the control surfaces (ailerons) up and down, on the upper wing. (WWI. WW1)
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