American troops returning from Europe, in 1919, after end of the war, on the deck of the SS Leviathan, which had been converted to a troop ship.
This material, although spectacular, does not show actual combat. It is reconstructed, as part of the 1927 movie "Wings." Flight of four aircraft in flight over clouds are attacked by enemy airplane unseen until right after it fires on and hits one of the four. The stricken aircraft emits smoke while flying through the clouds and then spirals down burning. At TC:00:54 film runs in reverse and burning aircraft goes backwards through TC: 01:01. A similar event is seen in TC:01:04 through TC:01:06. Closeup of Spad biplane with machine guns mounted and pilot wearing goggles visible clearly in cockpit. It is headed directly at the camera and firing all the time. Airplane trailing smoke after being hit by gunfire from another one behind it. View from rear seat of two-seater airplane, as pilot fires at burning airplane ahead of him. Pursuing aircraft continues to fire on burning craft as it spirals down through the clouds. German airplane struck by gunfire burns as it falls. German airplane burning in level flight and then begins to spiral down through clouds. Two aircraft in dogfight. One is hit and burns, falling in a tight spiral. Backseat view from airplane shooting at burning airplane in front of it.
Reenactment of WWI aerial combat action from a 1927 film with Richard Arlen. Aircraft engage in dogfight. Smoking German plane dives and crashes. In another scene, American airplane chases German plane causing it to crash land at German Aerodrome. View through tail as American airplane pulls up and Germans rush to aid of their pilot. Pilot of American airplane (movie actor, Richard Arlen) laughs as he looks over his shoulder from the cockpit of his airplane. Wounded German pilot falls out of his cockpit.
Several American warships at anchor. U.S. flag on stern of one ship. Troops marshalled on dock and boarding a ship. Troops get off a truck. Troops line the railings aboard a ship at the pier. They wave as the troop ship pulls away. Seaside Navy recruiting station registers men with sign on a table reading: 'Recruiting to war strength'. Six American battleships steam away in a line.
Bernard M. Baruch, Chairman of the War Industries Board during World War 1, poses with other men outdoors. Individuals arrive at a building to attend War Industries Board meeting. Individuals arrive and depart. Several women arrive by car to attend the meeting.
Snow in Washington DC. Men shovel snow. U.S. Capitol building in the background. White House in the snow. Lincoln Memorial with horse drawn sleighs in foreground. Children slide down hill in front of Lincoln Memorial on sleds.
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