Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks disembarks from the United States passenger ship "President Grant" in San Francisco, California. Weeks and others salute, he pins up medals onto men at Presidio. Soldiers parade as men look at the marching soldiers. Weeks along with General Morton and Haynes review the parade.
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War 1. Several American pilots are shown in their aircraft. Opening scene shows pilot clad in heavy flying suit, helmet and goggles, climbing into cockpit of a De Havilland DH-4 aircraft, as another officer stands nearby. An army ground crewman steps to the propeller and slowly rotates it to clear any hydraulic lock. He then stands ready to pull it through for a start. Closeup of pilot in the cockpit. Another ground crewman joins hands with the first to help him as they pull the prop through and the engine starts. The aircraft taxis out, with a rear gunner also aboard. Halfway through the film, Eddie Rickenbacker is seen in a Spad VIII. Rickenbacker in the cockpit. Plane taxis before take off. Aircraft takes off with hangar in the background. Men push a plane with a pilot in the cockpit. Pilot in the cockpit of a DH-4 aircraft, the aircraft takes off. Plane in flight. Pilot in the cockpit of a Nieuport aircraft. Aircraft seen taking off and in flight.
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. The film-making in this clip is as described in chapter 33 of the book, "Fighting the Flying Circus" by W. David Lewis. Eddie Rickenbacker in the cockpit of a DH-4 aircraft (posing as a Spad) in flight during World War I. He is in a mock duel against a captured German Hannover aircraft. Several aircraft manuevering in the sky. Smoke from tracers (incendiary bullets). Various allied aircraft pass close by. View of James "Jimmy" Armand Meissner from the 94th Aero Squadron in front seat of DH-4. Aerial view of the ground. Clouds all around. Rickenbacker's Spad aircraft with number "1" painted on side seen in fight around 3 minute mark on clip.
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. Officers of the 94th Aero Squadron lined up on a field in France, for an award ceremony. Chief of U.S. Air Service, Major General Mason Patrick, accompanied by Brigadier General William Mitchell (Billy Mitchell), presents Distinguished Service Crosses to aviators of the U.S. 94th Aero Squadron, including Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, who receives the DSC with 4 oak leaf clusters. Recipients pose with their Distinguished Service Crosses. Captains Rickenbacker and Jimmy Meissner pose together. SPAD aircraft and a hangar in the background. Rickenbacker poses next to his SPAD XIII that displays German bullet holes patched with Iron cross markings on its tail.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. British Sopwith Camel bomber aircraft of United States 148th Aero Squadron lined up on a field in Berques, France. Men work on the planes and then push them for take off. Bombers take off and in flight. A plane makes a crash landing and lands vertically on its nose. Men run to help the pilot get off the plane. They push the plane to get it back on its wheels.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. United States 99th Squadron pilot prepares to take off as he puts on his flight gear. His aircraft bears a buffalo insignia on its fuselage. Aircraft takes off from a field in France. Two pilots in their flight gear as they stand near an aircraft. Men push a plane along the field before it takes off.
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