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Aerial views of Verdun and Fort Douaumont during World War I

French soldiers and airmen gather around a Caproni Ca.3 bomber preparing for an aerial photography mission in World War 1. The identification number "Ca 2318" is stenciled on the airplane fuselage. The men load camera cases and equipment for the motion picture photographer, as officers watch. The Pilot takes his position in the front of the open cockpit as the photographer and second crewman sit side-by-side behind him. The pilot waves as they taxi out for takeoff. The next sequence contains views from the aircraft as it flies among clouds, and then shows Fort Douaumont clearly below, followed by the city of Verdun-sur-Meuse, and environs, including the Meuse River, bridges, buildings, and roads, without noticeable signs of any battles or damage, since the German offensive would not begin until the following year (1916).

Location: Verdun-sur-Meuse France
Date: 1915
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025505
Allied forces hold air superiority in battle of Saint Mihiel during World War I.

This film shows numerous types and models of World War One aircraft in operation. It opens showing Allied airplanes preparing for a maximum air campaign in the battle of Saint Mihiel. View from inside a hanger as its flap opens and men push a Sopwith Camel airplane out onto airfield. Map of St Mihiel. American planes warm up on flight line in predawn, with flares burning at wingtips. Huge numbers of allied airplanes are marshaled on airfields throughout the theater of operations and begin taking off. Among them is a French Morane-Saulnier low wing monoplane. German fliers are seen loading small hand held bombs into the cockpit of their Albatross aircraft. Soldiers in combat on ground in "no man's land" during the battle of St. Mihiel. They take refuge in large shell and bomb craters and try to advance running between them.. Germans fliers dropping bombs, by hand, from airplane. Numerous Allied and German airplanes in aerial dogfights. American planes over clouds. American Observation balloon attacked in sky. Balloon in flames, and trailing black smoke as it falls to the ground. French flag flies at an airfield, where a nosed-over airplane sits, by a hangar, as airplanes fly overhead. Aircraft taxiing about in close quarters at airfield. Large formations of American airplanes flying overhead in a grand formation, following the Armistice, November 11, 1918 Then the film shifts dramatically from World War One to the post-WWII year of 1947. It illustrates the dramatic advances in warplanes since WWI by showing U.S. B-36 bombers and straight-wing F-84 Thunderjet fighters is formation.

Location: Saint Mihiel France
Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051727
U.S. troops advance towards Cherence Le Roussel.

U.S. troops advance towards Cherence Le Roussel. SOldiers fire at the enemy. A soldier scouts for enemy soldiers through binoculars. Smoke from artillery fire. Explosions across the terrain. Soldiers stand on a camouflaged tank. Barrel of a tank jutting out of the bushes. Soldiers load and fire artillery. Soldiers march on the road and through fields. A sign board for 'Cherence Le Roussel' amid ruins and destroyed buildings. (World War II period).

Location: Cherence Le Roussel France
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020666
French infantry enter their trenches during World War I

French infantry assembled before advancing to occupy trenches in World War 1. The pick up supplies and are next seen marching in full battle gear towards the front lines. Officers on horseback follow leading platoon carrying the unit flag. Long line of infantrymen follow behind. Another view of the infantry on the march. The troops enter their trenches. They are dressed warmly and as they progress into an area of woods, snow is seen on the ground. A sign at the trench line reads: "Bois Carre." (WWI. WW1)

Location: Bois Carre France
Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027335
French soldiers at a dug out cave position in Maurepas, Yvelines region, during World War 1.

French soldiers positioned in a cave opening near Maurepas, Yvelines region, during World War I. Barricades in front of the dug out. A French soldier sits in the cave opening with a machine gun. Another soldier near him loads the machine gun.

Location: Maurepas Yvelines France
Date: 1917
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027558
Damaged buildings and ruins in French town of Chaumont-Porcien, during World War II.

Ruins in the French town of Chaumont-Porcien, in the Ardennes region, during World War II. Damaged buildings in the town. View of "Le Poilu victorieux de Chaumont-Porcien": A World War 1 statue of a French soldier in the Place de la Mairie. (The statue is a rendition of the Monument to the dead by Eugène Bénet, designed in 1920 in memory of French soldiers who died in World War I. It depicts a French soldier or "Poilu" with rifle in left hand, holding aloft a laurel wreath or olive branch with his right hand.) A small circular fenced cemetery beside the monument is shown, containing crosses and German helmets of recent German soldiers deaths. German Army vehicles advance into town, passing horse drawn carriages lined up on a street.

Location: Chaumont-Porcien France
Date: 1940
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073796
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