28th Escadrille fliers of French Air Service examine a Salmson 2 biplane during World War I. Clothes seen hanging on a wire in the background. The aircraft has a painted picture of a running elephant on it. Captain Paul Daum of the 28th Escadrille inspects the rear, twin, ring-mounted Lewis Guns, moves them around, and adjusts them. The fliers including Captain Paul Daum stand in front of the plane.
28th Escadrille fliers of French Air Service with a Salmson plane during World War I. Two French fliers climb into the Reconnaissance plane and take off. The plane seen in flight. Group of French 28th Escadrille and U.S. Army 79th Division Infantry (operating as observors) seen smiling and talking in front of a SPAD (Societe Provisoire des Aeroplanes Deperdussin and Bleriot) French airplane. American flag hung on the wing. They talk and share cigarettes. View of just the American group in front of the aircraft, posing for the camera.
Two fliers -- Pilot Lieutenant Kelly and observer Lt. Jay Paul Harman -- approach a Spad XI with U.S. Army Air Service logo on it during World War I. They consult over some notes and then board the aircraft, takeoff, and fly on an observation mission. Spad XI flying overhead. The original Spad XI seen landing and taxiing. A Frenchman of the 28th Escadrille runs up to meet the plane and is handed something (a negative?) by the rear gunner/observer, Lt. Jay Paul Harman. Next scene shows U.S. and French military personnel gathered reviewing photo images brought to them by a runner. The officers include American officers Lieutenant J. P. Harmon, Lt. John S. Beekley and Lt. R. T. Maddock and Frenchman Captain DeSaint Cerau.
Louis Bleriot piloting one of his planes. French aviator Louis Bleriot, the first man to successfully cross English Channel seated in the plane. Plane is ready for take-off. A man spins propeller.
Father of aviation, Wilbur Wright adjusting a transporting wheel in a plane. A horse driven cart seen. Several men cranking the 25 horse power motor of Wright airplane.
Men standing near a Wright machine. Plane catapulted by means of a falling weight. Several men hauling up the weight that catapulted the plane from the rail.
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