French artillerymen surround their 270mm rail gun, during World War 1. Change of scene shows soldiers climbing on another slightly larger, 305mm French railway gun. Finally, a 320mm railroad gun is shown. French soldiers manually move a rail car, containing shells, up close to the big gun. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Brief view of French 340 mm rail gun under camouflage netting during World War I. ( World War 1. 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.
French technicians working on the fabric of a military dirigible. They are applying adhesive to cement overlapping seams of the fabric. View inside hangar where the dirigible is seen almost completely assembled. Workers employ bosun's chairs and rope rigging to position themselves around the airship. They are seen smoothing seams on the covering. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)
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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