Premier Gyula Gömbös of Hungary in Germany on 28th September, 1935. Hungarian Prime Minister, Gyula Gömbös de Jakfa reviews a military honor guard, escorted by a German officer. The Prime Minister mingles with Hermann Goering and other German officials and dignitaries at an intimate reception in Berlin. He gives a short impromptu speech in German.
Ground targets attacked by U.S. aircraft on 11th April 1944 in World War II. Aircraft of 8th Fighter Command is piloted by Lieutenant D.E. Schoenfeldt of 357th Squadron. Aircraft strafes a German Junkers Ju 88 bomber stationary on airfield.
Second Battle of the Somme in World War 1.German prisoners of war assembled in fenced areas of a field. British Mark V tank in background. Allied troops move a small artillery piece down from peak of a hill. American soldiers carrying towels as they enter a building to bathe, in a rear area camp.Some of them are seen inspecting their clothing for pests before putting it back on. Others are rewrapping their leggings and putting on boots.Troops marching up a hill. Others coming through a gate engraved with name: "Ecole de Preservation." They march over a bridge from the gate. A young soldier being interviewed.He wears a ribbon on his uniform for a decoration he may have just received. He salutes an officer who stops to talk and shake hands with him.
American Army airmen are seen working on an American-built De Havilland DH-4 aircraft ("Liberty Plane") in a hangar, during World War 1. One airman picks up a Marlin M1918 machine gun from the ground and holds it up for the camera to photograph from various angles. He then hands the gun to two other airmen in the DH-4 cockpit, who install it next to one already in place. The scene also clearly shows the American 400 HP V-12 Liberty engine installed in the plane (cover has been removed). Next, an airman is seen in the observer (gunner) position in the rear of the airplane. He is installing a Lewis machine gun in the Scarff ring of the plane. He checks the ability of the gun to vary its elevation in the Scarff ring.
American airman standing in observer's cockpit of a De Havilland DH-4 aircraft, during World War 1, demonstrates the flexibility of twin Lewis machine guns installed on a Scarff ring. He rotates the twin guns through various angles and elevations as he moves up and down, himself, in the open cockpit. He then turns his attention to a single Lewis gun mounted atop the upper wing. He removes the gun's ammunition cannister and replaces it with another.
U.S. Army Air Service production center number 2, at Romorantin, France during World War I. A tractor pulls a DH-4 plane along a road to a group of hangars. French and American officers of World War 1 in front of a DH-4 plane with an American flag draped over its engine. Women carry French and British flag. Edith Normant presents Captain Osborne with a bouquet of flowers on behalf of the French government. A ceremony in front of DH-4 with French and American officials. United States Army Air Service officer ties an American flag to the strut of DH-4 plane. Plane taxis, takes off and in flight over Air service production center no 2 at Romorantin, Loir-et-Cher, France. Pilot and observer get out of DH-4 plane and people walk up to congratulate them. Officer of the production board of the Air Service center number 2 stands in front of a DH-4 plane. French General de L' Espee and Major Robert J Bates Commander of Air Service Production Center stand in front of DH-4 plane. Lieutenant Colonel WC Allen and Major WH Wardwell shake hands. American officer lined up in front of a headquarters of Air Service Production Center no2. Colonel EV Summer, Junior Commander Air Service Production. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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