U.S. Army Air Corps Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. U.S. Army pilots aim machine guns at moving target consisting of an aircraft model traveling horizontally along a wire or string. The soldiers track the moving target with their machine guns. A student or officer shows one of the machine guns up close and demonstrates techniques to load and adjust the the machine gun on a tripod stand. Another student seated in an airplane cockpit behind the same type of machine gun. A target board used for target practice, with images of enemy aircraft in various positions, to simulate dogfight battle.
U.S. Army Air Corps Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. Students fire pistols at target boards. An officer instructs them. A soldier fires a pistol at a target board. Another soldier fires his pistol at a moving target of an airplane that moves horizontally across the target range on a wire.
U.S. Army Air Corps Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. Nieuport XXVII airplanes parked at an airfield. Students working on the airplanes. A band plays. Students stand nearby and watch. Some of the airplanes are dismantled by the students. Buildings in the background. The students work on the airplanes.
U.S. Army Air Corps Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. Students work on an airplane parked at an airfield. They dismantle and assemble the airplane. Officers watch the students working on the airplane.
U.S. Army Air Corps ( USAAC ) Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. Students standing behind a roped off area. Other students standing near an airplane. 'Field' written on a small board. They work on the airplane. United States Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker, U.S. Army General John Joseph Pershing and U.S. Army Major General Benjamin Delahauf Foulois standing outside a building. They inspect the base. Airplanes parked on an airfield. Some of the airplanes taxiing on the airfield. The airplanes in flight overhead and performing aerial aerobatics.
U.S. soldiers at a Christmas party in Issoudun, France during World War I. Soldiers standing on the steps of a building. A Red Cross worker gives food packets to them. The soldiers stand in a line. Red Cross workers shake hands with the soldiers. The soldiers march.
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