Allied tanks in France during World War I. Numerous damaged French Renault FT tanks. Several that appear repaired lined up in the center of the repair station. Mechanics working on other tanks. A very large building can be seen in the distant background. Brief shot of mechanic working inside engine compartment of a British Heavy Tank. Renault FT tanks loaded onto railroad flat cars being refueled prior to transport. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Allied soldiers fire artillery and mortars. Troops advance after D-Day invasion along a road into the city of Saint Marcouf. Men of United States 82nd and 101st Airborne Division march into villages. A sign reads ' Sainte Marie Mont', ' Montebourg' and ' Point Labbe.' Heavy artillery being fired, camouflaged gun positions as paratroopers continue to advance. Paratroopers enter the town of Carentan, past a disabled M4 Sherman tank, fitted for deep wading on Utah beach. Paratroopers ride a captured German armored vehicle. Another paratrooper rides a bay horse. Two men ride a captured Sd.Kfz.2 (German: Sonderkraftfahrzeug 2) half-track motorcycle with a single front wheel, also known as the Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101 tracked motorcycle, down the street. Vehicle tows a small trailer loaded with ammunition. U.S, soldiers march German prisoners of war in the streets.
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. The film-making in this clip is as described in chapter 33 of the book, "Fighting the Flying Circus" by W. David Lewis. Eddie Rickenbacker in the cockpit of a DH-4 aircraft (posing as a Spad) in flight during World War I. He is in a mock duel against a captured German Hannover aircraft. Several aircraft manuevering in the sky. Smoke from tracers (incendiary bullets). Various allied aircraft pass close by. View of James "Jimmy" Armand Meissner from the 94th Aero Squadron in front seat of DH-4. Aerial view of the ground. Clouds all around. Rickenbacker's Spad aircraft with number "1" painted on side seen in fight around 3 minute mark on clip.
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. Three men work on a Spad plane in a muddy field. A man with a letter arrives and reads out the contents of the letter to them. Men appear jubilant after reading the letter and celebrate.
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. Two men stand near a casket wrapped in the American flag with flowers placed on it. Men of United States 94th Aero Squadron come out of a dispensary where the casket is placed. Men carry casket as they march towards the cemetery. Casket placed in a cart as men carry flowers. Men bury the casket in a grave at the cemetery as a plane flies over head. Men lined up at the cemetery as plane flies overhead. Many new graves with markers at the cemetery.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. A bay with hangars in the background. A seaplane ready to take off as its propellers rotate. Views of the buildings. A large twin engine biplane with engines running preparing for takeoff. A man takes pictures from rear cockpit of the airplane with an aerial camera as the aircraft is in flight.
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