French Schneider CA tanks in operation during the First World War. Tank passes camera. Two World War I French tanks moving towards front line. Rear view of tank moving away with crewman emerging from rear door. The tanks bear painted images of playing card suits: heart, spade, and diamond are seen, indicating to which section of the French Tank Company they belonged.
French troops firing a "French 75" artillery field piece set up in a revetment during World War 1. One soldier holds his ears before the gun is fired. Closeup of recoil as it fires. The gun crew immediately reloads and fires again. Chart displays yearly increased production of these weapons from 1914 through May, 1917. (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.
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)
French airplanes used for observation in World War 1. A twin engine Caudron airplane parked, with engines running, on a grass field. A Sopwith two-place 1-1/2 strutter airplane with Scarff ring-mounting for Lewis gun in rear cockpit. Tail number P I-A2 visible on rudder which is being moved by an aviator in the cockpit. Another person stands next to the aircraft, which is parked in front of a hangar. Next scene show ground crewman turning propeller on a Salmson 2 airplane parked in front of a hangar. Closeup of the airplane with engine running and two aviators on board. Closeup of the aircraft engine.
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