15 American Sopwith F.1 Camel aircraft, parked in a row. They display solid white triangle insignia of the 148th Aero Squadron. Ground crewmen stand in front of the aircraft holding ropes attached to wheel chocks. Three aircraft taxi and take off. Closeup of a two-place airplane that looks somewhat like a Curtis JN-4 or a Martin Standard J-1 trainer, except that It has a large exhaust pipe atop its inline engine. Aerial view of an airfield through clouds. Several Sopwith F.1 Camel aircraft flying in formation. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Republican militia battle with rebel army in the Guadarrama mountains of Madrid, Spain. Explosions on ground. Loyalist soldiers fire at rebel forces from a rocky perch using rifles and machine guns in battle. Explosion and smoke seen out to the side of a moving vehicle. Detachments of pro-government troops parade through main street of Madrid, on their way to the front during the Spanish Civil War.
Toronto Policemen participate in annual "Church Parade" to honor fallen from World War 1. The Police Pipe Band leads the parade past the City Hall Branch of the Dominion Bank, at Queen and Bay Streets. They are followed by uniformed policemen wearing white gloves.The Pipe band continues along tree-lined section of street. Police official on horseback leads the uniformed police officers. A contingent of mounted police take part in the parade. An elderly man in Police uniform stands with three elderly officials, in top hats, in front of the Toronto City Hall, where members of another police band in uniform, stand, at ease, conversing. Spectators are gathered under a flagpole. A Color Guard of police officers stands at attention. The four elderly gentlemen are assisted in placing a floral wreath at the base of the World War I memorial at the City Hall. Inscription: "To Our Glorious Dead" is seen on the monument. The four men stand as the police band plays music.
Artillery and howitzers being towed by a number of trucks, passing through Nantes, France on way to the front during World War I. American and French soldiers standing by. Parked treaded tractors in a line on a roadside with U.S. soldiers in them. Officers on horse carts. Supplies stacked beside a railroad track. U.S. cavalry soldiers emerge from woods on running horses.
Henry Ford and Andre Citroen examine motor of a ford car at Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory. They examine a few cars. They get out of a vehicle and shake hands in front of the car. Henry Ford and Mr. Andre Citroen seated in a convertible. Replica of Indepedence Hall in background.
An experimental helicopter with two sets of rotating blades sets record of a height of 30 feet. The helicopter with two sets of propellers takes off in front of a hangar and is airborne at a height 30 feet from ground. From a November 27, 1958 newsreel feature "25 years ago today".
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