Video Parts (9 across 3 reels)
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THIRD AVIATION INSTRUCTION CENTER (FRANCE, 1917-1918) Reel 1 · Part 3
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Reel 1 shows aerial and ground views of the center at Issoudon. Students taxi, manipulate controls in a dual-control plane, and fire machine guns and pistols. Reel 2, 8 planes are dismantled and assembled. War Sec. Baker, Pershing, and Gen. Foulois inspect a base and view aerial acrobatics. Maj. Spaatz presides at a Christmas party, 1917. Reel 3 shows formation flying. Students manipulate a dual-control plane. Shows repair shops and storerooms. Tires are vulcanized, fuselages repaired, motors assembled, and parts salvaged. Prisoners operate an incinerator. Fire trucks answer a call.
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