SECOND AVIATION INSTRUCTION CENTER (TOURS) | The Archive Project

Video Parts (5 across 2 reels)

This clip is Reel 1, Part 1 of a 5-part film.

Description

Reel 1 shows training planes and hangars at Tours, Fr. The fuselage of a Nieuport is repaired. Cameras are mounted on a Sopwith plane; students take pictures. Pilots train with mounted machine guns, fire on a range, and place panel signals. Reel 2, students land. Col. Spaatz inspects aviators and mechanics. Sec. of War Baker; John D. Ryan, Chief of the Air Service; and Gens. Bliss, Harbord, and Pershing inspect airplanes. Firemen respond to a practice alert. Shows a wrecked Sopwith plane.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films

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Date

1936-01-01

File

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TRT

3:31

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