ACTIVITIES OF AIR SERVICE IN FRANCE Reel 1 · Part 2

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Summary: Reel 1: 1000'. 1) MS Camera pans L to R fields, trees and barracks. Trees in Fg. 2) AS Barracks. Camera pans L to R. Smoke columns in Fg. Airfield comes into view. Trees in Bg. Smoke in Bg. 3) CS American Officers in charge of training school in France. 4) CS American cadets and French instructors. Bldg in bg. 5) CS French Instructor turning prop of training aircraft "Grass Cutters". Students on each side of instructors. 6) Closer S. Two training planes taxiing towards camera. EM and house in Bg. 7) CS Nosed over training plane. Pilot jumps out of cockpit and examines prop. 8) MLS An airfield. Camera pans L to R along line of Nieuport 80s. Hangars in Bg. 9) CS Mechanic turning prop of Nieuport. Pilot in cockpit. Camera pans L to R. Two Officers watching. Two Nieuport planes and hanger in Bg. Also EM in Bg. CU of Nieuport plan being inspected before take off. 10) CU Cadets. Instructor in cockpit, control stick moving by dual controls of pilot. Student takes hold of stick and moves it. CU of instructor moving stick. 11) CU Operations of dual control stick. 12) MS Rear view of controlling surfaces of Nieuport being operated by pilot in cockpits. 13) CS Pilots and student in Nieuport. Pilot jumps out. Student moves back to rear cockpit. 14) CS Nieuport 80. Instructor getting into rear cockpit, student into forward cockpit. Officers and EM around plane. Close-up of mechanic turning prop. Plane taxies away from camera and takes off. 15) CS General Pelletier de Weilmont of the French Aviation Service, and another French Officer and American Officer, inspection Nieuport. EM working on motor. 16) CS Student cadets trap shooting to train their eyes for quickness and accuracy. Scorekeeper and other EM in Fg. CU of students firing at Clay pigeons. 17) MS Students firing Lewis & Vickers machine guns. Instructors standing behind the. Camera pans L to R to rocking Nacelle with machine gun mounted on it. Cadet in Nacelle, instructor beside it. 18) CS Student in rocking Nacelle firing at miniature airplanes to simulate the movement of an airplane and produces a condition similar to flying. Other student is in Bg. firing. 19) CS Miniature plane & target. Bullets hitting dirt behind target. This shooting is done by deflection. The airplanes are aimed at, but the bullets hit the target at the side of the plane. 20) CS Women Red Cross worker coming out of door of building. 21) CU Set tables of Officers mess at Red Cross canteen. CU of Red Cross worker preparing food. 22) CS Officers and EM working in drafting room of motor repair shop. Officers seated at table. 23) Int. S Aero supply room. EM doing misc dutics. 24) Int. SV Wing room. EM takes 2 rudders off shelf. Two more men in Bg. bringing in 2 pair of wheels. EM doing misc duties. Two EMs put wing on shelf. 25) CS Two EMs. One holding prop and the other holding the head. Prop in Bg. CS of Officers talking to EM. EM working on wheel. EM rolls wheel away. EM misc duties. 26) Int. S EM working in aircraft instrument repair room. Two men seated at table. CU of EM misc duties sitting at tables in instrument repair room. 27) Int. S Metal and Brazing shop. EM misc duties [Quality: Good]. Reel 2: 100'. 1) MS EM vulcanizing airplane tires in tire repair shop. "Repairing Broken Propellers". 2) CU EM repairing broken propellers in propeller repair shop. "Lathe and Machine Shop". 3) MS EM at work in lathe shop. 4) MS EM working in machine shop. "Cleaning motor Cylinders". 5) MS at work cleaning motor cylinders of Aircraft engines. 6) CU Same as scene 5. "Motor Repair". 7) CU EM working on Aircraft engines in motor repair shop. "Assembling Motors". 8) CU Two EMs assembling Aircraft motor. EM assembling same in Bg. "Checking the Finished Motors". 9) MCU EM checking the assembled aircraft engines. "Testing Rotary Motors and Propellers on the Block" 10) CU EM pulls prop through on engine mounted on test block. Starting Engine and Testing. 11) CS Engine being run up on test block while testing. 12) CU Engine and Propeller mounted on test block. "Wing Repair Shop". 13) CU EM repair wings in wing repair shop. "General View of Major repair Shop". 14) CU Shot of EM at work in Major Repair Shop repairing Early Model Planes. "Repairing Fuselages". 15) CU Shot of EM repairing early model plane fuselages. "Savage dump for Wreecked Airplanes". 15) MS View of Salvage dump for wrecked airplanes. EM searching through wreckage. 16) MCU EM looking through salvage for servicable parts from wrecked planes. "Gasoline and Oil Filling Station". 17) MS EM servicing early model plane with gas and oil. Bldg Bg. Gas & oil in Bg. 18) CU Gen DeL'Espee and Maj Robert J. Bates. Early model plane Bg. EM Bg. "Field No 8 at Base No 2". 19) MS Parked early model airplanes. EM around planes. Bldg. Bg. "Airplanes at Field No 4, Capt Harry S. Gwynne, Com.". 20) MS EM around parked early model planes. "Capt Harry S. Gwynne and His Decorated Airplane 'The Flying Fish'". 21) MCU Capt Harry S. Gwynne's plane, "The Flying Fish" in Fg. EM and early model planes in Bg. 22) CU Early model plane "The flying Fish". Other planes in Bg. "Capt K.G. Pullian Jr. and his 15 meter decorated Nieuport 'The Jazbo'". 23) CU Capt K.G. Pullian takes off in his decorated Nieuport plane "The Jazbo". 24) CU Same as scene 23. "Co. A 1st Balloon Sqdn". 25) LS EM removing camouflage from obseorvation balloon in forest. "Making a patch in a Balloon Wing". 26) MCU EM making a patch in a wing of a balloon. "Removing sandbags and bringing the balloon out of its hangar". 27) MS EM removing sandbags and bringing balloon from its hangar for ascent. 28) MS EM around balloon removing sandbags and bringing balloon from its hangar in the forest. 29) MS EM carrying large wicker basket and removing miscellaneous articles from same. Balloon and EM in bg. "Bringing in a Ballon after a trial flight without passengers". 30) CU Balloon and attached cables, also attached wicker basket gondola. EM in Fg. bringing balloon in from trial flight. 31) CU EM being in balloon after trial flight. "Officers preparing for an ascent". 32) CU Three U.S. Officers and EM. Trees in Bg. 33) MCU Group of US Officers and EM around wicker basket gondola of balloon. 34) MCU Group of Officers and EM around wicker basket gondola. One man climbs into gondola. Balloon cables in Fg. Balloon begins ascent. 35) LS Balloon in flight. 36) LS EM bringing balloon in after ascent. Trees in Bg [Quality: Good]. Reel 3: 885'. 1) MS EM carries shells from ammunition trench up to where the artillery gun is located. Telephone Fg. 2) CU EM gives hostile airplane signal. 3) MS of the large artillery guns in action. "Formation flying under Command of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt". 4) AS Early model planes flying aerial formation. "Zooming". 5) AS Early model airplanes zooming low over airfield. Trees in bg. "Major E.N. Huffer" Commander 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron. 6) CU Major Huffer stands in front of an early model plane, smoking a cigarette. Trees and houses in Bg. "Major Raoul Lufberry of the 94th Aero Pursuit Sqds". 7) CU Major Lufberry stands in front of early model plane smoking a cigarette. 8) CU Two French Officers standing in front of early model plane, smoking cigarettes. "1st Lt Douglas Campbell, One of the American Aces". 9) CU Lt. Campbell sitting in early model plane. 10) CU French Officers leaning against fuselage of early model plane. " 2nd Lt Allen Winslow". 11) CU Lt Winslow leaning against fuselage of early model plane, smoking cigarette. 12) CU Lt Winslow sitting in early model plane. "Officers of the 94th Aero Pursuit Sqdn. 13) GS Officers of the 94th Aero Pursuit squadron pose in front of early model plane. "Commandant De La Forst decorating 1st Lt Douglas Campbell and 2nd Lt Allan F. Winslow with the Croix De Guerro". 14) CU Same as in Sub-title. 15) CU 1st Lt Campbell and 2nd Lt Winslow pose after they get their decorations. "The arrival of the first shipment of Liberty Motors and Planes at the Test Field". 16) MS Officers stand beside railroad track as train with airplanes and motors come in. "Officers of the Production Department supervise the unloading of the first Liberty Motors and Planes". 17) CU Officers supervising the unloading of the planes. "American and allied Officers & attending the Christening and first official flight of the Liberty Plane". 18) GS American and Allied Officers watch the christening and the first flight of the Liberty Plane. "Miss Edith Normant presents Capt Osborne, USA with a bouquet of flowers on behalf of the French Government". 19) GS Miss Normant presents a bouquet of flowers to Capt Osborne. Early model plane in Bg. 20) GS Mrs. Florence H. Kendall, of New York City, christening the first Liberty Plane. L to R are Capt Pullinger, H.M.S, Major Bates, U.S.A. and General de L'Espee of the French Army. "Tying 'Old Glory' to the strut of the first Liberty Plane". 21) CU EM tying American Flag to the strut of the first Liberty Plane. "The Liberty Plane in its first Official flight". 22) CU Liberty plane taxiing for take off. 23) LS Liberty plane makes take off. Good

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities