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WWI - 1918 / 1919, Aviation Activities in the AEF Pt. 1 of 2

Reel Number: 250149-01-P1

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1918,1919

Country: France,USA

Location: Clermont

TC Begins: 10:00:13

TC Ends: 10:08:12

Duration: 00:07:59

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWI - Activities of the following Aero Squadrons during World War I: 1st, 2nd, 12th, 13th, 24th, 99th, 103rd, 132nd, 135th, 139th, 147th, 148th, 185th, and 258th; the 88th and 284th Observation Squadrons, and the 9th Reconnaissance Sqdn. R1 of 02 Pilots & crewman standing beside row of 15 American Sopwith F1 Camels 10:00:36 Ground crewmen stand in front of aircraft w/ motors running; hold onto rope attached to wheel chock. Several aircraft start to taxi & three take off. 10:01:20 AMS FV DH-9 in flight, camera tilts down from aircraft to airfield. AVs of Sopwith Camels in flight. MLS, MCU Sopwith F-1 Camel diving toward & over camera. LS FV Sopwith F-1 Camel in flight low over hangars and parked Sopwith F-1's, then aircraft banks out left frame. Sopwith Fl Camel taxiing after landing -- ground crewman enters left frame, waits for aircraft to pass him, then runs after it -- an up-ended Sopwith F1 Camel -- ground crewmen help the pilot, Lt. Elliott W. Springs, out of the cockpit; crewmen right the plane. 10:03:43 MS pan right, pilots of 148th Aero Squadron standing beside a building. MS pan left, mechanics of the A, B, & C flights of 148th Aero Squadron in front of three parked Sopwith F1 Camels -- hangars in bg. MS members of flight, 148th Aero Squadron, beside Sopwith F1 Camel, l. to r. Lt. L. T. Wyly; Lt. L. W. Rabe; Lt. F. E. Kindley, Flight Commander holding bulldog mascot named Fokker; Lt. W. B. Knox; & Lt. J. A. Creech. 10:04:44 MCU Lt. Field E. Kindley, "A" Flight Commander beside nose of F1 w/ his bulldog mascot, Fokker, on the propeller. 10:04:55 MS members of the flight standing in front of plane, left to right: Lt. R. R. Cunnius; Lt. S. Q. Noel; Lt. E. W. Springs, Flight Commander; Lt. L. K. Callahan; Lt. O. A. Ralson; & Lt. J. Jenkinson, Jr. 10:05:10 MCU Lt. E. W. Springs, "B" Flight Commander, leaning against wing of a Sopwith F- Camel, smoking a cigarette & reading a newspaper. 10:05:26 MS pan left to members of "C" flight, l. to r. Lt. W. P. Avery; Lt. L. C. Bissel; Lt. G. A. Whiting; Lt. Henry R. Clay, Flight Commander; Lt. E. H. Zistell; Lt. T. L. Moore; Lt. G. O. Dorsey; & Lt. T. M. Galbreath. 01:27:30 MCU Lt. Henry R. Clay, "C" Flight Commander. 10:05:40 MCU Lt. Morton L. Newhall, Commanding Officer, 148th Aero Squadron, his German Shepherd mascot, Shadow, on the aircraft wing. 10:06:00 MS three Breguet 14 A.2 bombers, engines running, parked in a row w/ four ground crewmen standing, two at each wing, in front of first aircraft. 10:06:12 14Jun18, Clermont, France. Two ground crewmen mounting 155mm bombs under the wing of a Breguet 14 A.2 bomber as a lieutenant looks on (Clermont, France, 14 June 1918). MCU 155mm bomb as it is fused by an officer. 10:07:28 MCU airman in a Breguet 14 A.2 winding up bomb release mechanism, looking into sighting instrument. MCU Release device, bar w/ pegs on it turning in wing of the Breguet 14 A.2 bomber, hatch closed over bomb release device in wing. 10:08:00 MS Four officers hold different shells, l. to r. 115mm, 115 long, 115 short, & 75mm. Continued.... WW1; Military Aviation; Pilots; Training; French; NOTE: Entire film on two cards 10:00:13 - 10:16:51 sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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