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Selected Historical AAF Scenes, WWI and WWII by United States. Air Force

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TitleSelected Historical AAF Scenes, WWI and WWII
CreatorUnited States. Air Force
LanguageEnglish
Mediatypemovies
SubjectWWII, WWI, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Dancing Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial Operations, United States. Army Air Forces, World War, 1914-1918, Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, World War, 1939-1945, Airplanes, Military, Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, World War I, World War II
CollectionwwIIarchive, additional_collections
Uploaderjilly
Identifier111-LC-46676
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"Historical scenes: WWI. Tent hangar opens and biplane is pushed out. CU, map of St. Mihiel, France. Biplanes lined up on field. Pilots get planes and start engines. Biplanes taxi and take off. Planes zoom directly over camera. Germans load bombs into German plane. HS, WW I battlefield. Soldiers advancing. Man in cockpit of biplane drops bomb into battlefield, flying in formation directly overhead. WW I dogfight. Planes landing. Plane in foreground is tipped over. WW II. Burning map of Europe. MS, Adolf Hitler looking up at sky. Eiffel Tower in background. German troops marching past Arc de Triomphe. Wright glider glides down hill. Men turn Wright prop plane around and spin the props. CU, engine of Wright plane. Historical scenes: CU, Orville Wright. One of the Wright brothers fixes wheel under wing of plane. Horses pull the plane across field. Men turn the plane around. Men pull up catapult weight. Props are spun and two men climb aboard. Plane takes off. Group of men duck as plane circles. Planes of the Lafayette Escadrille lined up on field. Pilots climb aboard and start to take off. Pilots get assignments in outdoor shack; they walk off to biplanes and check them. Two men climb into cockpits of plane. Plane starts to take off. CU, pilot in cockpit of airborne biplane. Bombs drop from plane. MS, President Woodrow Wilson at desk. Red Cross girls give coffee to troops at dock. Men being checked before boarding ship. Troopship leaving. WW II dance. Soldiers and WACs dancing." National Archives Identifier: 28981 listed as "Selected scenes from US Air Force for proj. 223-12040" As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks. :)