Aero Squadrons Of WWI Reel-1

Shot List:

00:00:03;07

Panning view of a line of aircraft. Ground crewmen are standing in front of the aircraft holding onto rope attached to wheel chock. The aircraft engines are running, then several aircraft start to taxi and three aircraft take off. DH-9 aircraft in flight. Several AV's of four Sopwith Camels in flight to the right. Sopwith F-1 Camel diving toward and passing over camera and out upper frame - three takes.

00:01:40;08

Pan left with ground crewmen running toward an up-ended Sopwith F-1 Camel ground crewmen help the pilot, Lt. Elliott W. Springs, out of the cockpit. Mechanics and ground crewmen righting the Sopwith F-1 Camel.

00:02:22;23

Pan right, pilots of the 148th Aero Squadron standing beside a building. Pan left, mechanics of the, A, B and C flights of the 148th Aero Squadron, standing in front of three parked Sopwith F-1 Camels, hangars in bg.

00:02:53;13

Members of the 148th Aero Squadron standing beside a Sopwith F-1 Camel, left to right: Lt. L.T. Wyly; Lt. L.W. Rabe; Lt. F.E. Kindley, Flight Commander, holding his mascot, a bulldog named Fokker; Lt. W.B. Knox; and Lt. J.A. Creech. 268' MCU Lt. Field E. Kind1ey, A Flight Commander, standing beside nose of a Sopwith F-1 Camel, his bulldog mascot, Fokker, is on the aircraft propeller.

00:03:10;02

Members of the flight standing in front of a Sopwith F-1 Camel, 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; and Lt. J. Jenkinson, Jr. MCU Lt. E.W. Springs, B Flight Commander, leaning against the wing of a Sopwith F-1 Camel, smoking a cigarette and reading a newspaper.
Pan left to show members of C flight, left to right: 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; and Lt. T.M. Ga1breath. 324' MCU Lt. Henry R. Clay, C Flight Commander, leaning on the wing of a Sopwith F-l Camel. MCU Lt. Morton L. Newhall, Commanding Officer, 148th Aero Squadron, leaning against the wing of a Sopwith F-1 Camel, his mascot, a German shepherd named Shadow, is on the wing of the aircraft.

00:03:53;19

FV three Breguet 14 A.2 bombers, engines running, parked in a row, four ground crewmen are standing, two at each wing, in front of the first aircraft. Sequence of shots of 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 of a l55mm bomb as it is fused by an officer. Airman in a Breguet 14 A.2 winding up bomb release mechanism, looking into sighting instrument, and pressing trigger which releases the bomb. MCU a bar with pegs on it turning in the wing of the Breguet 14 A.2 bomber. This is the device which releases the bomb from the wing of the aircraft, an officer closes hatch over bomb release device in wing. MCU four officers holding four different types of shells, left to right: 1l5mm, 115 long, 115 short, and 75mm.

00:05:24;10

Series of shots of three Air Service personnel, one looking at sky with binoculars, and the two others sitting at a table, one man is drawing lines inside a large circle drawn on a sheet of paper beside a Camera Obscura - the camera obscura is a device with a lens pointed toward the sky and produces an image of an airplane as it flies overhead - the camera is the objective at which trainee bombardiers fire a Very pistol.

Shows a scene of an Air Service man inside of the Camera Obscura plotting the course of an aircraft. 545' Several scenes of two Air Service lieutenants holding and looking through the old and new Michelin bombsight - the old type is on the left; the new type, on the right.

O0:06:25;10

A Breguet l4 A.2 flies through scene low over the ground and passes out left frame, six 75mm bombs exploding in a field. Pan right, buildings and hangars at Aerial Bombing School, Cazaux, Gironde, France, 30 December 1918.

An aircraft resembling a Farman F-40 with floats taxiing on water at beginning of scene, water in fg. MS a bi-winged twin engine three-man Letord aircraft with engines running, parked, several ground crewmen are standing in the right frame.

00:07:13;14

AV's of the Aerial Bombing School at Cazaux, France and of Camp Hunt, shows the pilots and two cameramen in the Letord bi-winged aircraft 30 December 1918. MLS barracks on either side of the street in Camp Hunt. MCU French Naval gunner firing a Lewis 30 calibrated machine gun mounted in a wooden frame as several French Air Service and Naval personnel look on.

00:08:44;20

MS left SV a Letord bi-motored aircraft taxiing left, executing a 90 degree right turn, and taxiing right. Pan right, mechanics of the 99th Aero Squadron sitting and standing beside two parked Salmson 2 A.2's, 11 August 1918, Dogneville, France. CU Lt. G. C. Kahle, standing beside wing of Salmson 2 A.2 putting on flying helmet. MS left FV Lt. Kahle and Lt. F.A. Hill, observer, climbing into cockpit of Salmson 2 A.2. MS Lt. Hill puts ammunition canisters on twin machine gun mount in rear cockpit of Salmson 2 A.2, tests machine gun mount, then is handled an aerial camera by a ground crewman. MCU low angle, two ground crewmen testing the action of one of the machine guns of a Salmson 2 A.2. 898' MS to MLS RV the Salmson 2 A.2 taxiing away from camera. MS right SV Salmson 2 A.2 making its takeoff run and passing out right frame. MS FV ground crewmen turning prop on Salmson 2 A.2 as then engine starts. MLS right SV a Salmson 2 A.2 taking off.

00:10:25;20

MCU Lt. Frank A. Llewellyn standing beside a Salmson 2 A.2 putting on flight goggles. MLS RV Salmson 2 A.2 in flight low over ground just after takeoff. MCU Lt. Frank A. Llewellyn standing beside a Salmson 2 A.2 putting on goggles. MS RV ground crewman turning prop on Salmson 2 A.2 as observer tests machine gun mount in rear cockpit. MLS to MS low angle, Salmson 2 A.2 in flight low over ground and toward and over camera.
MCU Lt. M. C. Markham and Lt. L.S. Powell viewing paper iron crosses pasted over bullet holes in the horizontal stabilizer of their Salmson 2 A.2 - a second Salmson 2 A.2, ground crewmen, and hangar in bg. MS RV of aircraft ground crewman pushing a damaged Salmson 2 A.2 over grassy field toward camera at Dogneville, France, 26 August 1918.