Third Aviation Instruction Center (France, 1917-1918).webm

(This film is silent) National Archives Identifier: 24982 Local Identifier: 111-H-1481 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24982 From: Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936 Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer Other Title: Historical Film, No. 1481 Scope and Content: Reel 1 shows aerial and ground views of the center at Issoudon. Students taxi, manipulate controls in a dual-control plane, and fire machine guns and pistols. Reel 2, 8 planes are dismantled and assembled. War Sec. Baker, Pershing, and Gen. Foulois inspect a base and view aerial acrobatics. Maj. Spaatz presides at a Christmas party, 1917. Reel 3 shows formation flying. Students manipulate a dual-control plane. Shows repair shops and storerooms. Tires are vulcanized, fuselages repaired, motors assembled, and parts salvaged. Prisoners operate an incinerator. Fire trucks answer a call. Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM) National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 Phone: 301-837-3540 Email: mopix@nara.gov