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WW1: Aviation Training In The United States 250029-01 | Footage Farm

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[WWI - 1917-1918, Aviation Training In The United States] 
MCS parade formation of WWI soldiers up dirt road near hangar building.
08:00:10  INT hangar building, soldiers work on WW1 type biplane.  
08:00:25  Ext. soldiers look at running aircraft engine mounted on wooden frame desk stand.
08:00:34  INT pilot navigation class, seated around pit model / map.
08:00:52 Ext. soldiers at tables breaking down machine guns.  Soldiers assemble bombs & pour explosives into molds.  Remove assembled bombs & stack. (Possible 10 pound bombs.)
08:01:32  MS assembling slightly larger bombs. (Possibly 25 pounds
08:02:14  MS soldiers receive instructions on bomb rack operation w/ bombs mounted on wooden type racks.  08:02:31  MS past rear of men w/ earphones to photographs of various type aircraft.
08:02:52  MS men on firing range w/ shotguns.  CS stick operator releasing clay pigeons.  MCU man firing Lewis Model 1915 machine gun mounted on table at target aircraft painted on canvas, holes appear on target.  08:03:25  MS Instructor & pilot in link trainer type instrument.  Other cadets around wall watching.
08:03:43  INT classroom, cadets rise, march out of room, leave under sign:  SCHOOL CADET WING. 
08:04:00  MS men receive flight clothing.  Men sign in, walking out to Curtiss JN 6HB advanced trainers & get into plane.  Take off; cadets on ground watching plane doing rolls & turns.   
08:05:44  Air to air of formation of Curtiss JN-6HB advanced trainers in flight.  Camera aircraft flies over & in front.  View of aircraft engine, pistons operating while in flight.  Six aircraft in flight over large city.  Formation  over Statue of Liberty. 
08:06:30  MS instructor standing in center of field directing incoming aircraft for landing.  CS pilot & students in cockpit. Student gets out, walks over & tests wings of aircraft by bouncing up & down on it.  Students test wing struts.  Other Curtiss JN-6HB in bg.  ECU testing tail control surfaces.
08:07:16  MS student taking off for solo flight in aircraft.  POV in plane. 
08:07:50  MS soldiers attach small bombs to underside of aircraft.  CS pilot placing fuses in noses of bombs. Two men into cockpit & take off; release three bombs over camera.  Pilot & gunner into Curtiss JN-6HB Lewis Model 1915 machine guns mounted on side of gunners seat, gunner testing action & swivel gun mount.  Plane takes off, chases another doing rolls, spins etc.   
08:11:22  Men watching from wooden platform.  Instructor w/ binoculars making notes at desk. 
08:12:17  POV from plane to another over Kelly Field w/ many hangers.  Pursuit aircraft makes landing.  MLS Curtiss JN-6HB  landing. 
08:12:55  Pilot out of cockpit, walks over to camera.
08:13:11  Flash title.  After passing the test, the cadet is commissioned a Reserve Military Aviator.  MS group 0f cadets lined up.  Men receive graduation diplomas from officer.
08:13:35  MLS cadets grouped near headquarters building.  Band parades in front, men start to march out of scene.  Men pass in review.  Several angles of parade & graduation ceremonies.   CS of  spectators-men, women and soldiers watching cadets parade.
08:14:16  Title:  The supremacy of the air will be maintained & it will win the war.  (Slogan of the Aviation Corps).  Color guard.  Flash title: The End.
Home Front; 
NOTE:  Kelly Field, San Antonio founded 27Mar17.
NOTE:  NOT speed corrected.

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