A researcher's guide to the aviation related stories released nationally by Universal Pictures 1929-1931.

Ever wish you could see a World War I Curtiss Jenny do a triple loop? How about a squadron of American-made DH-4 Liberty bombers taking off on a mission over the front? You can, in glorious black-and-whiteshot on location by the military's own movie makers, using state of the art (1918-style) wooden boxes with crude brass-encased glass lenses, metal hand cranks, and cumbersome tripods. Thousands of WWI-related motion picture reels sit in the vaults at the National Archives and Records Administration facility in College Park, Marylandbut only 71 titles contain aviation footage. This amazing real-time visual history of the first ever air war could have been lost to time. Luckily, with the publication of WAR WINGS: Films of the First Air War, you can locate those needles in the giant haystack of the Archives, and know precisely what moving images are on each reel. Absolutely indispensable to a student of World War I aviation. I wish I had it when co-founding Wingspan, the Air & Space Channel]Phil Stewarts succinct real by reel, scene by scene, analysis is complemented by a wonderful index. Walter J. Boyne, Author and National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinee. Allows the reader to almost watch the films themselves unroll]the next best thing to seeing the films themselves. Leonard E. Opdycke, Author, Editor, and Publisher. WAR WINGS chronicles over 2,550 individual scenes of filmed actionwhile hundreds more are summarized. Scenes of pilot training, airplane manufacturing, fighting in the skies over France, and the post-Armistice testing of enemy airplanes, were all captured on film during 1917-1919. This superbly-researched landmark work is a boon to scholars, librarians, museum curators, historians, students of film, and those interested in genealogy. The detailed information contained within the pages of this invaluable research tool provides an accurate and timeless word-picture record of the aviation-related moving images of the "War to End All Wars."

Ever wish you could see a World War I Curtiss Jenny do a triple loop? How about a squadron of American-made DH-4 Liberty bombers taking off on a mission over the front? You can, in glorious black-and-whiteshot on location by the military's own movie makers, using state of the art (1918-style) wooden boxes with crude brass-encased glass lenses, metal hand cranks, and cumbersome tripods. Thousands of WWI-related motion picture reels sit in the vaults at the National Archives and Records Administration facility in College Park, Marylandbut only 71 titles contain aviation footage. This amazing real-time visual history of the first ever air war could have been lost to time. Luckily, with the publication of WAR WINGS: Films of the First Air War, you can locate those needles in the giant haystack of the Archives, and know precisely what moving images are on each reel. Absolutely indispensable to a student of World War I aviation. I wish I had it when co-founding Wingspan, the Air & Space Channel]Phil Stewarts succinct real by reel, scene by scene, analysis is complemented by a wonderful index. Walter J. Boyne, Author and National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinee. Allows the reader to almost watch the films themselves unroll]the next best thing to seeing the films themselves. Leonard E. Opdycke, Author, Editor, and Publisher. WAR WINGS chronicles over 2,550 individual scenes of filmed actionwhile hundreds more are summarized. Scenes of pilot training, airplane manufacturing, fighting in the skies over France, and the post-Armistice testing of enemy airplanes, were all captured on film during 1917-1919. This superbly-researched landmark work is a boon to scholars, librarians, museum curators, historians, students of film, and those interested in genealogy. The detailed information contained within the pages of this invaluable research tool provides an accurate and timeless word-picture record of the aviation-related moving images of the "War to End All Wars."

a researcher's guide to the aviation related stories released nationally by Universal Pictures 1929-1931

BATTLEFILM: U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures of the Great War. Selected as the Best History Book by Reader Views Annual Reviewers Choice Awards and was an Award Finalist in the Military History category of the National Best Books Awards BATTLEFILM is the only reference guide in print today that catalogs the WWI era documentary films contained in the U.S. Army Signal Corps records held at the U.S. National Archives. For the first time, in book form, there is concise information about the surviving motion picture films that were taken over ninety years ago. The Second Edition of BATTLEFILM details 488 film titles that cover America's part in this conflict. Each of the 993 reels of action is described using data gathered from actual Army records. These historic films of World War I action exist today on silent, black and white motion picture film. Whether you're a historian, media researcher, documentary producer, or a student of film, this book provides an accurate and timeless reference to the moving images of America's effort in the "War to End All Wars." What Others Are Saying about BATTLEFILM: "BATTLEFILM is confidently recommended as an indispensable reference work for historians, media researchers, documentary producers, film students, and authors working on fiction as well as non-fiction works about American involvement in WWI." - John Burroughs, Midwest Book Review "This book is the ONLY one in publication today that details readily available WWI films. BATTLEFILM is a superb source of information for stock-footage for that Great War documentary." - Peter Marshall, The Director's Chair "BATTLEFILM provides a valuable service to researchers, filmmakers, and writers wishing to examine the visual images of World War I." - Larry Suid, Film & History Magazine "It's a must have book if you happen to be looking for original film footage regarding World War I." - Tony Lazzarini, Military Writer's Society of America

Selected as the Best History Book by Reader Views Annual Reviewers Choice Awards and was an Award Finalist in the Military History category of the National Best Books Awards BATTLEFILM is the only reference guide in print today that catalogs the WWI era documentary films contained in the U.S. Army Signal Corps records held at the U.S. National Archives. For the first time, in book form, there is concise information about the surviving motion picture films that were taken over ninety years ago. The Second Edition of BATTLEFILM details 488 film titles that cover America's part in this conflict. Each of the 993 reels of action is described using data gathered from actual Army records. These historic films of World War I action exist today on silent, black and white motion picture film. Whether you're a historian, media researcher, documentary producer, or a student of film, this book provides an accurate and timeless reference to the moving images of America's effort in the "War to End All Wars." What Others Are Saying about BATTLEFILM: "BATTLEFILM is confidently recommended as an indispensable reference work for historians, media researchers, documentary producers, film students, and authors working on fiction as well as non-fiction works about American involvement in WWI." - John Burroughs, Midwest Book Review "This book is the ONLY one in publication today that details readily available WWI films. BATTLEFILM is a superb source of information for stock-footage for that Great War documentary." - Peter Marshall, The Director's Chair "BATTLEFILM provides a valuable service to researchers, filmmakers, and writers wishing to examine the visual images of World War I." - Larry Suid, Film & History Magazine "It's a must have book if you happen to be looking for original film footage regarding World War I." - Tony Lazzarini, Military Writer's Society of America