Ein Kampftag in der Champagne (1917)

Production company
Flora-Film GmbH (Berlin)
Source
Bundesarchiv

Part 1 Military airfield of Jagdstaffel (hunting group) 9; orders given by the group leader; „Albatros CV“ takes off on a mission; aerial photography of localities; encounter with captive ballloons; aerial combat with enemy biplane and crash; „Albatros CV“ lands near burning wreck of aircraft; return of the pursuit planes; aviator's grave with propeller as cross for Wilhelm Schlolaut, killed on the 12th November 1916; aerial pictures of the front. Part 2 Field cannon firing at enemy positions; explosions in the area and taking of the craters by assault troops; hand grenades used against enemy foxholes; assault detachment uses all possible cover proceeding over open terrain; breaking through enemy wire obstruction; deployment of flamethrowers; three German soldiers liberated from captivity; long column of French prisoners; German troops ride in trucks to resting positions.