COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F046.jpg
Title:
Dogfight between French and German planes
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-02-12
Description:
Attached: "S/,167870 F.C. COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. REMARKABLE PHOTO OF AN AIR BATTLE IN PROGRESS. Photographs of the actual manoeuvring of the battle-planes in the realms above, have been extremely few and have not shown in any sense the graphic tenseness of an actual air fight that is shown in this photograph. The French plane at the top is manoeuvring for position preparatory to swooping down on its German adversary. After a short but thrilling machine gun duel the Frenchman succeeded in downing the Teuton. The photo was made by an observer in another French battleplane. This wonderful photograph shows how the warplanes are handled in battle. Often to get over the enemy French planes seem to climb directly upward and then made a sudden swoop downward to to get the Teuton. RELEASED FOR FEB. 15-1918." 2/12/18."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Subject:
Airplanes, Military
Decade:
1910s
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
war photography
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
Genre/Form:
aerial photography
Format:
Photograph; black and white
Extent:
10 x 8 in.
Digital Publisher:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
Collection:
Underwood and Underwood World War I press photographs
Physical Location:
Box 1, Folder 46
Rights Statement:
Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.
General Note:
The description for these photographs is transcribed from paper descriptions that are attached to the photographs with adhesive. These paper descriptions are brittle and acidic. For presentation and accessibility purposes, the descriptions have been cropped out of the image.
