This was the little narrative that came with it in an e-mail:
-- . The Baron was Amazing!
Dang, no wonder Snoopy never had a chance, lol.
Subject: 100 year old footage of the Red Baron during WWI
100 year old footage of the Red Baron during WWI
Baron Von Richthofen....100-year old film. Whoever thought of an engine in which the propeller is attached to the engine block, the crankshaft is attached to the aircraft bulkhead, and the whole engine block rotates around the crank as it turns the prop must have had nightmares trying to think of the lubrication and the ignition systems. Amazingly, it worked! It had so much rotational inertia that the aircraft was forced to turn left (or right) in a dive and turn the other way in a climb. The enemy knew this and shot left or right of the aircraft during a dive.
100 year old footage of the Red Baron during WWI Notice them squirting oil … on the valve stems, I would guess, prior to spinning the prop. The following is a very rare piece of film, 100 years old. It shows Baron Von Richthofen, doing an external prior to a mission, as well as his putting on a flying suit prior to flight in cold weather. If you look closely you will notice Hermann Goering. The Aussies claim that one of their machine gunners on the ground shot the Baron down on 4 June 1915… To think this film is almost 100 years old! If you're interested in history or aviation, you cannot miss this footage. It was just posted online, and I've never seen anything like it. It's from 1917, and it's an up-close and personal look at the most legendary combat pilot who ever lived, the infamous Red Baron, Manfred Von Richthofen. Watch the extremely rare, extremely old footage and re-live history. ULTRA-RARE footage of the most famous fighter pilot ever.
