Great War Weekly Picture 75
Dogfight in the streets of Paris
The French anti-aircraft gun is firing on the German Taube (Pigeon) fighter that is attacking the French plane below him.
Real color picture (autochrome), made in 1915 in Paris by a member of the Photography and Cinematography Organization of the French Army.
In all belligerent countries boys played war until they were old enough to be slain in reality.
More on the aspect of boys and war : They Die Young: Kid Soldiers of the Great War.
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