Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Bombers of WW1.ogg

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Reason
I don't think we have a featured World War I motion picture, and this one features both a notable figure (Rickenbacker) and battlefield action.
Proposed caption
U.S. pilots in action during World War I. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, known as the U.S. "Ace of Aces", conducts a bombing run over German lines.
Articles this image appears in
Eddie Rickenbacker, Aviation in World War I, World War I
Creator
Uploaded by User:Brian0918. Work of U.S. government.
  • Question how acurate is it? It says "over the line" but then shows both in-plane shots, and ground shots of the planes/bombs going off. It seems unlikely that they would have simultaneous ground and air footage if he were behind enemy lines. Maybe it should illustrate something else - cinematography of WWI or propaganda? Debivort 00:35, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Agreed, it seems like war propaganda. Nothing wrong with that; I'd support were it billed as such.. --frotht 07:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • I have no clue whatsoever about the accuracy of the claims made in the text panels of the film. I just happened to stumble upon the clip in the World War I article and decided to nominate it. (In response to Froth's question below, I also don't know anything about the technical specifications of the film. Spikebrennan 12:53, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • Would a better caption be something like "Film produced by the U.S. military during World War I that purports to show ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacker bombing a German position." (assuming that's accurate, which I haven't researched.) Spikebrennan 12:56, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Why does this have a theora stream? It's sizey- 111kbps over more than a minute. Yet there's no audio. --frotht 07:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support with the alternative caption. Debivort 21:05, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: This is more a video then a picture. Animated gifs or something simillar I can see fitting into this category, but this really belongs in a separate world. --Hetar 03:26, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Bombers of WW1.ogv MER-C 03:57, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]