A four-act thriller: the destruction of an observation balloon and the escape of its crew. In the first picture the French warplane has fired incendiary shells into the German balloon from which the observers have already dropt in their parachutes. In the next the parachutes open; and the crew are probably safe on the ground as the balloon finally bursts into flames The airship in the rôle of hawk. These scouts for submarines were first used to furnish eyes for the British patrol fleet |