A British observation-officer testing the communications equipment which allowed him to speak to the ground when aloft in his kite-balloon. Such balloons were tethered to the ground and used by artillery batteries to observe the surrounding terrain and find targets for their fire. Date: 1916
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Image Number: 4220-20402124Rights ManagedCredit Line:Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library/Pantheon/SuperStockCollection:Mary Evans Picture Library Contributor:Illustrated London News Ltd Model Release:NoProperty Release:NoResolution:4887×4954
