Manufacturing of ordnance in United States. A sign outside a building reads 'Watervliet Arsenal: drive slow' Men at work inside the arsenal. Artillery hoisted in a sling lowered to be piled up inside the arsenal. Artillery lowered and piled up. Pile of artillery.
Manufacturing of ordnance in United States. Gun barrels worked on as they undergo various processes during the manufacturing. Men work on drill, presses and lathes. Gun barrels shaped on machines. Fiery fares emerge as artillery is processed. Man operates a lathe and barrels roll on the lathe. Final machined dimensions checked with large hand-held gauge.
Manufacturing of ordnance in United States. Men work in Watervliet arsenal, New York. Men work on machines. Assembling aircraft machine guns.
Manufacturing of ordnance in United States. Checking guns by placing test cartridges in machine guns. Stacking two types of completed machine guns.
Manufacturing of ordnance in United States. Man carries a machine gun and fixes it on a stand with its barrel protruding to the other side of the wall. Cartridge belts. Men pick up belts and feed them into guns. Men test fire the guns and used up cartridges pile up in a container by the side of the gun. Smoke rises as guns are fired.