Scenes of U.S. warships in World War I. Sailors take calisthenics, on deck, aboard Pennsylvania class U.S. battleship underway in Atlantic ocean, as viewed from above her three-gun upper turret. Different time and place: British Admiral David Beatty welcoming officers of the U.S. Ninth Battleship Division upon their arrival to join the Grand Fleet, in 1917, at the Firth of Forth, in Scotland. Admiral Beatty giving a welcome speech to officers and sailors of the Ninth Battleship Division, aboard the USS New York. US destroyer Manley (DD-74) camouflaged in Firth of Forth. Different place and time: Sailors hold on to lines as they watch a U.S. destroyer pass at high speed, and a Battleship following. U.S. warships signal each other using lights and morse code. Battleship passes at high speed.
Transport and infrastructure in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Incline railways carry passengers up and down the steep Pittsburgh hills. Automobiles driven onto incline railway car. Views of incline railways in operation, including point of view footage as seen from within a moving incline railway car. The business district of Pittsburgh. Automobiles, pedestrians, horse drawn vehicle traffic on the street in the industrial district. Pedestrians walking on wide sidewalk with Union Station (Pennsylvania Station, or also called Penn Station) in background, at Grant Street and Liberty Avenue, south of the Allegheny River. The Ford Motor Company Plant. Exterior view of the Moreland-Hoffstot House mansion in the Shadyside area of Pittsburgh.
Infrastructure of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Views of St. Paul's Cathedral (108 N Dithridge St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213), Soldiers Memorial (4141 Fifth Ave 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States ) and Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. The University of Pittsburgh and Schenley High School. Pittsburgh Athletic Club and Masonic Temple. Heinz Company Plant in the industrial district. The entrance gate of Highland Park. Bears and llama in the Highland Park Zoo.
Carnegie Foundation buildings comprising the Carnegie Library and Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The museums are housed in the Central Library Building (Carnegie Museum & Library, 4400 Forbes Ave Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States) at Schenley Park. This building covers six acres of the Italian Renaissance style and was opened to the public in 1895. A view through some trees of the Allegheny Observatory atop a hill in Riverview Park, four miles north of downtown Pittsburgh. Monument and flag on hilltop. The Carnegie Institute of Technology, presently known as Carnegie Mellon University (5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States).
Bethlehem Steel workers protest during a strike and throw pickets at the plant in Lackawanna in New York. Workers clash with the police. Police on horses carry billy clubs and move horses against the crowd, and beat back at labor protestors with clubs to control the crowd. Members of the management team seen in an office as they discuss the 3 point plan at the Office of Production Management which ends the strike.
A U.S. arms manufacturing in World War 1. Hundreds of war production workers seen at shift change, waiting for their respective trolley cars passing on tracks between arms manufacturing plant's buildings. Women at work on metal working machines in an arms factory. Racks of Browning Automatic Rifles (Rifle, Caliber .30, Automatic, Browning, M1918) are being moved about. Assemblers are seen hand fitting parts for the Browning M1917 water cooled machine gun. One man makes final assembly adjustments to one of the machine guns set up on tripod in the factory. He enjoys firing the Browning M1917 machine gun. (Note:The M1917 and M1918 BAR were manufactured by numerous American arms makers. Colt, Remington, Marlin, Royal typewriter, Winchester. Most of the M1917 machine guns were manufactured by New England Westinghouse.)
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