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U.S. Naval Railroad guns in France during world War I
Two U.S. 14"/50 caliber Mk 4 naval guns mounted on railroad carriers, are seen in a field in France during World War 1. A glimpse of U.S. Army artillery officer inside the control room of one gun. Armed sentry outside the gun. Navy gunners standing on platform abutting the control room. View from further back along the train, as Navy gunner on the platform cranks a handle raising the gun's elevation. Different view of the gunner on the platform cranking the elevation handle, lowering the barrel to near zero elevation and then back up again. (WWI. WW1)
U.S. Navy railway guns set up in France during World War 1.
Railway guns in France. 14-inch 50 caliber Naval guns mounted on railway cars. U.S. Navy gunners stand on one railroad gun. Group of gunners operate the railway gun. Navy gunners stand on ground next to the railroad guns. Sailors practice cranking the gun's elevation controls, and the barrel is seen raising and lowering accordingly. View of two railway guns in position on railroad tracks. Houses in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S.Navy gunners manipulate a 14-inch 50 caliber railway gun in World War I
Two U.S. Navy 14-inch fifty-caliber guns are seen installed on railway carriages in France, during World War 1. U.S. sailors manipulate the elevation controls on one in the foreground. On Navy gunner stands atop the rail car looking down at the elevated barrel, as others, on a platform, turn the elevation control crank. Scene shifts to inside the rail car where the breech of the gun is shown. Navy gunners open the breech, wipe it briefly, and then close it. One touches a lever and the breech closes, by itself, rapidly. View of breech open with shell loaded. Gun crew elevating the barrel as gunner standing atop the rail car checks its position. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. 4-star Admiral and French officers inspect a U.S. Navy railway gun in France, during World War I
Views of a gun battery comprising one camouflaged U.S. 14-inch fifty-caliber Naval gun, mounted on a railway carriage, accompanied by a train of rail cars containing everything needed for its operation and supply, in France, during World War 1. An American Army officer discusses the train and gun with an American 4-star Admiral, and Allied officers, including one British and several French officers. A U.S. Navy Captain accompanies the Admiral. A French officer climbs aboard one rail car to examine it. Next sequence shows the gun battery crewmen in a mess line being served in front of the train's mess car. Brief view of gunners going down into dugout beside the train. More views of gunners in mess line.
America mobilizes for World War I and confronts demobilization afterwards
Opening scene shows Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. Newspaper swirls into the image, with headline announcing their assassinations. Glimpse of railways guns firing. View of a ship's bow as it sinks beneath the ocean, is covered by newspaper headline announcing the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, by a German submarine. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson at his desk. Newspaper headline reads: "U.S. Declares War !!" U.S. soldiers marching in Washington, DC, with U.S. Capitol building in background. Newspaper announces: "Yanks are Coming!" American General John Pershing on horseback leading a contingent of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). American troops going "over the top" (charging out of their trenches) in France during World War 1. Troops firing French 75 artillery pieces at point blank range. A formation of Allied Airco (de Havilland) DH9 aircraft in flight. Bombs bursting near trenches on the front lines. Renault FT-17 tanks accompanying American infantry on the Western Front. Persons playing roles as employees in the Department of Labor when they served as the War Labor Administration in World War 1. Women in the War Labor Administration working with long paper rolls of personnel records. Women in various war effort endeavors including airplane and arms manufacturing. Men working in a wartime steel plant. Marchers and a band demonstrating for the rights of workers to organize. People celebrating the at the end of World War 1, by gathering in the streets, throwing tickertape, dancing in the streets and waving effigies of the Kaiser. Stern view of the U.S. Army Transport Ship, President Grant filled with American soldiers returning from France at the end of the war. Lettering on stern reads, "U.S.A.T. President Grant" (The ship, AP-29, was originally the German ocean liner Konig Wilhelm II, and seized from Germany on 6 April 1917.) Views of United States soldiers returning home, disembarking, and assembling on a wharf home on American soil. Department of Labor persons assisting returning soldiers and prospective employers. Views of workers on farms, and in factories.
U.S. Battleships with other ships in the Firth of Forth, during World War I
U.S. battleships of Division Nine, augmenting the British Grand Fleet, in Firth of Forth, Scotland, during World War I. The Cantilever Forth rail bridge over the Firth of Forth is seen dimly in the background. The Turkish battlecruiser TCG Yavuz, is seen, and the British aircraft carrier, Furious, in camouflage paint, with aircraft on her deck. .
