An arms manufacturing plant in the United States during World War 1. War production workers in arms factory woodworking department, manufacture wooden stocks for rifles. Others assemble metal parts of rifles. Still others are seen inserting barrels into wooden rifle stocks. An area staffed almost entirely by women assembling weapon parts. A yard filled with Browning M1917 machine guns.
Men work at fabricating siege mortar shells. A shell blank is heated over a furnace and then transported to a machine where it is formed, while still glowing, into the desired shell shape. A number of finished shells is shown in a yard. Next, men are seen welding the shells. Finally, men are shown filling them with gunpowder. They pound the gunpowder into the shells using wooden rams and wooden mallets (to avoid creating sparks). A worker is seen topping off a shell with gunpowder, from a ladle, pounding it tight, and fastening a cap on the top. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Army troops march along the streets, and American officials and civilians honor them in New York City. Crowd with American flags. Soldiers march along under the Arch at Washington Square. People watch the march from street level and high up on building tops. A man is seen waving a small American flag while perched dangerously on a steel girder high above the festivities. Views from high up buildings of the victory parade below. Soldiers march followeb by military trucks and cars in the parade. Crowd gathers to watch the procession. Aerial view from moving aircraft during th parade, showing the parade underway below and various New York buildings and monuments along the way. U.S. Army troops march in uniform. People wave hands and caps to the U.S. Army troops.
Military troops with gear board a ship along a pier in a harbor in Rome, Italy.. A military carrier ship in the harbor. Troops in uniform gather. They walk on a wooden pier towards the ship. The soldiers on the deck of the ship wave.
French General Charles Andre Joseph Marie De Gaulle speaks and people gather around him after the speech in Paris, France. Officials in a conference hall. A man in a black suit walks out of a building. A crowd gathers outside the building. Some are beaten with clubs by police. Officials at a platform address the crowd gathered. The crowd cheers and waves hands. General Charles De Gaulle walks with officials. The French flag flies at the podium. General de Gaulle addresses the assembled.
U.S. tanks and infantry advance in France during World War II. People in a balcony hold the French and the United States flags. An official in the balcony speaks to the crowd assembled below. Troops enter Mayenne. Civilians cheer the troops passing in truck. The troops march across debris of houses and buildings. A sign board reads ' Boulevard Du Marechal Petain'. The troops march along a road as they cross Mayenne. A United States truck drives past the soldiers. The troops in military cars drive past a Christian cross. Tanks and infantry move past a Renault factory. They enter Laval. Infantrymen fire at the Germans across a river in Laval.
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