First Division troops of the American Expeditionary Forces at their training area.Gondrecourt, France. Two lines of soldiers stand far apart facing each other and practice bayonet moves, under direction of instructor at far end of the formations. They then run across the field in a series of short segments and practice thrusting movements with bayonets afixed to their rifles. Several are seen climbing out of a trench and running forward with poised bayonets. American and French instructors train the soldiers in technique for throwing hand grenades. The French instructors then line up and demonstrate the proper technique. (Actual hand grenades are not used.)
First Division troops of the American Expeditionary Forces get acquainted with machine guns at their training area.Gondrecourt, France, during World War 1. Several soldiers set up in firing position with a Maxim M1904 water-cooled machine gun. A soldier field strips a Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun and places its parts on a canvas spread out on the ground. He stands at attention when finished.
Troops of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) move down a hill with a horse-drawn caisson and small artillery piece, at their training grounds in Gondrecourt, France, during World War 1. In the next scene two gunners crouch behind the shield of a Vickers Q.F. Mark II 40mm Gun. An instructor stands over them and they fire the gun at his command, several times. The hot expended shells drop between the gunners. The assistant gunner loads a new round through the gun breech, for the next firing. Several other soldiers sit in the background observing and presumably awaiting their turn to practice firing the Vickers gun.
Troops of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) pose in front of a building at their Gondrecourt training area in France, during World War 1. Six Stokes mortars are set up in a line on the ground in front of them, with unit flags fastened to them. Two soldiers adjust elevation of a Stokes mortar and then commence firing it rapidly. Another pair of soldiers are seen firing a Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun. They remove the gun and its tripod carriage, separately when done firing.
Troops of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) practice setting the elevation of a Stokes mortar, at their training area in Gondrecourt, France, during World War 1. Next, a soldier removes a mortar round from a box. He installs its fuse and screws in its propelling cartridge. He then hands it to another soldier who drops it into a stokes mortar and it fires. A soldier holds up pieces of fractured metal, probably fragments of an exploded mortar bomb.
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson talks at New York Herald's office in New York, United States, in World War 1. Headlines of the newspaper 'The New York Herald'. Draft slips enclosed in gelatin capsules are put into a glass bowl. Woodrow Wilson's eyes are covered with a blindfold. Wilson draws a draft number from the bowl. Other dignitaries also draw draft numbers one by one in the same fashion. The draft slips read and result declared. Man writes results on a New York Herald's Bulletin Board. People gather in large numbers to see the results. Men raise their hats and cheer after knowing the results. U.S. flags hung outside New York Herald's building. (WWI; WW1)
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