Manufacture of artillery at Bethlehem Steel company plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, during World War I. Two large steel castings removed from floor molds by crane and quenched in water. A very large rail gun type of barrel on plant floor is examined by an Army officer. A worker crawls through a fabricated steel cylinder, brushing debris from its interior. Water being sprayed over hot machinery and parts. A woman worker in the war effort, wearing hard hat and overalls, is seen operating an overhead crane to move heavy gun barrels . Men hand finish gun barrels. A crew of men use extremely long wrenches to bolt a gun barrel to a turret. Workers install gun barrels into artillery pieces.
Steel worker cuts an artillery shell casing in half and displays the cross sections. Newly fabricated 14 inch shells are moved by crane. A machinist files surface of a shell being turned. Shells being moved over rollers on plant floor. Loading powder into shells. Moving shells with motorized cart and chain sling.
Manufacture of ordnance material at Bethlehem Steel company plant in Pennsylvania during World War 1. Women check receptacles for holding artillery shells, in a caisson. Men load shells into caissons. A man wearing protective clothing and mask, spray paints a finished caisson. Men install small artillery field piece into its carriage and mate it with a caisson. Soldiers give the finished product an acceptance inspection. Yard of the plant filled with finished artillery carriages and caissons.
Manufacture of artillery guns at Bethlehem Steel company factory plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania during World War I. Rail yard of the steel plant. A poster of an American soldier with rifle standing on top of a tank. A 14 inch gun barrel nestled in an extra long railroad car. Sky filled with smoke pollution and steam spewing from stacks at industrial manufacturing plant.
Kaiser Wilhelm II reviews troops in Germany during World War I. The Kaiser, Prince Adalbert Von Preussen of Prussia and Admiral Ludwig Von Schroeder come out of a building. They climb down the stairs of the building. An officer comes out and gets into a motorcar. A man salutes them.
Kaiser Wilhelm II reviews troops in Germany during World War I. The Kaiser Wilhelm II, Prince Adalbert Von Preussen of Prussia and Admiral Ludwig Von Schroeder meet officers and troops to encourage them. A mountain in background.