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Life aboard the American troopship, SS Leviathan, during World War I.
The upper deck of the SS Leviathan, carrying American Expeditionary Forces to France during World War 1. Formerly the German ocean liner, Vaterland, she is the largest ship afloat, and carries 12 thousand troops. This footage shows the U.S. Navy commissary Officer inspecting various functional activities related to care and feeding of the crew and troops aboard. He checks sides of beef in cold storage of the meat locker. He samples a pie in the bakery; and inspects the galley. Next sequence shows Army troops forming two chow lines as they come down into the mess area, carrying their individual mess kits. Mess personnel serve the troops, who then proceed to long tables where they eat.
Sleeping quarters aboard the SS Leviathan troopship at sea during World War I.
Life aboard the SS Leviathan troopship, carrying 12 thousand American soldiers to France during World War 1.The largest ship afloat, she was formerly the German ocean liner, Vaterland. Soldiers in regular sleeping compartments lie on vertical bunks, some stacked 3 or 4 high. View of the Sick Bay on the ship where patients have less crowded conditions. A Navy medical officer makes rounds, checking each patient. A medical technician is seen sterilizing instruments in a steam autoclave.
Views of engine controls and boilers of the SS Leviathan troop transport ship during World War I
Engineering personnel at work below decks in the engine compartments of the SS Leviathan troop transport ship while underway, carrying 12 thousand soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force to France during World War 1. Men in control room adjust engine settings. Firemen, stripped to the waist, stoke ship's boilers. View forward from the bridge, as rough seas break over the bow of the ship.
Emergency Drill for American troops aboard the SS Leviathan transport ship en route to France in World War I
Bugler sounds alarm announcing start of emergency drill for crew and American troops (passengers) aboard the SS Leviathan on the way to France, during world War 1. Crew members begin lowering life boats from davits at side of the Leviathan. Soldiers and sailors in life vests are seen proceeding to assigned emergency stations on Deck C, under supervision of ship's officers and crew. They assemble beside life boats as crew members man them and lower them part way in the exercise.
Sequences illustrating defenses of U.S. Navy troop transport ships during World War I
A lookout post with a telescope is seen on top of a U.S. Navy troop transport ship in World War 1. A sailor on lookout supposedly sights an enemy submarine. Scene shifts to view of periscope moving through water. (Several vessels and shoreline are seen in background.) An officer responds to lookout's report and looks through binoculars. Lookout calls on intercom and general quarters alarm bells are sounded. Sailors respond, manning a deck gun, which they load and fire, ostensibly repelling a submarine attack.
American. L-Class submarines operating in British waters during World War I.
The U.S. submarine AL-11 getting underway in the Atlantic ( possibly Bantry Bay Ireland) in World War 1. As the conning tower fairwater comes into view the short "post" seen in front of it is actually the 3"/23 caliber deck gun in its retracted position Activities of crewmen as they stow lines aboard the submarine. A gun mounted on the submarine. The deck of the submarine. The captain in the conning tower of the submarine. Another U.S. submarine displaying 'AL-10' on its conning tower. The submarine submerges under water. Yet, another U.S. submarine, the AL-4, moving on the surface. (Note: American "L" class submarines in British waters had to paint an "A" in front of their names so as not to be confused with the British "L" class submarines.)