U.S. soldiers stand and pose alongside two women at Camp Meade in Maryland. M1917 Six Ton tanks in the background with soldiers standing near them. A photographer climbs on one of the tanks holding his camera. Several men and boys stand behind a fence and watch as two U.S. Mark VIII 'Liberty' heavy tanks descend down a steep embankment, followed by a U.S. M1917.
Groups of mounted artillerymen pulling horse-drawn field pieces, enter a training field at Camp Meade, Maryland. Scene shifts to shallow hillside where artillery unit guidons are set into the ground and artillerymen are seated on the grass. Gunners fire pedestal-mounted antiaircraft machine guns. M1917 tanks sitting in a field.
World War 1 training of U.S. 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland, United States. A train pulls out of the railway station. Aerial view of the buildings at U.S. Army Fort George G. Meade. African American soldier recruits gathered at Fort George G. Meade. Recruits stand in columns as they get themselves registered. Men at a desk work on papers. Recruits stand in front of the quarters building. Recruits drill at the Army camp.
U.S. Army Expeditionary Force training of U.S. 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland, United States, in World War 1. African American soldier recruits enter a dining hall with mess kit. The recruits eat. A recruit smiles while eating. The recruits serve themselves at the camp.
World War 1 training of African American U.S. Army 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion at Fort George G Meade in Maryland, United States. Recruits stand near the baggage kept on ground. The recruits walk in columns. The recruits during drill. The recruits go through bayonet drill. An officer stands in the foreground while instructing. Two African American soldiers stand. The recruits march.
U.S. Army World War 1 training of U.S. 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland, United States. African American soldier recruits play in a band. Sign on drum says "Receiving Station Jazz Band." A recruit dances. Other recruits stand in the background and watch.