Group of physically disabled people sit on the steps of a building. The group of disabled men, women, and children are gathered for an outing. A sign on the building reads 'This property for sale, apply W.J. Kennedy, Grand 5600, 178 Henry St'. Crippled people with various handicaps and maladies get into automobiles. Other homes and trees in the background. A man helps disabled people to get in the cars. Wheel chairs on the pavement. A young girl uses crutches.
Manufacture of military uniforms in the United States. Men lay out a roll of cloth on a large table. A man cuts the cloth with a machine to stitch military uniforms. Men and women work on sewing machines to stitch the uniforms. They fold the uniforms and make piles of them. Men pile up stacks of uniforms and tie them with ropes into a bundle.
War preparations and wartime industry in the United States during World War I. Boots placed in racks at a factory as men look at them during an inspection. Men and women work on fast moving stamping machines to make boots for American soldiers; inspectors stand nearby and supervise the workers who are mostly women. Men work on shoes in a factory. Freshly butchered meat hangs from hooks in a butcher operation. Loaves of freshly baked bread for American soldiers are placed on racks as men push them around a room. Exterior view of a a war supply factory building as cars move past it. Women inside the factory use presses to iron uniform clothes. View of a large laundry room operation handling uniforms of American soldiers.
War preparations in the United States during World War I. A horse drawn cart moves along a road near shipyard, with lumber everywhere. Machines inside an arsenal in the United States as men work on them to produce ammunition. United States flag hangs against a building as workers gather at a rally outside it. Men salute to the flag.
The save food campaign in the United States during World War I. Senator George Earle Chamberlain, of Oregon, representing the Agricultural Committee, coordinating the Food Control Bill within the Senate. He sits with another Senator, who signs off on the Bill. Herbert Hoover, Head of the U.S. Food Administration, leaves the White House, enters his car, and drives away. Hoover in several poses.
From a film on "Where and Why Liberty Bonds are made." created during Liberty Bond drives in the United states during World War 1. American flag superimposed as U.S. Army soldiers march in background. Liberty Bond printing workers exit the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington DC during a lunch break. A streetcar passes by on 14th Street SW in Washington DC, in front of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. A large crowd gathers during a Liberty Bond drive as they carry banners that read "Damn the torpedoes, Go ahead -Farragut ". White coated waiters in a U.S. Navy sailor mess hall carry large trays of food from kitchen to mess hall, where sailors are seen eating the meal, seated at long tables. A line of new U.S. Navy recruits pass by a high counter and receive their sailor uniforms. U.S. Army soldiers march on a crowded street as they prepare to go to war in Europe during World War 1.