A man cuts the grain with a scythe and another man picks up stalks. A man with a scythe in his hand talks to another man in a field. Manual harvesting takes place. A different farmer uses a horse driven mechanical reaper to harvest crops in the farm field.
Manufacturing of aircrafts in United States World War I. A lumber camp with American flag hoisted. Men engaged in lumbering with railroad cars in the background.
Manufacturing of aircraft in United States World War I. The United States engineer troops on board flat railroad cars as a locomotive pulls them away.
Two lumberjack men cut a large tree in a forest using a two-man pit saw (or whipsaw). The large tree crashes to the ground. Cut timber and logs of wood being dragged and pulled with ropes along forest floor and through water filled ditches for transportation toward lumber mill area.
Manufacturing of aircraft in United States World War I. Huge logs of wood placed on rail road flat cars to be transported. Power crane stacks the timber. Workers in a lumber mill cut and pile up lumber. Men pile up lumber as Army officers inspect them.
Manufacturing of aircraft in United States World War I. Lumber cut and piled. Men weigh, inspect and conduct various tests on lumber before using it in airplane manufacturing. Workmen push wooden planks placed on flatcars in to a kiln and close the door. A man opens the door after ten days and smoke emerges. Seasoned lumber on flatcar rolled out and men work on lumber in equalizing shed.