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YMCA staff teaching African American soldiers during World War 1.
Education activities by YMCA during WWI. An African American woman teacher conducts classes for World War I era African American soldiers. Bulletin board displays schedule of various classes, including English, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, History, and French. The teacher calls on various students to stand and recite. The students are all African American men in U.S. Army uniform. 1917-1918.
African American soldiers play various musical instruments.
A band of African American soldiers give performance. Soldiers playing various musical instruments. 1917-1918, during World War I.
Naval and field artillery barrels and projectiles manufactured at a factory in United States, during World War I.
Worker at a munitions factory in the United States during World War 1. Naval and field artillery barrels. A war production worker inspects the breach of one of the barrels. A completed field artillery piece is moved in the factory by an overhead bridge crane. Naval and field artillery barrels during the manufacturing process. Worker using a hand file on a naval artillery shell turning in a lathe. Naval artillery shells being moved by an overhead crane. Glass bowl with 10500 capsules for the first draft lottery in 1917.
Newly drafted American Army soldiers undergo medical examination in United States.
Draft and mobilization activities for U.S. Army soldiers during World War I in 1917-1918. American World War 1 military recruits take a shower and undergo medical examination. Recruits lined up as doctors with stethoscopes perform physical examination. Those who pass the examination are injected by doctors "with 6 million germs" and their finger prints taken. Men and women at Adjutant General's office maintain the records of the recruits. Recruits in new uniforms lined up as officers go through their records to make registration card, qualification card and various other documents. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American military recruits for World War I undergo psychological tests in United States.
Draft and mobilization activities for U.S. Army soldiers of World War 1 in 1917-1918. American military recruits undergo psychological and mental acuity tests to determine their intelligence and ability to serve as soldiers. They undergo attention and observation tests. Figures drawn on a board as an instructor guides them, and Army recruits write on papers. Recruits must rapidly pick up their pencils on cue in a test of alertness. Rejected recruits discharged with payment and a discharge letter. The discharged soldiers stand in line at pay window. Close-up view of U.S. Army honorable discharge certificate. Slates indicate that most soldiers participated in the life insurance plan that was offered. Scene of soldiers seated at tables as they write letters home.
Men working in the production of war armaments and ordance in a factory in the United States during World War 1
An arms factory in the United States during World War I. The interior of an armament factory. Men working inside the factory. The men work in the manufacture of barrels of heavy guns and artillery. A completed artillery piece is hoisted and moves on a conveyor above the operations. Other men working in the production of shells. Final scene shows a person using a large spoon to stir 10500 capsules in a glass bowl for the first draft lottery in 1917.