The Liberty L-12 engine. Scenes of its manufacture in American war plants. U.S. Air Service crews training in DeHavilland DH-4 aircraft. An airplane falling and crashed, with wreckage seen on ground. Head of the U.S. Army Air Service, General Patrick, and General Billy Mitchell, presenting medals to Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and other fliers of the U.S. Army 94th Aero Squadron, in France, during World War 1.
Long line of 42nd Division U.S. Army infantry men passing through village during World War I. Truck pulling artillery piece rounds corner. Scene of open field. Artillery shells burst near edge of wooded area. Crew fires howitzer from behind natural camouflage near country road. Shells striking wooded area in distance. Loading and firing of howitzer by six man crew. Two soldiers, heavily camouflaged, crawl toward trench. Soldiers with rifles at the ready in slit. Crew firing machine gun. Mortar crew load and fire from ditch. Soldiers in field are issued clothing and allowance. During operations to occupy Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Unidentified officer gets out of side car of motorcycle during World War I at 42nd Division Headquarters near Baccarat in Loraine sector of France. He poses for the photographer and then inspects soldiers. Close up view of an American "dough boy" soldier standing guard and then smiling. U.S. Army soldiers pitching horse shoes. Cars come and French and American officers get out of the cars. Possible training exercise or surrender of enemy as troops run on a battlefield in background while troops in foreground crawl, each carrying a white flag.
Scene of infantry men from U.S. Army 42nd Division during World War 1 in St. Mihiel in France. Horse drawn wagons and vehicles pass. Troops advancing across open terrain. A tank is visible in several scenes.
Soldiers of the United States Army relaxing near foxholes during World War 1 in St. Mihiel, France. Some soldiers write letters, play cards, shave and read books. Shells bursting in the background. Soldiers in figure. Soldiers stand outside field hospital building. U.S. Cavalry troops advancing past wrecked homes.
In World War I, As part of the opening of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, William Gibbs McAdoo, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, raises the French flag over the treasury building in Washington DC. He is honoring the First Regiment of the French Foreign Legion and shakes hand with members. Soldiers marching. Secretary shows flag.