Skyline of New York featuring the newly built Manhattan Municipal Building rising high in the sky above other nearby buildings. A huge bell Liberty Bell-like replica in a nearby park with a sign that reads "Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense." A man addresses the spectators together with a woman in a red cross-like uniform (likely Mrs. Millicent Hearst, wife of William Randolph Hearst and Chair of the committee, formed during World War I). Two U.S. Navy sailors also stand on the podium. Traffic moves on a street with flag decorated buildings in business district.
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) receiving cargo by French railroad destined for Air Services Producion center, number 2, at Romorantin, France. United States soldiers stand and talk to each other as French railroad flat cars carrying large crates move in the background. French shipping tag shows carton destined for "Armee Americaine" (American Army). It shows location, destination and number on the address slip. American soldiers push crates from flat cars onto trucks. Railroad crane lifts crate from a stack, moves along railroad and places the crate in a dolly. Soldiers pull the dolly carrying crates. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Army Air Service production center, No 2, during World War I, at Romorantin, France. Captain James A Buchanan and Lieutenant JH Coleman come out 805th Aero Squadron building. Construction site with numerous wood logs on the ground. Workers at assembly shop. Men assemble Liberty engines and prepare them for testing. Engines installed in DH-4 planes and assembly of fuselage. Men work on machine gun mounts, engine assembled and cockpit of World War 1 DH-4 planes. A row of mechanics assembles DH-4 engines. Final engine test of Liberty engine in DH-4 fuselage. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
AEF Air Service production center number 2, at Romorantin, France, in World War 1. Men and women take DH-4 wing section in assembly area. French women assemble DH-4 wings, several boxed wing sections. Workers pull boxed DH-4 wings on a dolly, spars between upper and lower wings. Workers pull DH-4 fuselage with wheels, engine and propellers to assembly line. French women attach stabilizer and rudders to DH-4 fuselage. Women sort out plane wires. Workers attach wings to fuselage of DH-4. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Army Air Service production center number 2, at Romorantin, France during World War I. A tractor pulls a DH-4 plane along a road to a group of hangars. French and American officers of World War 1 in front of a DH-4 plane with an American flag draped over its engine. Women carry French and British flag. Edith Normant presents Captain Osborne with a bouquet of flowers on behalf of the French government. A ceremony in front of DH-4 with French and American officials. United States Army Air Service officer ties an American flag to the strut of DH-4 plane. Plane taxis, takes off and in flight over Air service production center no 2 at Romorantin, Loir-et-Cher, France. Pilot and observer get out of DH-4 plane and people walk up to congratulate them. Officer of the production board of the Air Service center number 2 stands in front of a DH-4 plane. French General de L' Espee and Major Robert J Bates Commander of Air Service Production Center stand in front of DH-4 plane. Lieutenant Colonel WC Allen and Major WH Wardwell shake hands. American officer lined up in front of a headquarters of Air Service Production Center no2. Colonel EV Summer, Junior Commander Air Service Production. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Testing and demonstration of Renault FT tanks at Locomobile Automobile plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Three Renault tanks are tested (two without turrets). They maneuver about in a field and through mud and obstacles. Two enter a body of water. One, with a turret, manages to negotiate the water and climb out. The other, lacking a turret, must be pulled out with a tow line. One tank climbs a ramp to the top of a flat bed truck, which them pulls away. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)