View of the famous Liberty L-12 engine of World War 1. It is a 27-litre (1,649 cubic inch) water-cooled 45° V-12 aircraft engine of 400 horsepower. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A new ship is seen going down the ways and hitting the water in a river, with a huge splash. There isn't much superstructure on the ship. A smiling young woman in an office, leafs through a handful of new Liberty Bonds supporting World War 1.
Soldiers at Fort Sheridan induction and training camp in Lake County, Illinois. Recruited American soldiers receiving training for World War 1 service are seen at the camp marching in formation. Large formation of U.S. Army soldiers seen lined up at a ceremony. One of them holds the American flag and another holds a Fort Sheridan flag. Dogs run around in the field.
A Caproni airplane parked on the ground as a group of men looks at it in United States. Caproni aircraft taxis along and takes off. Men look at the plane in the sky. Opening slate notes it is part of World War 1 training flights in the U.S.
Interior of a U.S. aircraft manufacturing plant in World War I. Men are assembling wooden frameworks of flying boats. Fuselage of one in foreground is Covered in sheets of wood. Men work on the fuselage of a flying boat that has low wing attachment sections in place. The hull of a seaplane being moved across the factory by an overhead crane. A Liberty engine being moved to a cradle on a stand, where a worker guides it into place. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Eddie Rickenbacker returns from France, to New York at the end of World War I. A large crowd greets him, as he shakes hands with an officer. He shakes hands with a young boy. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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