Crowd of workers outside a rifle factory. Trolleys pass each other on streets while driving through crowd of workers coming and going outside the armament factory.
Manufacture of Browning Machine Guns in the United States during World War 1. Men and women work inside a Browning Machine Gun factory. Women work at a table. Group of men assemble machine gun parts. Man adjusts the machine gun on a tripod. For testing, he loads and fires the machine gun.
Two U.S. 14"/50 caliber Mk 4 naval guns mounted on railroad carriers, are seen in a field in France during World War 1. A glimpse of U.S. Army artillery officer inside the control room of one gun. Armed sentry outside the gun. Navy gunners standing on platform abutting the control room. View from further back along the train, as Navy gunner on the platform cranks a handle raising the gun's elevation. Different view of the gunner on the platform cranking the elevation handle, lowering the barrel to near zero elevation and then back up again. (WWI. WW1)
Railway guns in France. 14-inch 50 caliber Naval guns mounted on railway cars. U.S. Navy gunners stand on one railroad gun. Group of gunners operate the railway gun. Navy gunners stand on ground next to the railroad guns. Sailors practice cranking the gun's elevation controls, and the barrel is seen raising and lowering accordingly. View of two railway guns in position on railroad tracks. Houses in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Two U.S. Navy 14-inch fifty-caliber guns are seen installed on railway carriages in France, during World War 1. U.S. sailors manipulate the elevation controls on one in the foreground. On Navy gunner stands atop the rail car looking down at the elevated barrel, as others, on a platform, turn the elevation control crank. Scene shifts to inside the rail car where the breech of the gun is shown. Navy gunners open the breech, wipe it briefly, and then close it. One touches a lever and the breech closes, by itself, rapidly. View of breech open with shell loaded. Gun crew elevating the barrel as gunner standing atop the rail car checks its position. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Views of a gun battery comprising one camouflaged U.S. 14-inch fifty-caliber Naval gun, mounted on a railway carriage, accompanied by a train of rail cars containing everything needed for its operation and supply, in France, during World War 1. An American Army officer discusses the train and gun with an American 4-star Admiral, and Allied officers, including one British and several French officers. A U.S. Navy Captain accompanies the Admiral. A French officer climbs aboard one rail car to examine it. Next sequence shows the gun battery crewmen in a mess line being served in front of the train's mess car. Brief view of gunners going down into dugout beside the train. More views of gunners in mess line.