Introduction of captured German documentary films made by U-Boat crews during World War 1. J. M. Mackzum, Knights of the Columbus Secretary with the American Army of Occupation, who brought the films to the United States. A submarine seen at periscope depth, and then submerging completely. View from a surfaced German submarine, of a British tramp steamer in unidentified waters, likely North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, or Mediterranean Sea. View from conning tower of the submarine plowing through heavy seas. Crew of the U-Boat man their deck gun and fire at the steamer. Smoke obscures the scene somewhat. View of the ship settling in the water. (Slate says Captain and mate refused rescue and went down with the ship.) The steamer sinks bow first. Some smoke rises as her boilers are inundated. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A British freighter is seen, stopped at sea by a German submarine. The U-Boat gun crew fires at the ship's waterline. The ship is seen settling slowly in the water, with her stern awash and her bow jutting upwards. Finally, she sinks straight down stern-first. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A three-masted schooner stopped at sea by a German U-Boat during World War 1. It is being watched by officers in the conning tower of the U-Boat. The submarine moves abeam the ship to which it sends crew members in a dinghy to attach explosives at her waterline. The Schooner, still under full sail, is seen settling slowly into the water, and finally sinks from sight. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
An Allied ship in final stage of sinking by German U-Boat during World War 1. The ship's boilers explode as she goes under. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson looking out a window in his office in the White House. Officers and crew crowd conning tower of German submarine U-35 as it approaches a steamer it has stopped in Mediterranean Sea. View of shells from the U-Boat's deck gun, striking at the ship's waterline. View from the U-Boat U-35 deck as the attacked ship is sinking. She disappears, bow-first, beneath the water. Black smoke issues from her stack. President Wilson signing papers at his desk. American flag flying in front of the nation's capitol. President Wilson addressing the Congress and obtaining a declaration of war against Germany, on April 6, 1917. A banner reading: "War is declared." New recruits marching into an Army Post, in civilian clothes, carrying personal baggage. Regular U.S. soldiers beginning the basic training of recruits. Recruits learning the manual of arms, with wooden substitute weapons. Recruits engaged in Calisthenics outdoors at an army base. Contingents of uniformed and trained American soldiers marching along a road. Soldiers practicing live fire with machine guns, and engaged in bayonet training. Troops in formation double-time marching. American troops marching to trains at a railroad station, as spectators cheer them from the train station platforms. They board railway train and wave as it pulls out of the station.
The United States declares war against Germany during World War I. On May 28, 1917 Major General John J. Pershing, Chief of American Expeditionary Forces aboard the S.S. Baltic on its way to France during World War I. Nearly 2,000,000 American soldiers disembark at a port in France. The troops disembark from the ship. A ship at the harbor. Ships underway at sea. Sailors on the deck of a ship. A German U boat underway. Naval gun being fired at the U boat. Explosion occurs at sea. A man waves signal flags from a ship. The troops disembark from the ship. Soldiers at a rail road station and a train pulls up to carry them to the war front. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The United States enter World War I. General John J. Pershing, Chief of American Expeditionary Forces confers with Marshal Joseph Joffre, Commander in Chief of the French Army during World War I. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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