U.S. Army Lieutenant Johnny Kilbane, World Featherweight Champion, is seen leading soldiers in a boxing drill, at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, during World War 1.
A British officer, in uniform and another British soldier, in white sweatshirt, both wielding long wooden poles, engage U.S. soldiers, at random, in exercises for bayonet training. Numerous positions for firearms training are seen in background. Some snow seen on the ground. A long line of U.S. soldiers in kneeling position with their rifles. Their instructor stands in front of them as they dry fire their weapons. U.S. troops on a firing line in prone positions. Instructor behind them checks on individual soldiers. U.S. soldiers in a sandbagged position on training field. A French officer demonstrates correct way to throw a hand grenade, as the U.S. soldiers practice.
1917 Enfield Rifles (U. S. Rifle, Model of 1917) being manufactured in the United States at one of 3 arms plants (Winchester, Remington, or Eddystone) during World War 1 (between the Spring of 1917 and the Spring of 1919). Film shows assemblers hand fitting parts, a worker adjusting the front sight for proper "zero" in a machine vise, and "Proof" firing before final inspection and acceptance. (Note: At the peak of production, the 3 arms plants were turning out 10,000 rifles per day.)
A committee of Army and Air Forces officers in Europe meet in Karlsruhe, Germany (Gerszewski Barracks, Knielingen) for the purpose of counting and disposing all old and worn out Military Payment Certificates (MPC). Several shots of officers keeping money boxes on a trolley. The boxes with money are loaded in a truck. The officers keep a watch. Trucks carrying money drive on a road. The money is convoyed under guard to the I.G. Farben Building where it is burnt. The boxes are piled up. The money is burnt. Officers pick up MPCs and put them into the fire. The whole committee witnesses the burning of the scrip money. The officers collect money and put it into the fire.
A committee of Army and Air Forces officers in Europe meet in Karlsruhe, Germany for the purpose of counting and disposing all old and worn out Military Payment Certificates (MPC). The money is convoyed under guard to the I.G. Farben Building where it is burnt. The money burning. An officer light a cigarette from burning bills. The officer uses a stick to put the money in fire. The money burning. The convoy met by MP car speeding on the icy autobahn. A U.S. truck carrying money backs up towards the building. A man directs the truck. The officer unload boxes. They open a box. Money inside the box. The officers look at the box. An officer pushes the money in fire. The officers one after the other sign on a document
American Army forces heading to France during World War 1. U.S. Army troops embark from Newport News, Virginia for France in 1918 during World War I. View of the Newport News harbor. USS Madawaska in the foreground. Other ships in the background. The troops with their supplies embark on USS America. They walk up a gangplank. The troops on the deck of USS America. The troops climb on the mast.
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