Promotion of Liberty Bonds in Washington D.C., United States during World War I. Lieutenant Henry Reuterdahl and another officers paint a sign board outside the Navy Building. Men in foreground with the sign promoting the sale of Liberty Bonds in the background. Lieutenant Reuterdahl paints part of the sign which reads ' Sink the U Boat '. The sign has a separate hard cut-out piece in the shape of a German submarine. It moves along a sliding groove so that it can be shown as sinking into the painted waves. Lt. Reuterdahl moves the end of the U-boat cutout up and down showing its motion.
Torpedo missile being manufactured in the United States during first World War. Men at a factory work on torpedoes. A man works on a screw with a driver. Inside of torpedo casing shown. Men work on the torpedoes as American flags hang from the roof of the factory. Equipment inside the torpedo. A torpedo on a machine as men turn it from side to side. A small propeller on the back of it behind its fins is seen spinning at high speed.
United States enters World War I. A map of Europe. Belgian refugees along a road in Europe. Damaged buildings and an explosion occurs. Men aboard a German U boat at a port. An American ship underway at sea. Docks being strafed by Germans and smoke rises. Cars carrying President Woodrow Wilson leaves for the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. Woodrow addresses the Congress and declares war against Germany. People in the streets as they carry banners and American flags. The United States Capitol.
A United States Army officer in the office of the Provost Marshal General, Washington DC, reviews Qualification Record cards received from millions of American men, in response to a U.S. Government questionnaire about military service in World War I. The personnel officer at a desk at the army personnel office. He takes out a qualification record from a drawer. The officer looks at the qualification record of John Thompson from Cleveland, Ohio. He turns around the card and notes down some information. Fingerprinting of a soldier is shown, for inclusion in the man's personnel record. A completed finger print sheet is displayed.
Manufacture of military uniforms in the United States. Men lay out a roll of cloth on a large table. A man cuts the cloth with a machine to stitch military uniforms. Men and women work on sewing machines to stitch the uniforms. They fold the uniforms and make piles of them. Men pile up stacks of uniforms and tie them with ropes into a bundle.
War preparations and wartime industry in the United States during World War I. Boots placed in racks at a factory as men look at them during an inspection. Men and women work on fast moving stamping machines to make boots for American soldiers; inspectors stand nearby and supervise the workers who are mostly women. Men work on shoes in a factory. Freshly butchered meat hangs from hooks in a butcher operation. Loaves of freshly baked bread for American soldiers are placed on racks as men push them around a room. Exterior view of a a war supply factory building as cars move past it. Women inside the factory use presses to iron uniform clothes. View of a large laundry room operation handling uniforms of American soldiers.
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