President Masaryk's train arrives at President Wilson Railway Station in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Bands play National Anthem at his arrival. Large crowd gathers at the station. Clement Simon French and representative of Great Britain, Colonel Montgomery Cunningham among the dignitaries present. Alice, Olga Masaryk and Poet Machar (whom Vienna called a traitor) ride in the royal carriage at a procession. Thousands of people cheer and celebrate. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American and French Army officers, on horseback, salute as a French and American infantry parade on a field in France during World War 1. The American and French flags are carried and various contingents of troops carry their respective identifying colors. Mounted officers accompany their units. General John J.Pershing reviews the joint French-American parade with French President Raymond Poincare and French Prime Minister Paul Painleve. French and American staff officers stand in the background. Animated map show the U.S. flag being overlayed on a smoldering Europe. A U.S. Stars & Stripes shield. (Note: Interestingly, only infantry units participate in this parade. No cavalry, or artillery are involved and rifles are the only weapons seen.)
Manufacture of ordnance material in the United States during World War 1. Rifle bars, stocks and trigger guards are made. Workers work on machinery inside the factory. Trigger guards being made on machinery. Gun barrels placed on machinery. Workers look through a periscope.
Manufacture of machine guns in the United States as part of the World War 1 effort. Rifle bars, stocks and trigger guards are made. Number of unfinished rifles placed next to a machinery. Bayonets and browning machine gun barrels being forged. Parts of the Browning gun are cut, trimmed, filed and assembled.
Manufacture of rifles in the United States for World War 1. Rifle bars, stocks and trigger guards are made. Bayonets and browning machine gun barrels are forged. Parts of the browning gun are cut, trimmed, filed and assembled. Workers inside the factory as they work on machinery.
Manufacture and testing of guns in the United States during World War 1. Rifle bars, stocks and trigger guards being made. Workers place rifle on a stand in the factory. Group of people look through periscope of the rifle for its accuracy. They fire from a window at targets placed outside on the ground, to test the rifles.
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