French women working in France during World War I. Women and men seated inside a room. Women manufacture harnesses for horses. An officer talking to a woman and inspecting a harness. Horses and horse-carts on a field. Soldiers riding bicycles. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A railroad train carrying a U.S. Navy 14-inch railway gun, on a Mk I gun car, along with other cars containing associated personnel,supplies and equipment, arriving at a depot in France, during World 1. Most of the cars are marked "USN." In next scene, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, stands in a field with two U.S. Navy Captains and U.S. Army Major General Henry T. Allen, along with two other Army officers. General Allen escorts Roosevelt to the railway gun train, where he climbs aboard the rear access door of the Mk I car. An American flag flies over the car. Camera pans along the car to where Roosevelt is seen standing beneath the 14-inch gun barrel. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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)
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.
U.S. Army General Lutz Wahl receives the armistice news in France at the end of World War I. Gen. Wahl receives the armistice signed in a railroad car parked in a French forest near the front lines. General Wahl reads the armistice as the troops gather around him, smiling. Close up view of the signed armistice notification received from U.S. 2nd Army Headquarters.
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