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United States soldiers create a smokescreen using Stokes Mortars during a training operation in the United States

A United States Army training film about chemical warfare service. United States soldiers in World War 1 fire Stokes Mortars after assembling them. Soldiers in arms-length line pass readied mortars forward and fire them in rapid succession. Explosions in the distance with smoke spreading and overcoming the area in smokescreen. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044452
King of Romania Ferdinand I, King Alexander I of Greece and Herbert Hoover in Europe during World War I, also surrender of Jerusalem.

United States Food Administrator Herbert Hoover in Belgium. Herbert Hoover drinks tea and converses with officials. In Brussels, Belgium, Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier is seen in conversation with a man standing beside a street. Next scene shows King of Romania Ferdinand I on horseback as he reviews his last brigade. Queen Marie of Romania stands with her daughter, Princess Ileana, during a ceremony. King Alexander I of Greece reviews his army before he sends them to battle against Bulgaria. Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and head of the British mission to Salonika is seen greeting King Alexander I. Greek Patriarch is also present. A ceremony of the surrender of Jerusalem in Palestine to the British under General Allenby. Last scene is from a ceremony of recognition in which Chaim Weizmann presented a Jewish scroll to Allenby (Weizmann seen on Allenby's right before the dignitaries are seated).

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044455
Allies prepare for final offensive in World War 1. Views of key commanders and leaders on all sides.

Generals of united Allies Armies prepare the final offensive against Kaiser Wilhelm II in Europe during World War 1. Marshal Ferdinand Foch, British Field Marshal Douglas Haig, French General Philippe Petain, United States Army General John Pershing and Italian Commander General Diaz gather in discussion. Closeup of Marshall Ferdinand Foch. Marshall Joseph Joffre talking to U.S. Army General Pershing. King Victor Emmanuel and General Diaz reviewing troops. Field Marshal Haig posing with a group of Generals. Marshal Ferdinand Foch and Marshal Philippe Pétain together. Georges Clemenceau greeting French officers. U.S. Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, passes by a line of French soldiers and is seen using binoculars in the field. American General Bliss (Tasker Howard Bliss), U.S. representative on the Supreme War Council, speaking to a woman as other officers stand by. Closeup view of U.S. Army General Robert Bullard, Commander of the First American Army. General John Lejeune, Commander of U.S. Marines, speaking to a group. Kaiser Wilhelm II with his heir, Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, in front of a building as the Kaiser speaks to a German officer. German Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg with General Erich Ludendorff. German military band leads large column of German soldiers marching on a road. Long line of German soldiers walking up a turning road. British soldiers improving roads and transporting supplies. British soldiers and cavalry riding on horseback. Long line of British soldiers marching through trench and through a bombed out building. British soldiers marching on road. Allies, British and French forces on the move. U.S. General Pershing addressing a huge crowd of soldiers in an open field area. Lines of American soldiers marching. Colonel Teddy Roosevelt watches as U.S. Army soldiers advance. Italian Army soldiers marching and ascending a hill. Huge artillery piece being towed on a road.

Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044457
First phase of munitions manufacture in a German factory during World War I

Munitions manufacture in Germany. A 70 kg steel ingot is heated in furnace. Workers remove it and place it in a 500 ton press. It is then moved to a drawing press reduces its cross section, lengthens it and cuts it into segments. Workers move it to a reheating furnace where many cylindrical pieces are heated until red hot for forging. They are then moved to a drop forge that further shapes them. A woman war production worker wearing a dress is seen operating the controls of the drop forge heavy equipment in the arms factory.

Date: 1918, January
Duration: 3 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675044652
Munitions being manufactured in a German factory during World War I

Munitions manufacture in Germany. Women move newly manufactured heavy munitions casings to a table where they are measured. Worker uses drill press to machine hole for fuse in nose of casing. A woman mounts the casing in a lathe using a chain hoist. She turns (machines ) the outer casing. A small amount of smoke rises from the heat generated at the tool bit. Cutting fluid is poured on the tool bit and casing as it is turning in the lathe. A woman brushes particles from a batch of casings as they are being machined. Men and women perform quality control checks on finished casings. Army representatives perform military acceptance checks on finished casings, using gauges.

Date: 1918, January
Duration: 4 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675044653
Steps in manufacture of munitions in a German factory during World War I

Munitions manufacture in Germany. Guide rings are formed and fastened into grooves around munitions casing. Casings are stood on their bases in molds. Molten metal is poured into the molds. Casings with molded metal on bases are removed and placed into lathe where guide rings are machined. Metal chips fly off the lathe during this process. The guide rings are further machined with rotary milling machine. A woman grinds casing surfaces in a machine. Casings are given water pressure checks. Water spouts from a defective casing. Munition casings are cleaned and packed.

Date: 1918, January
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675044654