Brief out-of-context anachronistic views of P-38 aircraft flying in formation. This is followed by footage featuring American air Ace Eddie Rickenbacker. A 95th Squadron Nieuport 28 biplane fighter is rolled out of the hangar at an airfield. 94th Aero SPAD XIIIs lined up on a field. Pilot climbs in the cockpit of a biplane. Rickenbacker in the cockpit. Man pulls the prop through on the biplane. Eddie Rickenbacker poses beside his plane. Hat in Ring insignia painted on the plane indicating the 94th Aero Squadron. Rickenbacker and other pilots talk standing beside a biplane. Group includes ace Harvey Weir Cook. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The United States Secretary of War, Newton D Baker during the second draft ceremony for World War I. His eyes are covered with a blindfold and he draws draft numbers from a bowl. The drawn draft number is read. General Enoch H. Crowder oversees the ceremony. A large number of draftees -- men dressed in suits and hats -- passes along a roadside. Men disembark a railroad train at a military training facility. Men march along tracks carrying the U.S. flags in hands. New recruits, including men and a few women practice marching in formation, still wearing civilian clothes.
The Austro-Hungarian Battleship, SMS Szent Istvan, is seen immediately after being torpedoed, off the Dalmation Coast, by Italian torpedo boats, during World War One. Smoke rising from the listing ship. She capsizes, rolling over completely as crew members slide off the decks and onto the hull as it rolls over. Crew members continue to slide off the ship into the water and swim away from the stricken ship.
View of unassembled airplane engine cases stacked and placed in assembly lines in Ford motor company plant. Large American flag hangs overhead. Women workers testing and assembling the Liberty aircraft engines for World War I efforts. Two men open the wire gate and hoist the Liberty engine then attach propeller. A woman instructs another woman the operating procedures of a machine in the plant. A truck rolls by the testing area, carrying a Liberty engine.
Detroit Michigan near Campus Martius Park. Dark night views of the city,automobile headlights blinking and moving, and streetcars passing. Buildings and roads are visible with lights and street lights. Neon signs include "Detroit Opera House" "Gold $15 clothes"; "Springfield hand made tires"; "Bonds $15"
Dearborn,Michigan. Views of the Ford River Rouge Plant in its second year of operation before expansive growth. Smoke rising from stacks. A few Ford vehicles drive by.