View from US Navy warship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), as it escorts the SS George Washington liner with U.S. President Woodrow Wilson aboard on his voyage to France for the Paris Peace Conference, shortly after the end of World War I. Sailors and officers on the USS Pennsylvania in the Atlantic Ocean. Guns mounted aboard the USS Pennsylvania are fired. Views of the SS George Washington in the background, and of other ships in the escort group. Water sweeps over the deck from heavy seas. The President's ship is placed at a position astern. People stand near the railings of the USS Pennsvlvania. A ship in the background. View of bow of ship rising and falling in heavy seas during voyage.
The U.S. submarine AL-11 getting underway in the Atlantic ( possibly Bantry Bay Ireland) in World War 1. As the conning tower fairwater comes into view the short "post" seen in front of it is actually the 3"/23 caliber deck gun in its retracted position Activities of crewmen as they stow lines aboard the submarine. A gun mounted on the submarine. The deck of the submarine. The captain in the conning tower of the submarine. Another U.S. submarine displaying 'AL-10' on its conning tower. The submarine submerges under water. Yet, another U.S. submarine, the AL-4, moving on the surface. (Note: American "L" class submarines in British waters had to paint an "A" in front of their names so as not to be confused with the British "L" class submarines.)
The Austro-Hungarian Battleship, SMS Szent Istvan (Saint Stephen), capsizing after it is torpedoed off the Dalmation Coast by by Italian torpedo boats, during World War One. Sailors in a lifeboat are seen rescuing survivors from the battleship. The stricken vessel continues to roll over completely and crew members can be seen scrambling on her overturned hull and in the water all around her. In a short while, the SMS Szent Istvan sinks out of sight.
Austro-Hungarian navy ship SMS Szent István (St. Stephen) sinks in the Adriatic Sea following a torpedo strike during World War I. A steamer leaves a black smoke trail in the background as Austrian ship SMS Szent Istvan sinks. Two views of the ship sinking and the crew members falling into the ocean and scrambling to stay on the overturned hull as the ship rolls before sinking.
U.S. soldier stands on top of a railroad car as another on a platform operates controls to lower the barrel of a 14 inch railway gun.
U.S. ground crewmen standing outside a hangar in France. They rolll a De Havilland DH-4 airplane out of a camouflaged hangar. Three of them crouch under the left wing as they load bombs onto hooks under the wing. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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