Refine Your Search

Germany 1918 stock footage and images

- Showing 55 to 60 of 7550 results
United States declares war on Germany and troops march ahead in European Theater

Events during World War I. A newspaper headline reads ' U.S. declares war' American soldiers embark onto a ship and wave as they leave for the war front. In the European Theater soldiers disembark from the ship and march forward with their weapons. Soldiers march ahead as people cheer them. A cavalry units marches ahead with wrecked houses in the background.

Date: 1918
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048811
Allied French and American soldiers dance and celebrate armistice as Germany surrenders at the end of World War I.

American and French soldiers return to camp after armistice brings end to fighting in World War I. Soldiers return to camps from the battle field. Soldiers gather and cheer. American and French forces hug and shake hands at the end of the war. U.S. Army troops exchange caps with the French soldiers. Soldiers hold each other in celebration. Soldiers smile and dance together. Soldiers play music and dance at the celebration.

Date: 1918, November
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065364
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
Welfare activities by Red Cross people at conclusion of World War I.

Coffee and sandwiches are served to American Army troops in Trier, Germany by the Red Cross activists. U.S. soldiers approach Red Cross women at a table in the train station and receive food. Signs beside tracks name various German cities. Two different groups of women red cross workers pose for cameras in front of the "Army Red Cross Enlisted Mens Club." Inside, U.S. Army soldiers check in at the club desk, staffed by Red Cross women workers. U.S. troops gather around a piano played by a Red Cross worker and the group sings along with the piano. Soldiers dance with Red Cross women in a dance hall at the club.

Date: 1918, December
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023654