Mobilization of Hitler Youth in Germany during World War II. Hitler Youth boys work to gather crops. A Hitler Youth member handles horse drawn reapers . Both boys and girls of Hitler Youth work and gather stacks of hay. The bundle of stalks being loaded onto a bullock cart. Total mobilization shows : German newspaper. Newspaper on a street for display. People read a newspaper. Theaters, cabarets and night clubs closed for the duration. Women being interviewed for work in war munitions plants, as German war labor recruitment extends into groups formerly excluded to due old age or health reasons. A munitions factory instructor teaches women war production workers their new jobs. Women at work in a factory.
U.S. Army Air Service production center, No 2, during World War I, at Romorantin, France. Captain James A Buchanan and Lieutenant JH Coleman come out 805th Aero Squadron building. Construction site with numerous wood logs on the ground. Workers at assembly shop. Men assemble Liberty engines and prepare them for testing. Engines installed in DH-4 planes and assembly of fuselage. Men work on machine gun mounts, engine assembled and cockpit of World War 1 DH-4 planes. A row of mechanics assembles DH-4 engines. Final engine test of Liberty engine in DH-4 fuselage. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Army Air Service production center number 2, at Romorantin, France during World War I. A tractor pulls a DH-4 plane along a road to a group of hangars. French and American officers of World War 1 in front of a DH-4 plane with an American flag draped over its engine. Women carry French and British flag. Edith Normant presents Captain Osborne with a bouquet of flowers on behalf of the French government. A ceremony in front of DH-4 with French and American officials. United States Army Air Service officer ties an American flag to the strut of DH-4 plane. Plane taxis, takes off and in flight over Air service production center no 2 at Romorantin, Loir-et-Cher, France. Pilot and observer get out of DH-4 plane and people walk up to congratulate them. Officer of the production board of the Air Service center number 2 stands in front of a DH-4 plane. French General de L' Espee and Major Robert J Bates Commander of Air Service Production Center stand in front of DH-4 plane. Lieutenant Colonel WC Allen and Major WH Wardwell shake hands. American officer lined up in front of a headquarters of Air Service Production Center no2. Colonel EV Summer, Junior Commander Air Service Production. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Tank being demonstrated for AEF (American Expeditionary Forces) troops in France during World War I. French Renault FT tank approaches basement remains of a demolished building and drives down into it. The tank proceeds to climb up the side of the deep foundation pit. Some American soldiers observe close by. An American officer and soldier look on.The officer salutes the tank. Brief glimpse of assembled American troops at edge of field watching the demonstration. (Note: The Renault FT tank was often referred to as the FT-17, by Americans, after the war.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Draft and mobilization activities for U.S. Army soldiers during World War I in 1917-1918. American World War 1 military recruits take a shower and undergo medical examination. Recruits lined up as doctors with stethoscopes perform physical examination. Those who pass the examination are injected by doctors "with 6 million germs" and their finger prints taken. Men and women at Adjutant General's office maintain the records of the recruits. Recruits in new uniforms lined up as officers go through their records to make registration card, qualification card and various other documents. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Armistice ends hostilities of World War I. German troops surrender and large groups of Germans marching. American flag hoisted to symbolize Allied victory. American troops leave the war zone. People all over the world celebrate the end of war. People gather in New York to celebrate the end of World War I, smiling and waving happily.
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