Testing and demonstration of ordnance material in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Mark VIII tank of World War I tested in Bridgeport, Connecticut on 31st October 1918. Tank moves out a yard. Interiors of the tank and the controls. Assistant Secretary of War Benedict Crowell, General CC Williams and British military men observe the Mark VIII tank undergo climbing test. Tank climbs up and down a slope.
Ford Motor Company 3-ton two man tanks being tested near the Ford factory in Highland Park, Michigan. Tanks move up and down bumpy surface during a climbing test. Two tanks move down a slope. One tank becomes bogged down and cable breaks as second tank attempts to tow it. A second attempt is successful. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Steel plant operating in Italy. Open hearth furnace is charged. Furnace is tapped and molten steel flows. Ingots pulled. Hot rolling. Hot forging. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Steel plates fabricated for use in ships and submarines. Submarines are seen at dockside. A large ship is launched, not yet outfitted. Observers watch from small boat. A destroyer cruises by at high speed, smoke billowing from its stack. A heavy cruiser fires guns. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Damaged French St. Chamond tank; line of British tanks covered with sheeting; wrecked French Renault FT tank with playing card "spade" symbol on its side. German A7V tank "Mephisto" being inspected by French soldiers after its recovery from the battlefield by British and Australian troops. On its side is graffiti painted by the Australians, including a British lion with its paws on a German A7V. More shots of A7V; another wrecked Renault FT; knocked out British Mk IV tank; knocked-out British Mk V and other tanks; two projectiles, possibly British "Toffee Apple" mortar bombs (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American troops gather around and on top of a French Renault FT Light Tank, as an officer reads from manual of instructions. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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