Manufacturing of aircraft in United States World War I. Aircraft factories at Elizabeth, New Jersey; Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; and Dayton, Ohio. Aerial views of aircraft factory, railway siding, warehouses and lumber yard. Crowd of men war production workers go to work at one of the plants and factory workers at work. Men sit around small round tables as they eat in a plant cafeteria. Many of them appear to be production plant executives and at least one U.S. Navy sailor in uniform. African American waiters seen in the dining area.
Manufacturing of aircraft in United States World War I. Women have proven skillful in fashioning small metal parts and are doing much of that work in war production aircraft factories. Women at work benches as they fashion metal parts. Metal parts on a table.
Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Allied soldiers fire artillery and mortars. Troops advance after D-Day invasion along a road into the city of Saint Marcouf. Men of United States 82nd and 101st Airborne Division march into villages. A sign reads ' Sainte Marie Mont', ' Montebourg' and ' Point Labbe.' Heavy artillery being fired, camouflaged gun positions as paratroopers continue to advance. Paratroopers enter the town of Carentan, past a disabled M4 Sherman tank, fitted for deep wading on Utah beach. Paratroopers ride a captured German armored vehicle. Another paratrooper rides a bay horse. Two men ride a captured Sd.Kfz.2 (German: Sonderkraftfahrzeug 2) half-track motorcycle with a single front wheel, also known as the Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101 tracked motorcycle, down the street. Vehicle tows a small trailer loaded with ammunition. U.S, soldiers march German prisoners of war in the streets.
Aftermath of World War II in Berlin, Germany. Bomb damaged building in the foreground and rubble on street with Kaiser Wilhelm's church in the background, Berlin, Germany. People walk past the building, streets clear of rubble. Damaged steeple of the Church as a result of heavy bombardment during World War II.
Ford tractor demonstrated in United States. Ford tractor drawn plows used to plow a field as people look on. A tug of war between men and the tractor as men try to pull the tractor with a rope. Tractor wins the tug of war. Tractor draws a plow and a disk in the field. Tractor drawn reaper used to harvest the crops in a field.
United States Capitol in Washington DC, United States. A U.S. Army Captain (Personnel Officer) at desk in his office. A man takes out a document from a rack. Officer looks at qualification record of a John Kalph Thomson. A soldier is fingerprinted, as required of every Army soldier. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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