Testing and demonstration of ordnance material in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Mark VIII tank of World War I tested in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Tank moves down a slope to exhibit its rolling resistance and ease of control in stopping and turning. American soldiers gather around the tank. Tank moves across a mounted stone wall. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
View of the famous Liberty L-12 engine of World War 1. It is a 27-litre (1,649 cubic inch) water-cooled 45° V-12 aircraft engine of 400 horsepower. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Interior of a U.S. aircraft manufacturing plant in World War I. Men are assembling wooden frameworks of flying boats. Fuselage of one in foreground is Covered in sheets of wood. Men work on the fuselage of a flying boat that has low wing attachment sections in place. The hull of a seaplane being moved across the factory by an overhead crane. A Liberty engine being moved to a cradle on a stand, where a worker guides it into place. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Eddie Rickenbacker returns from France, to New York at the end of World War I. A large crowd greets him, as he shakes hands with an officer. He shakes hands with a young boy. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The tail end of a contingent of U.S. soldiers is seen marching away, along the tracks, after visiting a Red Cross canteen rail car during world war 1. Red Cross women volunteers in white dresses stand in front of a Wabash Railroad car marked with red crosses and a sign reading "Canteen Services." A U.S. Army brass band is playing in the center of the train yard. The Red cross workers step away from their rail car to wave goodbye to the departed troops. Scene shifts to a Red Cross woman handing out, what appear to be photographs, to U.S. soldiers standing in a line with their personal mess kit cups. A waterway is seen behind the line of soldiers. Afterwards, the soldiers assemble and drink their coffee. (Location is likely in the midwest USA.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Italian workers manufacture and assemble army trucks at a war plant in Italy. Heavy mechanical parts are moved with hoists in the assembly area. Women at sewing machines make canvas covers for army trucks Finished trucks line up and drive away from the plant. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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