Skyline of New York featuring the newly built Manhattan Municipal Building rising high in the sky above other nearby buildings. A huge bell Liberty Bell-like replica in a nearby park with a sign that reads "Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense." A man addresses the spectators together with a woman in a red cross-like uniform (likely Mrs. Millicent Hearst, wife of William Randolph Hearst and Chair of the committee, formed during World War I). Two U.S. Navy sailors also stand on the podium. Traffic moves on a street with flag decorated buildings in business district.
Soldiers at Fort Sheridan induction and training camp in Lake County, Illinois. Recruited American soldiers receiving training for World War 1 service are seen at the camp marching in formation. Large formation of U.S. Army soldiers seen lined up at a ceremony. One of them holds the American flag and another holds a Fort Sheridan flag. Dogs run around in the field.
A Caproni airplane parked on the ground as a group of men looks at it in United States. Caproni aircraft taxis along and takes off. Men look at the plane in the sky. Opening slate notes it is part of World War 1 training flights in the U.S.
'Italian munitions 1914-1918 ' Men mine iron ore at a hilly region in Italy during World War 1. Iron ore transported in trolleys and then shipped. Trolleys carrying iron ore unloaded at a port in Italy and placed on trailers with a crane. Coking ovens are emptied and blast furnace charged with the ore and coke. Furnace is tapped and molten steel poured giving a fiery flare.
Manufacturing of aircraft at the Pomilio production plant in Turin, Italy, during World War 1. Workers produce airframes, wings, fuselages, etc. Aircraft engine on test stand. Biplanes are seen in various stages of construction, including workers standing near a Pomilio C or Pomilio D aircraft. Completed Caproni CA.52 triwing bomber shown parked on an airfield.
Manufacturing of aircrafts in United States World War I. A lumber camp with American flag hoisted. Men engaged in lumbering with railroad cars in the background.
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