An arms manufacturing plant in the United States during World War 1. War production workers in arms factory woodworking department, manufacture wooden stocks for rifles. Others assemble metal parts of rifles. Still others are seen inserting barrels into wooden rifle stocks. An area staffed almost entirely by women assembling weapon parts. A yard filled with Browning M1917 machine guns.
Men work at fabricating siege mortar shells. A shell blank is heated over a furnace and then transported to a machine where it is formed, while still glowing, into the desired shell shape. A number of finished shells is shown in a yard. Next, men are seen welding the shells. Finally, men are shown filling them with gunpowder. They pound the gunpowder into the shells using wooden rams and wooden mallets (to avoid creating sparks). A worker is seen topping off a shell with gunpowder, from a ladle, pounding it tight, and fastening a cap on the top. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Nurses from wartime service units parade on Red Cross Day, in May, 1918, Washington, DC. Views of nurses in white uniforms and others in black, parading on the streets, accompanied by military bands. Red cross flags fly from various places along the streets. A mass of red cross flags near a reviewing stand. Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, walking with Naval officer and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, inspecting rows of uniformed U.S. Navy women Yeomen (F) on a field in Washington DC. Behind Roosevelt, is Admiral William Shepherd Benson, the first Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), accompanied by Major General George Barnett, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. The tower of the Post Office Building is visible in background. The women yeomen parade on the field, watched from the sidelines by Secretary Daniels and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, who is conversing with Admiral Benson. The sequence closes with women U.S. Marines, in uniform, on parade. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American and French soldiers return to camp after armistice brings end to fighting in World War I. Soldiers return to camps from the battle field. Soldiers gather and cheer. American and French forces hug and shake hands at the end of the war. U.S. Army troops exchange caps with the French soldiers. Soldiers hold each other in celebration. Soldiers smile and dance together. Soldiers play music and dance at the celebration.
French troops in a solemn procession along the Arc De Triomphe in Paris, France. Soldiers march along the streets in groups at the end of World War I. The French troops after their victory make a solemn procession on Paris streets. They cross the shop of Maison J.Ch.Printz . French troops march through the Arc De Triomphe to celebrate their World War I victory. French troops march along in solemn procession along the Paris streets.
Ruins clearance after German surrender in Paris France during World War II. Ruins of wrecked buildings. A Bulldozer removes rubble from road. United States (US) soldiers at work. U.S. soldiers clear the road. A bulldozer moves over the ruins as it clears it. U.S. soldiers on roadside near the wrecked building wall. Collected ruins dumped together at a place. U.S. soldiers clear the debris on road with hand tools. A crane under work. Crane moves large debris onto a truck. U.S. soldier clears up the wrecked items after the war.
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