A film concerning railroad electrification in the United States. A westbound Boston and Maine Railroad steam train at East Portal, Hoosac Tunnel, where the railroad was electrified in 1911. An electric locomotive approaches the steam engine. ( Note the carbide headlamp on the electric locomotive--which were outlawed by the ICC circa 1918. ) The motor pulls the steam engine and its train West. Next: a 'cab ride' from North Adams, Massachusetts to West Portal and subsequently exits the East Portal of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel.
An air service field near Belrain, Meuse in France on 19th October, 1918 during World War I. U.S. Army Major General Mason Mathews Patrick decorates First Lieutenant E. V. Rickenbacker with the Distinguished Service Cross (4th Oak Leave cluster). Air Corps officers on the parade field. Captain James Armand Meissner and Lt. E. V. Rickenbacker with the Distinguished Service Crosses. Seven bi-wing airplanes flying overhead. An observation balloon in distant foreground. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A film on the development of air power. A French observation balloon in flight at Souain in Marne, France on October 2, 1918 during World War I. Anti-aircraft bursts near the observation balloon. Wreckage of a bombed village in the background.
A film on the development of air power. Chief of U.S. Army Air Service Colonel Frank P. Lahm in Toul, Meurthe-Et-Moselle, France on November 8, 1918 during World War I. Col. Lahm speaks to an officer.
Submarine periscope in water. View of a submarine under water. Italian naval torpedo boat crew seen readying for battle and firing guns and torpedoes at target ship. View again of a submarine under water. Scene from June 10, 1918, of Austro-Hungarian Battleship SMS Szent Istvan (Saint Stephen), rolling over after being hit by an Italian torpedo off the Dalmation Coast in the Adriatic Sea. Survivors of the Szent Istvan being rescued in small boats. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Russian leader Lenin in discussion with another leader Mikhail Kalinin in the courtyard of Kremlin. Backside shows a huge cannon and cannon balls visible in the background. Lenin addressing a big crowd in Moscow and Leningrad. 1918. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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