Film opens showing bombs installed in racks under bottom wing of a airplane in World War 1. Glimpse of a Vickers machine gun mounted on the fuselage below the cockpit. Scene shifts to inside the airplane cockpit, where a hand actuates a lever on bomb release mechanism. View from outside as bombs are released sequentially from the underwing racks, where they fall harmlessly a few feet to the ground under the parked airplane. Next, an airplane is seen diving toward the ground and releasing bombs that then explode sequentially on the ground, along the line of flight.
U.S. Army artillerymen training with a French 75 field piece and caisson during World War 1. A supervisor makes notes as artillery gunners in training prepare to arm and fire the field gun. A soldier quickly takes a shell from the caisson and places it into the gun breech. Some distance away, a soldier with an optical director instrument gives hand signals to the gun crew. Closeup of the instrument. Gunner making adjustments to aiming apparatus on the gun and then using mechanical measuring device to set elevation on gun barrel. Instrument in gunner's hand. A telescope being set up by a gunner. Periscopic binoculars being used. A soldier using a range finder. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Army artillery training during World War 1. Battery of French 75 artillery pieces lined up. A caisson carrying shells placed next to one of the guns. Battery commences firing its guns sequentially. Gunners fire a 105 mm howitzer.. Shell bursts raising smoke and dust in distance. (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)
A new ship is seen going down the ways and hitting the water in a river, with a huge splash. There isn't much superstructure on the ship. A smiling young woman in an office, leafs through a handful of new Liberty Bonds supporting World War 1.
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)
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