U.S. soldiers stand and pose alongside two women at Camp Meade in Maryland. M1917 Six Ton tanks in the background with soldiers standing near them. A photographer climbs on one of the tanks holding his camera. Several men and boys stand behind a fence and watch as two U.S. Mark VIII 'Liberty' heavy tanks descend down a steep embankment, followed by a U.S. M1917.
Opening slate announces 11 million Americans to bear arms (in World War 2.). U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General George S. Marshall conversing with Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Ernest King. Next, Admiral King is seen standing with Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, Lieutenant General Henry H. (Hap) Arnold, and Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the President of the United States. Scene shifts to a graduating class of cadets from the United States Military Academy, at West Point. They are seen receiving their diplomas. West Point cadets are also seen cheering at an athletic event and in several views of them marching in formations on different occasions. Views of cadets from the U.S. Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Maryland, on parade and at a graduation ceremony in Dahlgren Hall, where each receives a diploma and they toss their hats into the air at the end of the ceremony. Next, ordinary citizen soldiers (mostly draftees) are seen marching in formation They participate in calisthenics en masse. Heavyweight boxing champion, Gene Tunney, is seen leading an exercise session. Soldiers run over an obstacle. Next cadets are seen on parade in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, at Kings Point, New York. Some cadets are seen practicing escape from a burning vessel at sea. U.S. soldiers engage in field training that includes live weapons fire above their heads as they crawl under barbed wire on a training course. View of soldier firing a Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun near the trainees. Another is firing a Browning M1919 air-cooled machine gun.
Groups of mounted artillerymen pulling horse-drawn field pieces, enter a training field at Camp Meade, Maryland. Scene shifts to shallow hillside where artillery unit guidons are set into the ground and artillerymen are seated on the grass. Gunners fire pedestal-mounted antiaircraft machine guns. M1917 tanks sitting in a field.
World War 1 training of U.S. 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland, United States. A train pulls out of the railway station. Aerial view of the buildings at U.S. Army Fort George G. Meade. African American soldier recruits gathered at Fort George G. Meade. Recruits stand in columns as they get themselves registered. Men at a desk work on papers. Recruits stand in front of the quarters building. Recruits drill at the Army camp.
U.S. Army Expeditionary Force training of U.S. 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland, United States, in World War 1. African American soldier recruits enter a dining hall with mess kit. The recruits eat. A recruit smiles while eating. The recruits serve themselves at the camp.
World War 1 training of African American U.S. Army 154th Depot Brigade and 301st Engineers Battalion at Fort George G Meade in Maryland, United States. Recruits stand near the baggage kept on ground. The recruits walk in columns. The recruits during drill. The recruits go through bayonet drill. An officer stands in the foreground while instructing. Two African American soldiers stand. The recruits march.
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