Two statues in the United States. First is the Lexington Minuteman Statue, representing Captain John Parker, located at Lexington Green in Lexington, Massachusetts. U.S. flag flutters from a flag pole in the background. Next is a bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, seated, in the town square in Hodgenville, Kentucky. A store building is seen in the background of the town square (now site of the Lincoln Museum).
Drummers and fife players in the United States. Reeanactors serving as Revolutionary War costumed drummers and fife player walk. They emerge from woods and walk toward camera position.
Manufacturing of gas tanks for automobiles in the United States. Interior of a factory. Workers operate a metal working machinery. They display several parts.
Manufacturing of gas tanks for automobiles in the United States. Interior of a factory. Workmen operate a machinery. They place sheets of metal in a press. The sheets are bent into elliptical shapes, tanks without ends. A worker installs inlets. The worker welds inlets to the tanks. He installs ends. Another worker hammers down flanges to hold the ends of the tanks. He machine rolls the flanges on the tank ends. The seams on the tanks are welded. A tank tube is placed in a vice, internal partitions are placed and welded into position. The tanks are tested in vats of water for leaks. The fittings for attaching cars are attached to the tanks.
U.S. Army officers receive training in the United States during World War 1. Soldiers march and parade in formation in double time step. They hold rifles. Trees in the background. The soldiers stand at attention in formation and then perform regimental drills. Color guards and non-commissioned officers stand in front of them. Buildings of training facility in the background.
John Philip Sousa's U.S.Navy Band of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station leading a World War I Liberty Loan parade on a city street (possibly in Chicago, Illinois). Behind them two cars are seen and other marchers carrying signs. One sign reads: "Chip In." Numerous spectators line the sidewalks. View from above of the band in formation for a concert. John Philip Sousa and his wife, Jane, pose in front of a residence. He wears the uniform of a Lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. (Note: During World War I, the Navy asked Sousa to train bandsmen at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. On May 31, 1917, at the age of 62, he accepted a commission as a Lieutenant, in the U.S.Naval Reserve and organized a new band at the Great Lakes Center. His fame attracted so many band recruits that he was able to form several Navy bands for other Navy bases and units.)
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