Exercise Bright Star 80 in Egypt. United States UH-60 and an Egyptian helicopter hover over a sandy field in Egypt. Soldiers repel down from the two helicopters and land onto the field.
Exercise Bright Star 80 in Egypt. United States 101st Airborne Division soldier load belts of 20 mm cannon shells into AH-1G helicopters in Egypt.
Exercise Bright Star 80 in Egypt. An Egyptian General, two officers talk to each other. Major General Taylor of United States watches the demonstration. Two helicopters come in for landing. They land causing a puff of dust to go up in the air.
2nd Battle of the Somme in France during World War 1. United States 27th Division soldiers dig graves at Duncan Post as others carry their fallen soldiers on litters. The graves are marked by many small crosses in a row and one large cross in the field. An American Army Chaplain says some words as the troops standby quietly.
Ford Motor Company employees paint and finish United States Army Brodie-patterned M1917 helmets at a factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during World War I. Factory workers working in assembly line. Worker hammers a bolt in the center of the helmet. A worker attaches chin strap into the helmet. A machine attaches a bolt into the chin strap. Helmets are prepared for the paint tank. Workers dip helmets into paint tanks. Men wipe off helmets to remove a coat of tallow applied to prevent rusting. Helmets placed on rack, dipped in paint tank, and hung to dry on stands. Helmets are treated with sawdust applied with air pressure (“sawdusting”). Workers are seen wearing goggles as they apply sawdust in helmets. After applying sawdust, racks of helmets are placed in bake oven. The workers close the bake oven door. Workers sort and stack new helmets. Military and quality control personnel inspect helmets carefully. Finished U.S. Army helmets put into wooden crate and shipment lid placed onto it. Helmets are packed with air pressure. Crates stenciled, seals soldered, and crates fastened with wires. A man places a receipt on top of helmets before another man seals the crate. Wooden crates piled up for shipment. [Note: This was filmed at the Ford Motor Company assembly plant on Broad Street and Lehigh Avenue in Philadelphia. Helmet shells were manufactured by other firms and sent vie rail to the Ford plant where they were painted and finished. This video depicts that finishing process.]
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) receiving cargo by French railroad destined for Air Services Producion center, number 2, at Romorantin, France. United States soldiers stand and talk to each other as French railroad flat cars carrying large crates move in the background. French shipping tag shows carton destined for "Armee Americaine" (American Army). It shows location, destination and number on the address slip. American soldiers push crates from flat cars onto trucks. Railroad crane lifts crate from a stack, moves along railroad and places the crate in a dolly. Soldiers pull the dolly carrying crates. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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