American Legion Army veterans of World War I march carrying flags and signs. They appeal to employers for help in getting employment for veterans. Veteran soldiers line up holding signs. Some read: "Give a job to a Vet"; "Keep your Promises. Give us Work."; "Unemployment breeds Un Americanism"; "Why not a veteran for that job, Mr. Employer"; and "When you need help, Call the Legion Employment Bureau."
American troops returning from Europe, in 1919, after end of the war, on the deck of the SS Leviathan, which had been converted to a troop ship.
This material, although spectacular, does not show actual combat. It is reconstructed, as part of the 1927 movie "Wings." Flight of four aircraft in flight over clouds are attacked by enemy airplane unseen until right after it fires on and hits one of the four. The stricken aircraft emits smoke while flying through the clouds and then spirals down burning. At TC:00:54 film runs in reverse and burning aircraft goes backwards through TC: 01:01. A similar event is seen in TC:01:04 through TC:01:06. Closeup of Spad biplane with machine guns mounted and pilot wearing goggles visible clearly in cockpit. It is headed directly at the camera and firing all the time. Airplane trailing smoke after being hit by gunfire from another one behind it. View from rear seat of two-seater airplane, as pilot fires at burning airplane ahead of him. Pursuing aircraft continues to fire on burning craft as it spirals down through the clouds. German airplane struck by gunfire burns as it falls. German airplane burning in level flight and then begins to spiral down through clouds. Two aircraft in dogfight. One is hit and burns, falling in a tight spiral. Backseat view from airplane shooting at burning airplane in front of it.
Reenactment of WWI aerial combat action from a 1927 film with Richard Arlen. Aircraft engage in dogfight. Smoking German plane dives and crashes. In another scene, American airplane chases German plane causing it to crash land at German Aerodrome. View through tail as American airplane pulls up and Germans rush to aid of their pilot. Pilot of American airplane (movie actor, Richard Arlen) laughs as he looks over his shoulder from the cockpit of his airplane. Wounded German pilot falls out of his cockpit.
American troops on parade at a camp in the U.S.A. during World War 1. Formations of Artillery and caissons are pulled by teams of horses across a field. These are followed by formations of Canvas covered supply wagons pulled by horses and by formations of canvas-covered motorized trucks. Many civilians watch from reviewing stand in background. (WWI. WW1)
Bernard M. Baruch, Chairman of the War Industries Board during World War 1, poses with other men outdoors. Individuals arrive at a building to attend War Industries Board meeting. Individuals arrive and depart. Several women arrive by car to attend the meeting.
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