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)
Graphic: "This film is restricted". Group of industrial smoke stacks emitting smoke and pollution. Aerial view of Hoover Dam. Large power lines coming from Hoover Dam. View of George Washington Bridge in New York City with traffic. Aerial view of early highway interchange. Aerial view of Manhattan, New York City and New York City skyline. Aerial view of smoggy city with railroad switching yard in foreground. Early highway crowded with car traffic. People wading in water at the beach. People looking out from high vantage point. 1939 World's Fair Trylon and Perisphere. Interior view Grand Central Station or early Penn Station railroad train station. Porters and travelers walking in train station. View of Egyptian ruins and pyramids. Ruins from 300 BC. Moving timeline graphic depicts dates of modern advances in geometry, arabic numerals, physics, and industrial revolution with electricity, chemistry, railroads, telegraph, and automobiles. Factory with smoke stacks, pollution, and view of a large grain elevator. Foundry with sparks flying. Line of turbine generators. General Electric company building with GE logo on top. Dr. Irving Langmuir works in a lab at the plant demonstrating creation of thin films of oil in a pan. View of Noble Prize won by him for his research about the basic structure and behavior of molecules. View of non-reflective glass demonstrated on General Electric meter. Scientist with beakers and test tubes. Scientists in laboratory and looking through microscopes.
A man rides a two-wheeled dune bike on the shoreline at Jensen beach, Florida. Cars move on multi-lane Interstate Highway. Many 1970s cars seen. Signs with distances and directions along the roadside and above the highways. Signs for Interstates 40; Hwy 95 in Virginia;Hwy 65 at Birmingham Alabama;Hwy 75 N to Atlanta and S to Macon and Florida;Hwy 80 in Iowa; Hwy 85 in Georgia; and Hwy 15 in Montana. Other destinations include: Chattanooga,Knoxville,and Louisville. Cars repaired in a garage. A car moves out of the garage and takes to the highway. Cars, bikes and buses on a highway. Cars loaded onto a car-carrier truck and transported along the Interstate Highway. A Continental Trailways bus on a highway. Point of view shot from moving vehicle driving on highways near Washington DC area, including in Prince George's County and near Route 450 Defense Highway near Bladensburg.
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