A British Lion-Class Battle Cruiser (either HMS Lion or her sister ship, HMS Princess Royal) at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands with several utility boats along her port side. Smoke issuing from one of her stacks. Several views of her 13.5-inch forward guns in twin turrets. The guns are maneuvered in various ways. (Momentary view of a sailor straddling one of the barrels.) view from an aircraft, of the Battle Cruiser underway. Scene shifts to anchored ship with torpedo nets deployed and tended by two motor launches. (Guns are visible on the ship.) Scene shifts back to closeups of 13.5-inch guns on battle cruiser. Next, several minesweepers are seen moving in parallel courses across the water. Final scene shows what might be the USS Arkansas (BB-33) which was part of American Battleship Division Nine with the British Grand Fleet in World War 1. Other warships of the Grand Fleet in background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
King George V's Royal launch docks with the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, in World War 1. The King ascends steps to the ship's deck and exchanges salutes with the Captain and officers. An Antiaircraft guns can be seen in the foreground,on deck. The King greets several other officers. Sailors march along the deck to enter a formation for the decoration ceremony. Next, a number of sailors sailors are decorated by the King, as officers, who have already been decorated, stand behind, wearing their respective awards around their necks. The king then climbs stairs to an upper deck, where he steps on a stand and addresses the ship's company, who stand in formation. Afterwards, the crew members leave the formation in single file, saluting as they pass the King on the stand. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Battleships serving as part of the 6th Battle Squadron, British Grand Fleet, in World War 1. View from a circling motor launch, of the U.S. Battleship, New York (BB-34) and a British Invincible-Class Battlecruiser, at anchor. U.S. Battleships, Florida (BB-30), Arkansas (BB-33), and Texas (BB-35) are partially obscured in mist, in the distance. The steel cantilever railroad bridge over the Firth of forth, is seen dimly in background. A British Invincible-class battle cruiser is seen closeup as are British aircraft carriers Furious and Argus, both in camouflage paint.
Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train passes main Westinghouse Factory in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Words: "Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co Machine Works," are sculpted in the stone at the top of the building. Freight trains moving in the adjoining rail yard. Smoke belches from stacks at the plant.
Reconstruction of a German pilot's activities in the European Theater during World War I. Aerial view of a battlefield. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment. A German aviator with a gunner in the cockpit of an aircraft in flight. A British General's headquarters. A hand-held bomb is dropped on the building. Heavy columns of smoke rise up from the burning building. The pilot and the gunner in the cockpit of the aircraft.
An Allied tank on a battlefield in the European Theater during World War 1. The tank moves along the battlefield. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment. The tank advances.
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