A lookout post with a telescope is seen on top of a U.S. Navy troop transport ship in World War 1. A sailor on lookout supposedly sights an enemy submarine. Scene shifts to view of periscope moving through water. (Several vessels and shoreline are seen in background.) An officer responds to lookout's report and looks through binoculars. Lookout calls on intercom and general quarters alarm bells are sounded. Sailors respond, manning a deck gun, which they load and fire, ostensibly repelling a submarine attack.
A training film titled 'Gas and Gas Mask' shows how lethal gas is disseminated from gas cylinders and artillery shells in Europe by Germany during World War 1. German soldiers wearing gas masks move out from a trench through a screen of smoke or gas.The soldiers in prone positions advance through poisonous gas smoke and carry square shields. American forces demonstrate use of liquid fire (flame thrower) like that used by German troops to spray liquid fire in the trenches. Condensed gas in a cylinder. The cylinder lying on the ground in a horizontal position. A U.S. Army soldier wearing a gas mask opens the knob of the cylinder. The gas comes out. A gas cloud is formed and moves in the direction of the wind. A soldier holds a German gas shell. A large number of gas shells are exploded. A U.S. soldier demonstrates two different forms of gas masks. The first is a basic scarf which holds a small pad of cotton soaked in soda solution. He puts on the scarf mask. Next he puts on a more advanced "Gas helmet" (early gas mask).
A World War 1 training film shows how to carry and don a gas mask. A U.S. soldier stands at attention. He carries a mask in a satchel. The satchel is slung over the shoulder of a soldier. He shows the satchel. He turns. The soldier demonstrates the way to carry the satchel in trenches. The satchel is slung around his neck. He opens the satchel, takes out a string and ties it around. He opens the satchel and takes out the mask . He puts his chin forward and wears it.
Testing of Ford Motor Company's prototype 3-ton light tank in the United States. Civilians observe the tank. The tank stationary at a field. The tank moves back and forward on the rough field. A railway track in the background. The tank moves forward. It knocks down posts. A building in the background. Another tank in the background. The tank gets stuck in a deep ditch and is pulled out by another tank. Civilians near the tank. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Manufacturing Ford Liberty aircraft engine in the United States. Silhouettes of workers and machinery. The workers working at a manufacturing plant. Welding of an engine. A worker welds motors. Finished motor (V-12) and the Statue of Liberty superimposed. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A documentary by Ford Motor Company depicts the launch of a ship. A ship underway at sea. A woman seated in a chair and looks into papers. Men stand wearing hats and coats. A man signs on a paper. A soldier.
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