Manufacturing of aircraft at the Caproni plant in Savigliano, Italy, during World War One. Workers produce airframes, wings,fuselages, etc. Biplanes are seen in various stages of construction.Aircraft engine on test stand. Completed Caproni CA.52 triwing bomber shown outside the factory. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
'Italian munitions 1914-1918 ' Men mine iron ore at a hilly region in Italy. Iron ore transported in trolleys and then shipped. Trolleys carrying iron ore unloaded at a port in Italy and placed on trailers with a crane. Coking ovens are emptied and blast furnace charged with the ore and coke. Furnace is tapped and molten steel poured giving a fiery flare. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Armed French infantrymen (Poilu) march hundreds of Austrian prisoners, under guard, who were captured by the French in Italy, during World War 1. They march four abreast along a road in Italy.
shipyard operations in Italy during World War 1. A man using a pneumatic tool to drive rivets into steel plates for submarines and warships. Men using chain block and tackle hoist to raise heavy parts in the assembly plant. A submarine at the shipyard pier, being outfitted. A freighter in background. Another submarine at the pier, being services with fuel and water. It displays the Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of Italy. Scene shifts to a pier in foreground, where Italian Naval officers and officials stand next to the stern of a huge ship, towering above them. Across the water, many other uniformed persons watch from another pier and local citizens watch from vantage points on buildings in the background. Suddenly, the ship moves down the ways, past the official party, and into the river. A camera captures the event from another perspective, where spectators watch from small boats. Although persons line the deck of the newly launched ship, it shows little superstructure, which will likely be added later. The next scene shows an Italian two-piper torpedo boat destroyer under full steam with black smoke billowing from her stacks. One crew member stands aloft on her forward mast. She displays the numeral "6" on her hull. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Willian Jennings Bryan, campaigning for President Wilson, as a private citizen, in 1916 (after having resigned as Wilson's Secretary of State). He stands in a car decorated with patriotic bunting and an American flag, in front of modest house in a rural area. Bryan is accompanied by several associates. A popular Wilson campaign photograph (coming loose at the top) is attached to the car door . The writing under Wilson's picture is not legible. As Bryan sits down in the car, his wife, Mary, is seen next to him. (She had been blocked from the camera while he stood.) The car drives away. In complete change of scene, a crowd is seen completely filling the lawn and grounds of "Shadow Lawn," President Wilson's Summer White House, at Long Branch, New Jersey. They have come to celebrate his renomination as Democratic candidate for President. Camera pans over the crowd. Next, President Wilson is seen standing on a step in the center of the garden, acknowledging and accepting the nomination.
Steel plant operating in Italy. Open hearth furnace is charged. Furnace is tapped and molten steel flows. Ingots pulled. Hot rolling. Hot forging. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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