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M1917 helmets painted and packed for shipment at Ford Assembly Plant in Philadelphia (WWI)

Ford Motor Company employees paint and finish United States Army Brodie-patterned M1917 helmets at a factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during World War I. Factory workers working in assembly line. Worker hammers a bolt in the center of the helmet. A worker attaches chin strap into the helmet. A machine attaches a bolt into the chin strap. Helmets are prepared for the paint tank. Workers dip helmets into paint tanks. Men wipe off helmets to remove a coat of tallow applied to prevent rusting. Helmets placed on rack, dipped in paint tank, and hung to dry on stands. Helmets are treated with sawdust applied with air pressure (“sawdusting”). Workers are seen wearing goggles as they apply sawdust in helmets. After applying sawdust, racks of helmets are placed in bake oven. The workers close the bake oven door. Workers sort and stack new helmets. Military and quality control personnel inspect helmets carefully. Finished U.S. Army helmets put into wooden crate and shipment lid placed onto it. Helmets are packed with air pressure. Crates stenciled, seals soldered, and crates fastened with wires. A man places a receipt on top of helmets before another man seals the crate. Wooden crates piled up for shipment. [Note: This was filmed at the Ford Motor Company assembly plant on Broad Street and Lehigh Avenue in Philadelphia. Helmet shells were manufactured by other firms and sent vie rail to the Ford plant where they were painted and finished. This video depicts that finishing process.]

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1918
Duration: 5 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048436
British Blimps used to monitor for U-boat threats to Allied shipping in World War I

Blimps used by British Royal Air Service, primarily to patrol for submarines during World War 1. An air ship is towed out of a canvas tent hangar. Scene shifts to a British Coastal Class blimp being moved out of a substantial permanent hangar. One ground crewman ducks into trench between tracks as the blimp skids traverses them while moving. View of gunner manning a Lewis Gun, apparently mounted on a pedestal surrounded by a circle of protective railing, on the top of the envelope (gas bag). Separately, a gondola for an SST (Sea Scout Twin) class blimp is seen in the hangar. Its fuel tanks,and various operating equipment are seen. Engine radiators and Blades of its twin 9 ft diameter four-bladed propellers are partially seen at the top of the gondola. An officer walking within the framework of the gondola.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1918
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048470
Silver iodide cartridges being loaded in bomb racks of planes during operation Storm fury at Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico

Project Storm fury at Roosevelt Roads Naval air station in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Three RA-3B planes lined up at Roosevelt Roads Naval air station. A CPO (Chief Petty Officer) removes silver iodide cartridges from a wooden box and places them in small racks. CPO loads iodide cartridges into small bomb racks as a civilian engineer talks to him. Bomb bay of the plane open. Engineer hands cartridges to the CPO as he loads them into the bomb rack. Men hand over racks of cartridges to a man inside the bomb bay in the plane. Nose of RA-3B plane with overcast sky in the background.

Location: Ceiba Puerto Rico
Date: 1966, August 30
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048584
Silver iodide cartridges loaded in bomb racks of planes during operation Storm fury at Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico

Project Storm fury at Roosevelt Roads Naval air station in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Crew members stand near the tail section of EC-121 plane at Roosevelt Roads Naval air station with another EC-121 plane in the background. A ladder leads up to the hatch of EC-121 aircraft. Chief Petty Officer and a civilian engineer opens silver iodide cases next to a RA-3B plane on the line with overcast sky in the background. Cartridges placed in small bomb racks. Men hand over the cartridges to someone in the bomb bay. CPO places a wooden box of silver iodide canisters. He opens the lid and removes canisters. Iodide racks placed in bomb bay. Men use speed wrench to secure the racks on bomb bay. Men off load silver iodide cases from a yellow pick up truck.

Location: Ceiba Puerto Rico
Date: 1966, August 30
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048585
Allied paratroopers board aircraft for D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.

D-Day Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Airborne paratrooper soldiers march on air field in groups. Men relax beneath aircraft. Men inspect the parapaks. Men apply camouflage make up on each others faces. A man reads out a message from Supreme Commander. Equipment loaded, man eats pineapple and other checks sub machine guns. Indian paratroopers in full battledress and equipment. Men inspected by pilot and crew chief and then by a jump master. Paratroopers board an aircraft. One British paratrooper with British type ammunition leg pack assisted by another paratrooper into the aircraft. Men march across air field. C-47 planes take off for invasion.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 6 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048609
United states B-45 aircraft filmed on a Phototheodolite instrument in United States.

Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. A document titled 'Ridenour report'. Warehouse, bins and equipment stored in them at the warehouse. Equipment moved into a large warehouse. Sign on a truck 'WADC supply shuttle truck # 6'. Large milling machine and an operator at a machine shop. Phototheodolite instrument and operator. United States B-45 in flight and tracked on Phototheodolite film. Flight time azimuth recorded. Aerial view of Wright air field, animation shows various buildings and labs at the airfield. Project engineer makes a phone call to another office building.

Location: Ohio United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048863
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