Tugs tow Phoenix units for making an artificial harbor at Normandy beachhead in France during World War II. A Liberty ship scuttled to form breakwater. The flag of the U.S. on the ship. Ships and a barrage balloon in the background. Troops on the deck of a ship. A tug tows a Phoenix (reinforced concrete caisson) unit. The Phoenix unit is taken to position. It is towed.
British General David Henderson reviews soldiers in Tours, France during World War I. General James Harbord, General Harts, General Edgar Jadwin, Langfitt, Connor, Roackenbach, U.S. Army Major General George S. Simonds, General McCaw,General William Wallace Atterbury, General Dawes and General McCoy stand together. Soldiers stand in the background in courtyard of a fort. The soldiers carrying guns on their shoulders march. British General David Henderson escorted by officers reviews the soldiers . The soldiers standing in formation. A soldiers stands holding a flag in the center. General David Henderson reviews the soldiers standing in formation. The Generals lined up salute. Buildings in the background. General David Henderson escorted by the officers reviews the soldiers.
British General David Henderson decorates Generals in Tours, France during World War I. General Henderson decorates General McCaw,General William Wallace Atterbury, General Dawes and General McCoy. General Harts, General Edgar Jadwin, General Langfitt, Connor, General Roackenbach, U.S. Army Major General George S. Simonds, General McCaw, General William Wallace Atterbury, General Dawes and General McCoy lined up with medals around their neck. Several views of the Generals talking to General Henderson and congratulating each other.
U.S. Army General John J. Pershing inspects a hospital in Tours, France during World War I. General Pershing with a dignitary and other Generals comes out from a building. Soldiers standing outside the building salute as Pershing comes out from the building. General Pershing standing with the dignitary and a General reviews the soldiers. General Pershing speaks to a French General and shakes hand with him. General Pershing standing with Generals. The soldiers stand in the background. Pershing speaks to the officers. He visits a hospital. Wounded soldiers recuperating in beds of hospital ward. General Pershing escorted by officers leaves the hospital after the inspection.
U.S. Army General John J. Pershing visits a camp and an airfield in Tours, France during World War I. General Pershing along with an officer inspects a building. Airplanes stationary at the airfield. Hangars in the background. An airplane in flight over the airfield. General Pershing stand with the officers in the foreground. He speaks to pilots. He talks to an officer who has a fractured hand. Soldiers stand in a formation in the background. General Pershing talks to the soldiers. He visits Camp Rochambeau and talks to people there including a group of boy children. General Pershing talks to an officer and a brigadier general.
A film depicts how victory ship, SS Hannibal Victory delivered a cargo of 8 railroad locomotives, tenders, flatcars, rails etc. from San Francisco to the U.S. Army in the Philippines. A man cleans a plaque of SS Hannibal Victory ship with a cloth. The chassis stacked at the port . A trolley tows the freight car underframes. The stevedores and longshoremen at work . They load freight car underframes aboard SS Hannibal Victory. The freight car underframes is hoisted and lowered aboard the deck. K-rations, cots, hospital supplies like bandages and plasma loaded in the spaces between the cargo. Men aboard the ship at work. The eight full-grown railroad engines complete with tenders taken towards the ship on the railroad flat cars. Men stand near a locomotive on the railroad flat car. The men aboard a ship and at the dock. A man attaches ropes to the locomotive. The hoisted locomotive is taken aboard the ship. A man directs. The locomotive is cautiously lowered at the deck. A crane operator operates the controls. The locomotive is being lowered. The men giving directions. The men lay road bits and big pine timbers to cushion the weights of the big locomotives . Several views of men turn buckle and put steel rod assemblies to the deck , clamped them tight and wedged chained and bolted them down. A chief with his wife walk and talk. A view of the city in the background. They walk towards the dock. The men covering the locomotives. The chief and his wife cross a road and walk along streets of San Francisco with harbor views behind them. Cars parked on side of the road. The crane operator seated at controls. Men finishing the end tasks. The chief meets his wife before leaving. The chief boars the ship. His wife stands at the dock. Men aboard the ship at work.
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