People gather to watch Bicentennial Parade in Washington DC. Soldiers parade with band on the street in the assembly area. Buildings in the background. People stand. Decorated float on the street. Men pass with flags. Military units from army, navy, air force, marine and coast guards march on the street. Cars parked on the street. Girls march in uniforms. Girls in other uniform parade on the street.
People gather to watch Bicentennial Parade in Washington DC. People hold flags and banners. Policeman stops them from going further. A man talks to a woman who is going to march and writes something. People march with band and flags. Buildings in the background. People pass by on street in front of Capitol building. A statue in front of the building.
Wright brothers and other men inspect launching rail on the field. A Wright Flyer airplane is maneuvered onto the rail. Men raise a weight up a tower in preparation for catapulting the airplane.
Outdoor munitions depot in France, during World War 1. Stacks of heavy artillery shells are seen lined up in a field. American 1st Division troops prepare defenses near a road in the French countryside. They dig between a long trench and the road. Scene shifts to First Division troops drawing rations at a Quartermaster Supply Depot in Maron, France. The soldiers fill their arms with items set out for them. Change of scene shows 28th Infantry Regiment troops marching along a road between a river and a railroad, where they begin to board rail cars. Several soldiers receive hot beverages from two women volunteers. The troops wave from the cars as the train begins to pull out. (WWI. WW1)
Group of French soldiers direct moving artillery barrage ahead of advancing infantry, during World War 1. (The actual artillery is not seen.) Two of them wear headsets. One holds field chart, while another transmits instructions to the artillery via teletype. The French soldiers walk across a field and take up new observation post in a tree line.
French Observation Balloons being moved from hangars along a road in France. Several Soldiers hold lines on the balloons as they walk along the road. Houses in the background. View of one balloon rising from launch point, where the balloon is tethered to a large windlass. View of French soldiers riding in a truck containing a windlass, with tether from balloon fastened to it. Several views of balloon aloft, with passenger basket visible suspended below it.
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