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Scenes from 1904, preparing to launch a Wright airplane using a falling weight

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.

Date: 1904
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027435
U.S. Army First Division infantry deploying during World War I

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)

Date: 1918, May
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027498
French soldiers use teletype to direct artillery during World War I.

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.

Date: 1916
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027510
French Observation Balloons being used during World War I

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.

Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027517
Renault French FT 17 tanks used for demolition after World War I.

Opening scene shows two French Renault FT 17 tanks descending a steep embankment from a path where several pedestrials pass in the background. The tanks then, ford a stream and climb a very steep embankment from the stream. In the background, two derricks are seen on a pier extending partway into the stream. The tanks reach a tree-lined road at the top of the embankment. Change of scene shows one tank running over the remains of a partially destroyed building, as two men watch from closeby. Next, the demolition site is seen from an adjacent street, where passersby watch the tank from the sidewalk. Scenes of the tank in the rubble

Date: 1920
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027567
Efforts to improve living conditions on U.S. Navy vessels. The destroyer, USS Meredith (DD-890)

Views of unsatisfactory living conditions aboard the USS Meredith (DD-890). Cramped messing facilities. Difficulties in access and egress. Improved furniture on the ship. Beds in the compartment. Crew sleep in the compartment. The interior design of the ship on a paper. Improved beds in the compartment. Crewman sits on a chair and writes something. Lockers in the compartment. Seamen converse amongst themselves.

Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027613