Soldiers of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) prepare to move a 155mm gun in World War 1. View of a dozen American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) soldiers working around a 155mm gun (Canon de 155 Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) mle.1917). The breech has a cover over it. The soldiers jack up the gun to allow them to close the split trails. After closing them, they roll and secure the limber underneath the trails. Afterwards, they secure a steel housing over the rear of the gun. Next, they secure a tow bar from a Holt-caterpillar model 75 tractor to the gun carriage and tow the gun to its new location. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
AEF Air Service production center number 2, at Romorantin, France, in World War 1. Men and women take DH-4 wing section in assembly area. French women assemble DH-4 wings, several boxed wing sections. Workers pull boxed DH-4 wings on a dolly, spars between upper and lower wings. Workers pull DH-4 fuselage with wheels, engine and propellers to assembly line. French women attach stabilizer and rudders to DH-4 fuselage. Women sort out plane wires. Workers attach wings to fuselage of DH-4. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
View of the famous Liberty L-12 engine of World War 1. It is a 27-litre (1,649 cubic inch) water-cooled 45° V-12 aircraft engine of 400 horsepower. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American troops gather around and on top of a French Renault FT Light Tank, as an officer reads from manual of instructions. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Manufacturing of aircraft in United States World War I. Huge logs of wood placed on rail road flat cars to be transported. Power crane stacks the timber. Workers in a lumber mill cut and pile up lumber. Men pile up lumber as Army officers inspect them.
A work man drives an American vehicle, caterpillar across a field in Spain. Caterpillar digs up mud and level the ground.
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