U.S. Army Air Service production center number 2, at Romorantin, France during World War I. A tractor pulls a DH-4 plane along a road to a group of hangars. French and American officers of World War 1 in front of a DH-4 plane with an American flag draped over its engine. Women carry French and British flag. Edith Normant presents Captain Osborne with a bouquet of flowers on behalf of the French government. A ceremony in front of DH-4 with French and American officials. United States Army Air Service officer ties an American flag to the strut of DH-4 plane. Plane taxis, takes off and in flight over Air service production center no 2 at Romorantin, Loir-et-Cher, France. Pilot and observer get out of DH-4 plane and people walk up to congratulate them. Officer of the production board of the Air Service center number 2 stands in front of a DH-4 plane. French General de L' Espee and Major Robert J Bates Commander of Air Service Production Center stand in front of DH-4 plane. Lieutenant Colonel WC Allen and Major WH Wardwell shake hands. American officer lined up in front of a headquarters of Air Service Production Center no2. Colonel EV Summer, Junior Commander Air Service Production. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Soldiers at Fort Sheridan induction and training camp in Lake County, Illinois. Recruited American soldiers receiving training for World War 1 service are seen at the camp marching in formation. Large formation of U.S. Army soldiers seen lined up at a ceremony. One of them holds the American flag and another holds a Fort Sheridan flag. Dogs run around in the field.
A Caproni airplane parked on the ground as a group of men looks at it in United States. Caproni aircraft taxis along and takes off. Men look at the plane in the sky. Opening slate notes it is part of World War 1 training flights in the U.S.
Interior of a U.S. aircraft manufacturing plant in World War I. Men are assembling wooden frameworks of flying boats. Fuselage of one in foreground is Covered in sheets of wood. Men work on the fuselage of a flying boat that has low wing attachment sections in place. The hull of a seaplane being moved across the factory by an overhead crane. A Liberty engine being moved to a cradle on a stand, where a worker guides it into place. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Manufacturing of Italian ammunition during World War I. Trench mortar shells manufactured at an ammunition plant in Italy. Shells lined up on the ground and welded. Workers clear openings for explosives in the shells, then fill them with gunpowder and tamp them using wooden mallets. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A man hammers a limestone piece to crush it to manufacture glass for military purpose in World War 1. Men work on circular glass sheets. Glass undergoes processing with the help of machines. Lenses inspected. Glass sheets grinded and polished. Glass used to manufacture products like mirror, searchlight and window glass. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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