The U.S. Army cross-continental motor transport convoy stops in a barren part of Utah, while soldiers cut sagebrush to lay over a sandy area so trucks can gain traction and pass through the area. Soldiers help as a truck drives slowly over the sagebrush. The truck accelerates when leaving the sandy stretch. Other trucks moving through the area, are chained together for mutual assistance. Dust raised by passage of trucks.
Trucks of the U.S. Army cross-continental motor transport convoy entering the Great Salt Lake Desert of Utah, near Granite Peak. They proceed smoothly across the desert and park to prepare a meal. View of the parked vehicles. Soldiers preparing meals on mobile field kitchens. Smoke rising from stovepipe of a field kitchen.
View from a spot well ahead of the U.S. Army cross-continental motor transport convoy as it passes through Nevada. Trucks are seen raising dust as they approach on dirt road. Mountains in background. View from a hillside of trucks underway. View of trucks, far off, raising dust as they drive toward the camera. Mountains in background. Holt (Maxwell) tractor pulling a pair of trucks through an area of wet sand. A truck making way on its own. The Holt tractor pulling another pair of trucks, chained together. Soldiers helping by pushing.
View from just beside and below a mountain road in Sierra Nevada mountains, as trucks of the 1919 U.S. Army motor transport convoy make their way from Nevada into California. View from ahead, and below of the trucks. The narrow mountain road is lined with rock boulders and the mountain rises almost vertically beside it. A Holt tractor pulling a truck by a chain, along a stretch of the road. Trucks proceeding successfully on their own on other parts of the road. Several picturesque views by the camera operator.
Picturesque views of the 1919 U.S. Army motor transport convoy making its way through the beautiful forests of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Tall evergreen trees and dramatic mountain views frame many pictures of the convoy. The convoy stopped at Kybury, California, for dinner.
On life in the southern mountainous areas of Kentucky and Tennessee. View of mountains and jungle. View of row of cottages and houses. American family sits on the porch of a house. Old woman with a baby.
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