The German racing yacht "Germania" docked in the United States, where it is being refurbished following its purchase by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gordon Woodbury. Views of the masts of the sail boat. Men working on deck. The ship's wheel with "Germania" painted on it. Yacht's linen with original initials of Bohlen and Halbach embroidered thereon. Views of interior, with leather easy chair. Dishes bearing seal of the Krupp-Germania shipyard in Kiel, where the yacht was built in 1908.
Animated save food public service campaign in the United States during World War 1, promoting food rationing and conservation. A man and a woman at a table. The man, who is very overweight, eats a meal. A sign in the background reads ' Eat less food this means you '. His wife, who is slender, berates him, but he ignores her. The mans walks on sidewalk, past posters reading such things as:' Hooverize food for USA ' , ' Eat less food' . He sleeps and has stomach trouble and dreams of being hit by a bull. The man in a hospital being treated with less food. A vision of Uncle Sam berates him. Later, recovered, healthy and trim, the man discards his medicines.
America enters World War I. United States Secretary of War Newton D. Baker at a desk as he shows the war bonds. Secretary Baker with a group of men as he holds the war bonds. Men outside a theater with a sign in the background promoting a grand rally and a stirring speaker. A man shakes hands with Secretary Baker and buys the bonds. Douglas Fairbanks amidst a large crowd as he promotes the sale of the war bonds.
A Liberty Bond drive in the United states World War I. Girls wearing Uncle Sam's hat march in the bond rally. People outside a building with a sign on it that reads ' Liberty Bank '. Girls line up. The one in the foreground holds an American flag. Sailors sing at the bond rally. A naval band plays and a girl sings at the rally.
Lace making process seen in the United States during the industrial revolution in America. A portrait of Henry II who wore lace collars. Women work on a machine in a lace factory. Thread around the machine as women work on it. Men on machine spinning thread. A man works on the thread. A rack full of bobbins being threaded. Large machine looms at work. Curtain or lace being woven out. A design being produced as a loom is operated.
M2 Carbine fired in the United States. A man holds M1 and M2 Carbine. A lever on M2 that makes it different from the M1. A man fires M2 carbine as he pulls the trigger. Lever being moved forward and M2 is automatically operated. Magazine used for the M2 Carbine. An operating model of M2 Carbine. A lever being fitted on the crank pin. Trigger being squeezed to demonstrate the mechanism of the new M 2 Carbine. A man pulls th lever. Slide of the operating model moves down. Selector being fitted on crank pin. A man demonstrates the automatic and semi automatic mechanism of the M 2 Carbine. A man fires the Carbine. (World War II period).
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