American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) receiving cargo by French railroad destined for Air Services Producion center, number 2, at Romorantin, France. United States soldiers stand and talk to each other as French railroad flat cars carrying large crates move in the background. French shipping tag shows carton destined for "Armee Americaine" (American Army). It shows location, destination and number on the address slip. American soldiers push crates from flat cars onto trucks. Railroad crane lifts crate from a stack, moves along railroad and places the crate in a dolly. Soldiers pull the dolly carrying crates. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Testing and demonstration of Renault FT tanks at Locomobile Automobile plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Three Renault tanks are tested (two without turrets). They maneuver about in a field and through mud and obstacles. Two enter a body of water. One, with a turret, manages to negotiate the water and climb out. The other, lacking a turret, must be pulled out with a tow line. One tank climbs a ramp to the top of a flat bed truck, which them pulls away. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Ford Motor Company 3-ton two man tanks being tested near the Ford factory in Highland Park, Michigan. Tanks move up and down bumpy surface during a climbing test. Two tanks move down a slope. One tank becomes bogged down and cable breaks as second tank attempts to tow it. A second attempt is successful. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
'Italian munitions 1914-1918 ' Men mine iron ore at a hilly region in Italy. Iron ore transported in trolleys and then shipped. Trolleys carrying iron ore unloaded at a port in Italy and placed on trailers with a crane. Coking ovens are emptied and blast furnace charged with the ore and coke. Furnace is tapped and molten steel poured giving a fiery flare. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Steel plant operating in Italy. Open hearth furnace is charged. Furnace is tapped and molten steel flows. Ingots pulled. Hot rolling. Hot forging. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Steel plates fabricated for use in ships and submarines. Submarines are seen at dockside. A large ship is launched, not yet outfitted. Observers watch from small boat. A destroyer cruises by at high speed, smoke billowing from its stack. A heavy cruiser fires guns. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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