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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
The Making of a Man-O-Warsman Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of sailors looking in cockpit of a biplane flying boat, Curtiss F-Boat, WWI training plane, two men in aviator’s garb - sailor helping aviator on with life preserver - close-up of pusher type engine - sailor working mechanisms in cockpit, turning crank to start engine - sailors in waders laying wooden planks into water - sailors easing flying boat with aviators aboard and prop turning down planks into water - flying boat taking off - in flight - aerial view of Kersarge class battleship, tugs off starboard - view of flying boat coming in for a landing. “Artillery drill.” Sailors on parade ground in ranks towing howitzer - turning around, aiming howitzer toward camera, men kneeling behind howitzer, ammo carriers to right of gun and riflemen kneeling in background. “Artillery drill.” Riflemen and ammo carriers moving up and kneeling in line beside howitzer - gun being fired, smoke - men moving back to original positions. “You don’t have to call Jack for dinner but once and then he comes a hot foot.” Sailors running and forming ranks in front of mess hall - marching in through door, old car parked in foreground - close-up of men going through door. “In the mess hall where 6,000 men are fed at one sitting.” View inside mess hall, tables set, waiters placing food on plates - men entering, sitting down. “Our Navy is being developed with a full recognition of America’s obligation in this war -- with the knowledge that the Hun must suffer a decisive military defeat.” Views inside mess hall. “It sounds very well to repeat that we are fighting for democracy. It is more understandable to the mass that comprises America to realize that we are fighting for the preservation of our homes, our children, our wives.” Views in mess hall, men entering, sitting down. “Germany is planning now for another war and unless we want this brought about her militarism must be defeated within the coming months by the added force of American arms.” Close-ups of men eating. “The galley and bake shop that supplies the big mess hall.” View inside galley, cooks giving large pots of food to waiters - view of big oven, bakers pulling trays of bakery goods out of oven - placing trays on shelf - men standing around mixer being turned by hand, one man stirring large pot at end of mixer - men dumping dough into large trough, cooks smoothing out dough - four sailors sitting outside peeling potatoes. “20,000 American Blue Jackets pass in review. A spectacle without precedent in the annals of our country. See it next week in the fifth picture of ‘The Making of a Man-O-Warsman.’” High panoramic view overlooking parade grounds, U.S. flag in center foreground, men marching on field. [1917]
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