Annual Epiphany Dedication at Sofia, Bulgaria. Clergy and church dignitaries reviews troops. Clergy bless King of Bulgaria Boris III. The troops march past through streets. Buildings in the background. King Boris shakes hand with the church dignitaries.
A crowd gathers at the Axis legation in Sofia, Bulgaria. They gather to celebrate Bulgaria's adherence to the Tri-Partite pact. Nazi German flags in front of the building. A dignitary comes out on the balcony of the building. He waves at the crowd. (World War II period).
May Day Paraders carry large banners of Soviet and Bulgarian Communist leaders during May Day Parade in Sofia, Bulgaria. Bulgarian students carry a large poster of Georgi Dimitrov, the first Communist Prime Minister of Bulgaria. Students wave small flower bouquets as they carry Dimitrov’s poster during the May Day Parade. Prime Minister and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party Valko Chervenkov on review stand with other Bulgarian officials. Bulgarian officials wave at crowd. Bulgarians clap their hands and cheer during May Day Parade. Chinese delegates, likely from the People’s Republic of China, clap alongside Bulgarians during May Day Parade in Sofia.
Bulgaria joins Axis powers in March 1940 during World War II. Bulgarian delegate signs a document to join Axis. German aircraft taxis at an airfield. Prime Minister of Bulgaria Prof. Dr. Bogdan Filov debarks and shakes hands with Foreign Minister of Germany Joachim von Ribbentrop. Band plays group walks past honor guard.. Ribbentrop, Filov, and Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Galeazzo Ciano take seats at a conference table. German and Bulgarian signatories sign. Ribbentrop and Filov shake hands. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and various delegates shake hands. Hitler speaks to Filov.
United Garment workers (UGW) Union members discuss plan for 1914 convention in Nashville Tennessee. View from railroad locomotive traveling on a straight train track. A steam locomotive pulling a passenger train. Trainman on rail car waving a lantern. Views of the convention, October 12, 1914, in Nashville, headed by UGW President Thomas A. Rickert of Chicago. Labor union locals from New York, Boston, Rochester, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, were deemed in arrears on dues (although they had been on strike) and not allowed to participate. They walked out, with the Chicago delegation too. View of Telegram sent from Nashville, by the dissidents, to Sidney Hillman in New York, October, 1914, asking him to head a rival union. Photo of Hillman taking telephone call. A special convention at Webster Hall, in New York City, where dissidents join with Journeyman Tailors union and form the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, with Sidney Hillman as President. Key members of the new union are seen standing in front of a car. Sidney Hillman in his office dictating to his secretary. Copies of the new union's House organs in various languages. Amalgamated Clothing Workers holding signs in various languages. Workers pose on a truck by a sign reading:"A Fair Deal, A Chance to Live, Arbitration is all we ask." Workers in cars. Girls on roller skates wearing sashes reading: "Don't Be A Scab." A man in a barrel with sign reading: "Can't afford to wear pants. Pa works in an open shop." Women pose in sandwich boards that spell out: "Closed Shop." Philadelphia garment worker ostensibly writing letter to Sidney Hillman. Shop owners examine sewn item and shop records while man works at sewing machine.
May Day celebrations in the "9th of September Square" in Sofia, Bulgaria. Marching troops of workers, men and women, and troops of children through the streets of the capital. The marching troops carry with them the posters of their leaders, including the late Georgi Dimitrov. They cheer and express their respect for the Soviet Union. Members of the Government and political leaders, including Vulko Chervenkov, are saluted by the marching people and troops.