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U.S. severs diplomatic ties with Germany; President Woodrow Wilson signs documents in the White House; April 2 declares war.

U.S. severs diplomatic ties with Germany on February 3, 1917. View of American President Thomas Woodrow Wilson at the White House in Washington DC. President Wilson seated at a desk reads documents. He signs a document and hands it to an official. President Wilson addresses the Congress and declares war on Germany on April 2, 1917.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1917, February 3
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064440
American President Woodrow Wilson draws the first number in the 4th Draft Lottery in Washington DC.

American President Thomas Woodrow Wilson in Washington DC. President Wilson draws the first number in the 4th Draft Lottery. A military official blindfolds the President. President Wilson puts his hand inside a glass case and pulls out a piece of paper. The official reads from the paper chosen by the President. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1918, September 30
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064441
Model A Motor blocks and vehicle engine parts on assembly belt at Highland Park Ford Plant in Michigan.

Activities at the Highland Park Ford Plant in Highland Park, Michigan. American workers work inside the factory. Automobile motor blocks and engine parts on assembly line belt.

Location: Highland Park Michigan USA
Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064456
American workers work on motor and engine parts of Ford vehicles at Highland Park Ford Plant in Highland Park, Michigan.

Activity at the Highland Park Ford Plant in Highland Park, Michigan. American workers work inside the factory. Motor blocks and engine parts on assembly line belt. Motor, steering column and transmission-radiator added to automobile chassis. Body of the vehicle fitted over chassis. A number of Ford vehicles drive out of the garage.

Location: Highland Park Michigan USA
Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064457
Film that takes viewer to "dinner at the Statler" Hotel in Detroit, Michigan.

Film taken at the new Statler Hotel in Detroit, Michigan (opened in 1915). The Statler Hotel main dining room Ala Carte menu is shown. A waiter in tuxedo takes orders from wealthy patrons. Glimpse of clams served on half shells. Closeup of a woman in fur coat eating soup. Waiter presenting a poultry entree. The woman eating a large portion. Side dishes of vegetables seen on the table. A different waiter (in white tie) taking order for the next course. Closeup of the woman eating a parfait with a long spoon. Dessert cookies seen in a dish on the table. The table of four all eating parfait, and one woman taking a cookie. One of the men passes the plate of cookies. Wider view of the dining room with many persons being served dinner by formally dressed waiters. The frame rate increases showing much activity quickly in the dining room.

Location: Detroit Michigan USA
Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064465
Chefs, waiters and women working in the kitchens of the Hotel Statler in Detroit, Michigan

Chefs and employees working in the restaurant kitchen of the Hotel Statler (1539 Washington Boulevard Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit Michigan. Opening slate of film reads: "Here we are in the heart of the hotel, looking down the long line of ranges where Broiled Lobsters and Roast Chicken are done to a turn. (At lower right of slate is statement: "Produced by Ford Motor Company.") More than a dozen chefs in classic white uniforms are seen preparing meals that are being picked up by waiter in tuxedos. Another view of chefs at work. A slate reads: "If cleanliness is next to Godliness, surely this is a wonderful place to work. It is unknown, while pots and pans shine like milady's mirror." Several views of a young woman tending several large coffee pots and dispensing pots of it to waiters. Another slate reads: "System! There is enough of it here to delight a General. Note the order and precision with which everything is carried forward." Views of kitchen staff interacting with the formally dressed wait staff members who check each order before taking it on trays to the dining room. Next slate reads: "Dainty salads with sweet cream and delicious fruits, prepared by the hand of an expert."Four women are seen behind a counter, making these fancy salads and passing them to waiters. Closeup of one being prepared.

Location: Detroit Michigan USA
Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064466
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