U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison at the Convention of the American Federation of Labor in Buffalo, New York. President Woodrow Wilson arrive to attend the Convention of the American Federation of Labor. President speaks at the Convention and leaves in a car. Samuel Gompers, Head of American Federation of Labor meets and shakes hand with Frank Morrison, Secretary of American Federation of Labor. They both pose for a photograph outside a building. Samuel Gompers leaves in Car. A Parade convention.
Samuel Gompers along with Hugh Frayne, General Organizer of the American Federation of Labor and President Wilson in Buffalo, New York. Samuel Gompers stands outside a building. Hugh Frayne joins Samuel Gompers and Frank at the convention. A Parade convention. Gompers rides in a car during the Parade convention. President Wilson enters building along with a lady. President Wilson along with the Lady leaves in car.
U.S. Army troops march along the streets, and American officials and civilians honor them in New York City. Crowd with American flags. Soldiers march along under the Arch at Washington Square. People watch the march from street level and high up on building tops. A man is seen waving a small American flag while perched dangerously on a steel girder high above the festivities. Views from high up buildings of the victory parade below. Soldiers march followeb by military trucks and cars in the parade. Crowd gathers to watch the procession. Aerial view from moving aircraft during th parade, showing the parade underway below and various New York buildings and monuments along the way. U.S. Army troops march in uniform. People wave hands and caps to the U.S. Army troops.
U.S. Navy Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. A banner on a building reads: 'Ship's Service Store'. WAVES enter the building. They purchase goods from salesgirl. A WAVE typist at work. The WAVE salesgirl at work. Goods on shelves in the background.
Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, the first woman elected to U.S. House of Representatives (served April 1917 through December 1918). A pacifist, co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, and champion of humanitarian causes, she is seen addressing a group from a speakers pavilion in Union Square, Manhattan, New York City, in September, 1924. She accepts a glass of water from an associate (unseen). Closeups of Rankin leaning over the railing above an American flag, as she speaks to assembled group of men and women. From further away, several men and women associates can be seen at work behind her in the pavilion. Views from behind and to her right, with listeners below and cars parked in the square. Street scene in background. As before, Ms Rankin leans forward to be better heard. (There is no evidence of microphone in use.)
Whaler "Herman" on a polar expedition in the Diomedes Islands, Alaska. A man tries to catch a seal in a snow covered area. A boat amidst snow. A man clears snow from the area.
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