Men inspect speed boat motor in Detroit, Michigan. The boat crisscrosses water with two men in cockpit. DYC (Detroit Yacht Club) on side of the boat. Garfield Wood poses with mechanic, maintenance crew and children.
The Safety Parade in Detroit, Michigan. Band followed by boy scouts carrying signs with safety slogans in the parade, such as "Drive Safely Walk Right." Spectators gather in large numbers along the streets. Sign on buildings include 'Empire Silk & Woolen Co', 'Brown's' etc. Ambulance with safety sign. Trucks loaded with children. Sign on Detroit Police Ambulance reads ''Help Save These Children from a similar Fate".
President John F Kennedy and party at President's summerhouse on Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island.
View of an interment camp at Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia, during World War 1. ( It is part of Chickamauga National Military Park's North Post area. ) A guard overlooks the camp compound through a window. A telephone mounted on wall besides the guard. A double line of 10-feet high barbed wire fence runs around the camp. German prisoner digs ground at a work camp under watchful eye of a guard. Other prisoners dig ground at a ditch in the background. (WWI; WW1)
Some 2000 Germans, interned at Fort Oglethorpe and Fort McPherson, are being repatriated after the end of the war, in 1919. They arrive by train at the port in Charleston, South Carolina, where they assemble with their personal belongings. They are assisted and supervised by U.S. Army soldiers. They board the USS Martha Washington transport ship. Another large ship is seen behind her at the pier. U.S. Navy officers and sailors are seen watching as the passengers board. Among the passengers are civilians who had been detained as suspected spies. They are boarding the ship with members of their families. A small child and a babe in arms are seen as well as other children. After boarding, passengers and crew line the deck of the ship. "USS Martha Washington," is clearly displayed on her side. She is seen moving slowly away from the pier and getting underway. to Germany.
Soft rock is loosened for steam shovels by blasting it with black powder. A churn drill makes blast holes in the soft rock at a copper mine in Ruth, Nevada.
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