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Douglas World Cruisers take off from Brough, England and land at Houton Bay, Orkney Islands.

U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in the Orkney Islands during their first flight around the world. Animated map of the Atlantic Ocean: "6th Division, London to Washington, DC, 4,615 miles'. A cruiser in water. Personnel in the foreground. The cruiser as it takes off from water and leaves Brough, England. A naval personnel looks through a telescope. Three cruisers in flight. Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith is the first to land at Houton Bay, Orkney Islands. The cruiser lands on water. Two cruisers on water. A small boat is pulled up to the aircraft. The last stop before the hop across the Atlantic: Views of a naval vessel. The pilots and naval officers as they alight from the vessel. Greetings are exchanged.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1924
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071965
American Expeditionary Forces(A.E.F.) 42nd (Rainbow Division) bury their fallen at Baccarat, France, in World War I

A cortege of U.S. Army trucks, covered with American flags and laden with flag-covered coffins of American soldiers,who fell in combat on May 27th, 1918,proceeds through the streets of Baccarat, France, in World War 1. U.S. soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Division march as escorts, beside the trucks. Local citizens observe from the sides of the road. Scene shifts to Memorial Day (May 30, 1918), when U.S. Army Major General Charles T. Menoher and U.S. Army Colonel Douglas MacArthur,of the 42nd Infantry Division, are joined by French Generals Dupont and Penet, in decorating the graves of fallen American soldiers, during a ceremony at a rugged battlefield cemetery containing new graves marked by wooden crosses. A little French girl places a bouquet (reportedly made by Major General Menoher) upon the grave of an American soldier.She is accompanied by other French children who also place bouquets on the graves. An honor guard of American soldiers fires a salute. Scene shifts to a gathering of American soldiers at their base in Baccarat, where they surround a small outdoor stage, to watch a Miss Hart, of the YMCA theatrical Corps dance the Higland Fling. She is dressed in traditional costume of Scotland and accompanied by a violinist. A group of Army musicians, seated close to the stage, watch the performance along with the rest of the troops.

Location: Baccarat France
Date: 1918, May
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068480
American warships at various locations during World War I.

USS Manley, 4-stacker, flush decker destroyer, painted in camouflage,underway in Firth of Forth, Scotland. At location in United States, Battleship, USS Arizona, underway, with its 3-gun forward turret visible. U.S. battleship Texas, underway, in Firth of Forth, Scotland. At a different location, U.S. 4-stacker Destroyer making way slowly. Many small sailboats in distance.

Location: Scotland
Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060912
Airmen work on a Douglas World Cruiser and Lt. Smith superintends unpacking of a new engine in England.

U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in London during their first flight around the world. In Brough, England airmen work on one of the world cruiser at a rapid pace preparing for a hop to the Orkney Islands and first lap across the Atlantic. A world cruiser maintenance man cleans the aircraft. Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, pilot of the world cruiser, superintends unpacking of a new engine for his airplane. Several views of the engine changeover. The engines start. Ground crew members push pontoons. Several views of the replacing of wheels on pontoons.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1924
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071964
King George V visits the British hospital ship HMHS Plassy during World War I

King George V of Great Britain visits the Royal Navy's Hospital ship, HMHS Plassy, at Scapa Flow, in the Orkneys, on June 23, 1917, during World War 1. The original Lascar (Asian) crew of the P&O (Peninsular and Oriental) ship , is seen lined up, in whites, on the deck of the Hospital ship, as King George walks past them, slowly ,accompanied by captain, Edward de Walrond Wells Bruce, and officers of the ship's company. On another deck, the King and his party stop to greet the uniformed medical staff, including nurses. An aide introduces each medical staff person by name, and the King shakes hands with each and converses briefly with some. The King visits wounded in the ship's medical ward. He converses with one patient, before proceeding to visit others.

Location: Orkney Islands
Date: 1917, June 23
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049922
HMS Furious (47), Turkish battle cruiser and U.S. battleships underway in the Firth of Forth, Scotland after World War I.

Many warships in the Firth of Forth, Scotland after World War I. British battleship underway. British aircraft carrier, Furious (37),seen close up in camouflage paint. The Turkish battlecruiser TCG Yavuz. United States battleships, USS Arkansas, USS Florida, USS New York, and USS Texas, steaming out of the Firth of Forth. Smoke stacks of U.S. battleships emitting smoke. The Forth Rail Bridge, over Firth of Forth, is visible in background. A seaplane passes over the ships. USS Manley, a four-stacker destroyer underway.

Location: Scotland
Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060919
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