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British MP Havelock Wilson urges support for war against Germany during a public meeting (WW1)

United Kingdom Member of Parliament and President of the National Seamen's and Firemen's Union Havelock Wilson argues against pacificism and calls for "Peace with Victory," at a public meeting at Trafalgar Square in London, England (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom) He stands near statue of lion at base of Nelson's Column and addresses a seated audience of men and women. In change of scene, Mr. Wilson poses, using two canes for support, as he speaks in front of a building. Men hold up a sign reading: "Sailors and Soldiers, Don't forget to declare yourselves in favour of the Seamen's Boycott of the Huns." (The Seamen pledged to boycott German maritime activities, following the war as reprisal for German attacks during World War I) Closeup of Havelock Wilson.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1918
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042455
Scenes contrast between life in United States and that in totalitarian states

Statue of Liberty. Picnic for union workers. Sign reads, "Amalgamated Shirts and Pajama Workers of America, Local 343 Picnic" College graduation ceremony. Americans voting. Signs read, "Polling Place. Stalls open 6 A.M. - Close P.M." and "No Loitering or Electioneering Between This Point and The Poll." A woman enters a curtained voting stall to vote. Aerial view of early U.S. interstate highway exchange. Suburban neighborhood development in California, with elevated view of houses in suburbs. A pastor performs a wedding ceremony in a church. An American family picnics on bank of a stream. Students at a U.S. college campus. Parishioners coming out of a church. U.S. Congress in session. U.S. Capitol building exterior with tree branches. In contrast: Military parade in Communist East Germany, with tanks. A sign reads: "Peace, Prosperity, good fortune" (in German). Civil unrest in various countries, possibly Hungarian Uprising or Hungarian revolution in Hungary in 1956: People during a riot or demonstration and a city bus is seen crashing through trees and into a building on a busy downtown city street; Street riots; protest gatherings. Contrasting scenes: Peaceful U.S. metropolitan street scene; Farmer plowing field with tractor; Cowboys herding steers; driver in tanker truck with "Cyclone Rocket" logo on the door, welders at a shipyard.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1962
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043514
William Green presents a 350lb cake to President Franklin D Roosevelt on his birthday in Washington DC.

President Franklin D Roosevelt's birthday celebrations in Washington DC. Bakers decorate a huge birthday cake. 'Happy Birthday to our President' written on the cake. President Roosevelt looks at the cake. William Green presents a 350lb cake as a gift from the Bakery and Confectionery Worker's Union.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1940, January 29
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044058
Civil War veterans are honored in a parade on Memorial Day in New York City.

Troops march on Memorial Day in New York City. Confederate and Union veterans of the Civil War are honored in a colorful decorative parade that also includes veterans from the Spanish-American War and World War I troops. Close up views of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Monument at 89th Street and Riverside Drive, decorated in patriotic bunting and flags. Troops in uniform march led by a band. Fiorello La Guardia is seen at the parade. Civilians watch the parade from their houses and from the sides of streets. Close-up views of groups of elderly veterans of the Civil War.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1935, June 3
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044067
Ernest Green works to provide job education and construction trade jobs to blacks in New York City, United States.

The work of African American civil rights leaders in the United States. Ernest Green, one of the "Little Rock Nine" students, encourages black apprenticeships in building trades. Through his work at the Recruitment and Training Program, or RTP, Inc., in Brooklyn, New York City, Ernie Green reaches out and speaks to young black men in need of jobs. Young black workers without jobs stands outside a fenced area and look in at white men working at a construction site. Young black men unemployed on street corners and in front of shops. African American children on a city street, bundled in coats and walking to school. Ernest Green reflecting on the difficulty for black young men in getting jobs and in feeling welcome in the work force. Two young black men talking on a city sidewalk, looking in store windows, and then talking and doing a multiple step hand shake. Blacks in a classroom coaching young minority men in preparation for a sheet metal or other building trade union qualification test. African American men with construction jobs are seen laying bricks for a new building, working with steel beams, pouring cement, and constructing a building. Black workers install building windows and work with a torch on steel girders.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1969
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044194
American servicemen demonstrate with anti war banners in front of the National Archives Building in Washington DC, U.S.

Moratorium March demonstrations in Washington DC, United States against United States' involvement in the Vietnam War. Antiwar American military servicemen, former soldiers and veterans demonstrate and protest in front of the National Archives Building. They hold anti war banners. The banners read "Stop War Against Vietnam and black (African American) America, American Service Union" and "Soldiers' Liberation Front". Hippie fashions on some demonstrators.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1969, November 16
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058086
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