Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia. Apple Queen moves down the stairs of John Handley School (425 Handley Blvd, Winchester, VA 22601, United States), escorted by military officers at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. The Apple Queen appears before a vast audience. Women and children loaded on to decorated floats during a parade. Floats move past large crowds in streets. Float arch reads “Shenandoah Apples To The World”. Apple Queen sits on a throne on top of a float.
Allied nations participate in an athletic meet at the Pershing Stadium outside Paris. The closing day of contests. U.S. Army General John J Pershing at the platform. People gather in large numbers to witness the closing ceremony. Athletes lined up on the ground and arriving at the podium to receive the medals. The dusky Sol Butler of the United States, winner of the broad jump.
Allied nations participate in an athletic meet at the Pershing Stadium outside Paris. Closing ceremony of the athletic meet. Allied troops stand in formation. People gather in large numbers in the stadium to watch the event. Soldiers on horses. U.S. Army General John J Pershing reviews the troops. Score board in the background. Flags on flag poles. Allied troops parade.
High profile celebrity weddings in 1949. People gather to witness the wedding of Prince Aly Khan with Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth on May 27, 1949. Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan is the Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly. Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan marries in Château de l'Horizon (55 Av. Edith Joseph, 06220 Vallauris, France), near Cannes, France. United States Vice President Alben W. Barkley marries Jane Rucker Hadley at St. John's Methodist Church in St. Louis, Missouri on November 18, 1949. Wedding cake at the wedding of Vice President Barkley. The newlywed couple is shown smiling.
In 1916,The Lafayette Escadrille, a group of American airmen who fought for France before American entry into World War I, with Indian chief's head in war paint and headdress painted on fuselage of their Nieuport aircraft. Newspaper headline reads 'United States and Germany at war'. in 1917, American civilian recruits responding to World War One: training with wooden guns, marching in uniform, and moulding practice bombs of plaster. Airmen train with real Lewis machine guns. Pilots who completed training are issued leather flying coats, helmets and goggles. Pilots make preflight checks by testing tautness of wing struts and cables. Crew takes off in a DH-4 airplane and drops practice bombs. Explosions on the ground. Pilots receive orders for advance training overseas. American troops march and drill. Supporter of airpower, Secretary of War, Newton Baker, speaking on podium, with General John J. Pershing sitting behind him. President Woodrow Wilson, another aviation supporter, signs a document at his desk. Red Cross women distribute refreshments to American troops as they deploy overseas. View of the Ocean Liner, SS Leviathan, converted to a troop ship, and camouflaged. American soldiers seen in French village square. View of Army barracks and muddy streets. Outdoor gunnery practice, using model airplanes. Experienced pilots demonstrating control stick techniques. Pilots taking off, in flight, and landing in Sopwith Camel airplanes. A nosed-over Sopwith Camel airplane with pilot unhurt, in cockpit.
Fifteen to twenty military caps on a rack. Allied Military leaders pose, including General Omar N Bradley, General Henry H Arnold, Admiral William D Leahy and Mr Anthony Eden, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Other military leaders seen include Lord Louis Mountbatten, Admiral Dudley Pound, General Sir Alan Brooke, Sir Charles Portal, General Hastings Ismay, Admiral Percy W. Nelles , Lieutenant General Kenneth Stuart, Field Marshall Sir John Dill, Admiral E.J. King, General George Marshall. Generals seated around table at the Quebec Conference.
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