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America declares war against Germany, April 6, 1917, in World War I

President Wilson leaves the White House and proceeds up Pennsylvania Avenue to arrive at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C., United States. President Wilson addresses the Congress to declare war against Germany in World War 1.

Date: 1917, April 6
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048735
U.S. severs diplomatic ties with Germany; President Woodrow Wilson signs documents in the White House; April 2 declares war.

U.S. severs diplomatic ties with Germany on February 3, 1917. View of American President Thomas Woodrow Wilson at the White House in Washington DC. President Wilson seated at a desk reads documents. He signs a document and hands it to an official. President Wilson addresses the Congress and declares war on Germany on April 2, 1917.

Date: 1917, February 3
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064440
French General Joseph Joffre, Ford Company founder Henry Ford and Pacifist leader Rankin at the Capitol in the U.S.

The United States of America in 1917. A huge crowd on the streets of a city in the United States. A motorcade proceeds on a street, past official looking buildings. People on both sides of the street wave U.S. flags and cheer. French General Joseph Joffre, accompanied by officials, makes his way through a crowd (likely New York City on "Joffre Day," May 11, 1917). A large number of persons surrounding them, wave flags. Scene changes to the dome of the United States Capitol building in Washington DC. People outside the building. A Ford motor car arrives. Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, with officials. Henry Ford and Speaker of the House, Congressman James Beauchamp Clark ("Champ") seen seated and talking on a balcony of the United States Capitol building. Officials and members of the Ford party come down the steps of the Capitol and pose for pictures. Among them is Thomas Edison who shakes hands with Congressman Clark. The dignitaries leave in an automobile. Next scene shows suffrage and pacifist leader Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, (the first woman congressional representative in the United States) holding flowers, with other suffragette women in a carriage. Policemen maintain order among a crowd of demonstrators outside the Capitol. Two mounted policemen begin to urge demonstrators away from the building.

Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055043
President Wilson in his office at White House in Washington DC, and signs proclamation of war against Germany in World War I

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson at White House in Washington DC during World War 1. Exterior views of the White house with sheep grazing on White House lawn in the foreground. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson works in his office. He stands and watches sheep graze on the White House lawn. Wilson talks on phone. Wilson, seated at table in his office, looks at documents. President Wilson sitting in chair. On April 6, 1917, Wilson signs documents proclaiming a state of war exists between the United States and Germany (Presidential Proclamation 1364) during World War 1. Several officials standing behind him during signing.

Date: 1917, April 6
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071733
Men and women aboard the trim steamer ship SS Potlatch in Hood Canal region near Puget Sound of Washington state, United States

Various landmarks in Hood Canal region in Washington, United States. Women on deck of the trim steamer ship S.S. Potlatch (active 1912-1917; scrapped 1937). View from ship of wooded shoreline areas in Hood Canal. Men and women aboard the ferry ship. Homes, dock areas are seen. Wooded shoreline in the background. Snow covered mountains of the Olympic Peninsula in the background, including Mount Olympus. A row boat approaches the ship. Views from ship as it heads northward through the Puget Sound to the San Juan Islands. Close views of the San Juan Islands shorelines seen from the moving S.S. Potlatch.

Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042498
Secretary of War Newton D Baker works on a Man Power Bill for World War I in Washington DC

WWI draft and mobilization activities in 1917-1918. United States Secretary of War, Newton D Baker at his office in Washington DC, United States. He works on a Man Power Bill to make military registration compulsory for previously registered men between the ages of 18 and 45.

Date: 1918
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048797