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President Nasser of Egypt bids farewell to Syria's Shukri Al Quwatli, in Cairo. Also King Hussein and King Saud at cavalry demonstration.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, bids farewell to President Shukri al-Quwatli, of Syria. They walk past an honor guard at Cairo airport in Egypt. Other dignitaries stand behind them. President Quwalti boards an airplane. Jordan's ambassador to Egypt, Abdul Al Rafael, arrives in Jordan after being recalled from Cairo, by his government. King Saud of Saudi Arabia and King Hussein of Jordan, stand in a reviewing stand, under a canopy, King Hussein in Air Force uniform, salutes. They watch a display of equestrian horsemanship by Arab cavalry. King Saud presents King Hussein the gift of an Arabian steed horse.
Axis forces withdrawing in El Alamein and British troops advance through Libya and Syria in World War 2.
Second battle of El Alamein in Egypt between Allied Forces and German Forces in October, 1942. Tanks advance and Axis powers in full retreat. British advance with tanks. British flag is raised. British advance on road and on mountain terrains. Water and other supplies brought by Navy. British troops advance through Matruh and Sidi Banari in Egypt; Tobruk and Bengasi in Libya; and Homs in Syria. Harbors littered by wrecked and abandoned German equipment. Fuel barrels unloaded from ship. British soldiers in combat with enemy in outskirts of Tripoli. Wounded soldier taken on litter. Artillery is fired. Smoke arises from explosions.
A large crowd gathers to welcome Princess Ileana of Romania during her visit to Beirut, Syria.
Princess Ileana of Romania on a visit to Beirut, Syria. A large number of people gather on a street in Beirut as they welcome Princess Ileana of Romania. Princess Ileana greets the chief patriarch and other officials of the city.
Willian Jennings Bryan campaigning for Wilson in 1916. President Wilson accepting the nomination in 1916.
Willian Jennings Bryan, campaigning for President Wilson, as a private citizen, in 1916 (after having resigned as Wilson's Secretary of State). He stands in a car decorated with patriotic bunting and an American flag, in front of modest house in a rural area. Bryan is accompanied by several associates. A popular Wilson campaign photograph (coming loose at the top) is attached to the car door . The writing under Wilson's picture is not legible. As Bryan sits down in the car, his wife, Mary, is seen next to him. (She had been blocked from the camera while he stood.) The car drives away. In complete change of scene, a crowd is seen completely filling the lawn and grounds of "Shadow Lawn," President Wilson's Summer White House, at Long Branch, New Jersey. They have come to celebrate his renomination as Democratic candidate for President. Camera pans over the crowd. Next, President Wilson is seen standing on a step in the center of the garden, acknowledging and accepting the nomination.
Various WWI events: German submarine Deutschland leaving US; sinking of SMS Szent Istvan; survivors of Lusitania
Variety of events in World War I years. German merchant submarine Deutschland (a British blockade buster) in 1916 in the United States (then neutral), departing New London, Connecticut on November 21, 1916 headed back to Germany carrying silver bullion. The submarine had just completed repairs following a collision with the tugboat T.A. Scott Jr. when first attempting to leave New London on November 16, 1916. The North German Lloyd Shipping Company submarine Deutschland is seen leaving the dock at New London, Connecticut. The officers on the submarine Deutschland wave. Periscope of submerged submarine is seen slicing through calm water. Sailor on an Italian destroyer blows general quarters call on bugle. Another sailor brings a telescope on deck. Next, crew members fire their deck gun at periscope in the water. Change of scene the shows the destroyer making way, leaving visible wake, astern, as crew members load and fire depth charges from the ship's stern. View of a submarine underwater. Exploding depth charges raise huge columns of water. Underwater view of submarine shows columns of bubbles nearby. View of Austro-Hungarian Battleship SMS Szent Istvan (Saint Stephen), capsizing and rolling after it is torpedoed off the Dalmation Coast of the Adriatic Sea by Italian torpedo boats on June 10, 1918. Survivors being rescued in small boats. View of a merchant vessel at dock and in a harbor. View of survivors of the May 1915 Lusitania disaster, with belongings, arriving in a harbor. Men and women with children posing. Two small girls pose among the group of Lusitania survivors.
Former U.S. President and Chief Justice William Taft taken out of a car and assisted to his house by men after he fell ill.
Footage of former U.S. President William Howard Taft, recently retired the week before as Chief Justice of the United States. Exterior view of the Taft house in Washington DC at 2215 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington DC. (A Georgian Revival style house built in 1904 and purchased by Taft from Congressman Alvin Fuller. It later was the home of the Embassy of Syria in Washington DC). Car out front. Taft is returning from Asheville North Carolina to Washington DC, as he has fallen ill. William Howard Taft is taken out of a car by a few men. The men assist William Taft in walking into his house. (Taft died in the home a month later on March 9, 1930).
