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American steamship Rochester and a ship with "Orleans-New York," painted on hull, set off from New York Harbor, United States

American steamship, Rochester, sets off from New York City harbor in United States, towards Europe, ignoring German blockade warnings during World War I. The American steamship Rochester, at sea, with U.S. flag painted on its side. A passenger and crew members aboard the Rochester. A steamship at sea. 'Orleans-New York' written on the side of the ship.

Date: 1917
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055061
United States soldiers arriving by ship and marching on a street in a French town during World War I.

Activities of the United States soldiers in Europe during World War I. United States Army soldiers depart from a troop ship at a French port. They are seen marching in a French town. Houses along the side of a street in the town. Trees along the other side of the street. A band marching on the street.

Date: 1917
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063089
British soldiers rush about on ship after it is hit by torpedo underway in the European Theater during World War I.

British troops fight against Germans in Europe during World War I. A German submarine underway. View of torpedo being fired from U-boat at a British ship in Atlantic Ocean or North Sea. Dramatic footage of large explosion aboard the target ship as the torpedo impacts. Fire and smoke seen on ship. Fire continues to surge upward even as ships stern is sunken and bow is rapidly approaching sinking underwater. Footage, some appears authentic and some possibly dramatized, of British sailors aboard a ship under attack and on fire. The sailors running on board the ship. View of ship rolling over and sinking.

Date: 1917
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068362
Contribution of African American soldiers during the Spanish American War and World War I.

A film about the role of African American soldiers during various wars in the United States. A dramatization shows a black soldier during the Spanish American War. He also talks about his role in Cuba and the construction of the Panama Canal. Footage of the Panama Canal being constructed and ships underway in the canal. United States Army forces including black soldiers boarding troop transport ships bound for Europe during World War 1. A railroad train carries African American soldiers to France during World War I. African American soldier units under General Pershing march in formation with an Army band in France during World War 1. African American soldiers work and fight against the Germans, including the 813th Pioneer Regiment near Marseilles, the 332nd Labor Battalion, and the 808th Pioneer Regiment near Verdun. African American soldiers racing for front lines including the soldiers with the 8th Illinois and the 372nd regiment and the 371st, and the 369th Infantry Regiment (sometimes called the "Harlem Hellfighters") in the Argonne. View from behind soldier as he fires a machine gun, and United States Army infantry firing artillery. African American soldiers of the 369th regiment "Harlem Hellfighters" being decorated and receiving the French Croix de Guerre for their heroic actions in World War I. The African American soldiers march at a parade in New York City following World War I and are greeted by throngs of enthusiastic African American civilians attending the parade. View of Henry Johnson being congratulated by civilians after he and Needham Roberts performed with exceptional heroism and received the Croix de Guerre. Close up view of the Croix de Guerre medal on a uniform. Graves of African American soldiers who lost their lives during World War I at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. View of the All-Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Logan Square in Philadelphia (Logan Square, SE corner 20th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). View of a stone memorial erected in the Meuse-Argonne region, north of Sechault, as a tribute to the efforts of the African American soldiers of the 371st Infantry Regiment who fought and died there on April 21, 1918 during World War 1.

Date: 1917
Duration: 4 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078145
Vladimir Lenin and Bolshevik speakers address the crowd during a communist rally in Saint Petersburg during WWI

Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin arrives at a political rally at the Russian capital Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) during World War 1. Crowds with Russian communist placards showing support for Vladimir Lenin, who recently returned from his exile in Switzerland. Vladimir Lenin, wearing a thick black coat, addresses the crowd. A man addresses the crowd at the Nevsky Prospect, the main street of Saint Petersburg. Aux Gourmets (O’Gurme in Russian) store, specializing in imported food from Europe, can be seen in the background. A Bolshevik addresses the crowd in Nevsky Prospekt. A woman behind a placard makes an emotional speech to the crowd. Bolsheviks distribute pamphlets to the crowd. Russian military officials disembark from a car, making their way through the crowd. Bolshevik supporters rallying, marching through the streets of Saint Petersburg while holding placards and banners. More leaflets are distributed to supporters. Vladimir Lenin speaking privately.

Date: 1917, April
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079172
Belgian soldiers being reviewed and in second line trenches during World War I

Belgian soldiers armed with rifles, being reviewed by officers. Homes with Tudor style architecture in the background. Soldiers "in the second line trenches" take cover behind an embankment, aim, and fire their rifles.

Date: 1917
Duration: 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029970