The 5th War Loan Drive in Texarkana, Texas during World War II. A large crowd gathers on the street. Buildings along the sides of the street. Soldiers march holding flags. Tanks passing on the street. Governor of Texas Coke R Stevenson along with other officials and dignitaries watch the parade. Soldiers march in formation.
The United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) working in the Atlantic City, New Jersey. Long lines of women seated in chairs inside a building during radio training. They complete a five months radio course to be radio operators during World War 2, freeing more men for duty on the war front. Women marching outside Coast Guard buildings. A board on a building reads: 'US Coast Guard Training Station'. The women receive radio operator certificates, awarded by Commander Dorothy Stratton during a ceremony. Women SPARS in Coast Guard uniforms smiling after receiving their certificates.
United States soldiers in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Soldiers gather outside a thatched hut. A soldier responds to mail call. Mail call for the soldiers. A reporter wakes a sleeping soldier and interviews him about mails. Soldiers read their mails during their spare time. A soldier asks his friend about the latter’s mail.
The Australians and Americans compete in a rodeo at the Sports Ground in Sydney, Australia. People seated in a large number in the stadium. The Americans and Aussies riding horses on the ground. Some of the men falling from the horses. People cheering and applauding.
Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A pro Southern dramatization on the effect of the Civil War and the reconstruction. Prewar conditions on the Cameron estate in Piedmont, South Carolina. The members of the southern Cameron and northern Stoneman families of Washington are introduced. Men and women reading a newspaper outside a house. The newspaper headlined read: 'If the North carries the election, the South will secede'. An abolitionists meeting. They discuss about the news. The Stoneman library in Washington. Women cleaning the library. One of the woman leaves. A man enters and talks to the woman. They argue and the man leaves the room. The woman cry. Man portrayed as Leader of the Senate Charles Sumner in the library. He looks at the books kept on a table. He arrives near the woman and talks to her. A woman and a man talking amongst themselves in a room. Other man enters and talks to them.
Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A pro Southern dramatization on the effect of the Civil War and the reconstruction. A man portrayed as President Abraham Lincoln sitting inside a building with other officers. He issues a call for volunteers to enlist in the Union Army. A man reading a document for the President. He signs the document. He calls for volunteers to enforce the rules and law of the nation. President seated at a desk.
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