Wide shot of desert as a small tactical nuclear explosion blasts dust into the sky during a test by the United States. Subsequent shot shows a wide area covered with dust cloud. Aerial view later of large dust cloud from atomic bomb explosion.
External view of the St. Louis Coliseum (601 Jefferson Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA) in St. Louis, MO. USA. This is during the 1916 Democratic Convention. Sign on building reads, "Vote for Jim Houchin primary August." Advance scouts of the National Committee are seen. Left to right, Fred C. Robertson, Norman Mack, Hugh Wallace, and Colonel John Martin.
Delegates of the Republican Convention of 1916 gathered outside the Congress Hotel while they await the outcome of negotiations between the Progressives and the Republicans. An unknown woman is seen alongside Governor Whitman (right) and Senator Francis Hendricks. Shot of George W. Perkins, Bull Moose leader. Chauncey Depew is also seen. External view of The Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois USA.
Rear view of railroad train from Washington carrying former Ambassador to the United States for Germany, Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff. Count von Bernstorff waving from the train. Unidentified man talking to an officer, possibly Captain Thomsen of the Frederik VIII . View of the Frederik VIII as it pulls away from pier. Ship Frederik VIII in harbor. Unidentified man in bowler hat. Count von Bernstorff was allowed to depart for Germany amidst diplomatic tensions as the United States USA was preparing to enter WWI.
SS Kronprinz Wilhelm at sea near the Virginia coast. Captain Thierichsen of the Eitel (left) Collector of the Port Hamilton, and Captain Thierfelder of the SS Kronprinz Wilhelm. Sailors demonstrate the firing of one of the Kronprinz's 3 1-2 inch guns. They pose with another 6 inch gun captured from a French ship. The crew assembled in uniforms, wearing patent leather shoes taken from a captured ship. The SS Crown Prince Wilhelm is interned in the then neutral USA during WWI.
Dr. Konstantin Theodor Dumba, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the United States USA, exits a row house and tips his hat toward the camera. Dr. Dumba was expelled from the USA during WWI after having been accused of espionage.
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