The U.S. Secret Service Operators on the USS George Washington ship leaving for Europe for the Paris Peace Conference. These include Joseph E. Murphy, John J. Fitzgerald, Edmund W. Starling, Walter G. Ferguson, John D. Syle, John L. Sullivan, W. A. Landvoight. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels stands in the center of a grassy field surrounded by contingents of women Navy Yeomen and Marine "Marinettes." He bids them farewell, as they are being officially released from active duty in accordance with the Naval Appropriations Act of 1919. Next, he dons his hat and steps forward to commence a final review of the women in formation. Among those accompanying him are: Assistant Navy Secretary, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Admiral William Sims (now President of the Naval War College), and Major General George Barnett, Commandant of the Marine Corps. They walk past a formation of Yeomen(F) commanded by a male Petty Officer sailor, and continue toward a contingent of women marines. Camera focuses,next, on Yeomen(F) marching in review. During the review, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt is seen speaking to Admiral Sims. Civilian spectators stand in the background. Next, the women marines march in review. The final scene shows Daniels and Roosevelt conversing as they pose with women Marinettes, a young Navy Admiral, and and a Yeomen(F) color guard. All relax and disburse as the ceremony ends.
U.S. soldiers and ship's sailors fill the upper deck of a camouflage painted troop ship leaving its berth in New York harbor, during World War 1. Tugboats back the ship stern first from her berth. Two officers stand amidship beside the ship's single funnel. The tugboat's funnel, bearing letter,"D" passes in front of the camera. Sailors in white are seen on upper decks of the ship. Brief panning view of the ship. Glimpse of the troop ship moving under her own power. (WWI. WW1)
People gather to watch Bicentennial Parade in Washington, D.C. in the United States. Clowns walk the parade route. Cameraman record the event. Decorated floats People march with flags and bands. Woman sits on elephant. A message written on an elephant, "Pet Farm Park Reston Virginia." People watch. Secret Service agent observes crowd. Horse drawn carriages pass by.
DOX or D.O.X. airplane by German company Dornier carries 169 passengers on single flight. Dornier Do X Flugschiff (flying ship), a semi-cantilever monoplane, on the water taxiing and readying for takeoff. View of passengers sitting in the passenger airplane. A photographer at the front of the plane is seen taking pictures of the passengers on the historic flight. The plane takes off and flies over water. The Dornier Do X flying boat seen in flight, and then landing on Lake Constance of the Rhine. The flight set the record for the most persons carried on a single flight, and the record stood for 20 more years after.
A huge crowd of people (including a number of U.S. Army personnel in uniform) converges on the airfield at Honolulu, Hawaii, to witness the arrival of the Travel Air 5000 airplane, named "woolarc," winner of the Dole Derby trans-Pacific air race. The aircraft taxis across a wide swath of grass, assisted by men at each wing. A small airplane taxis behind it. An Army officer walks past the camera. Pilot Arthur C. Goebel and navigator, William V. Davis Jr. are seen next with Hawaiian Leis around their necks as they are surrounded by congratulatory well-wishers. They are closely escorted by an Army officer into a tent, where some children, including one boy with a bandage and patch over his left eye. Outdoors, Pilot Arthur Goebel receives more flower leis and poses for closeups. Next, the Breese-Wilde 5 Monoplane, NX914, "Aloha" is seen taxiing after arriving second in the race. an Army officer waves some spectators away from the taxiing aircraft. Navigator Paul Schluter waves from the rear cockpit. He and pilot, Martin Jensen, are next seen with leis around their necks. In the final sequence, winners Goebel and Davis are seen with second place aviators, Jensen and Schluter, flanking James D. Dole, who has just presented each pair their award checks.
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