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Elihu Root posing outside a building during Washington Disarmament Conference.

Elihu Root, American statesman, poses outside a building (likely Memorial Continental Hall) during his tenure as a delegate to the Washington Disarmament Conference. He removes his hat and smiles. (The conference was also called the Washington Arms Conference, or the Conference on Limitations of Armaments)

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1921, November
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040006
American soldiers of WWI return to America with war brides and babies.

U.S. Army soldiers walk with their new wives who they met during World War 1 in Europe. Women hold babies in their arms. Baby in a stroller or carriage. Soldiers kiss their children.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1919
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040009
H.G. Wells poses aboard a ship on visit to United States. Richard Strauss poses for picture.

British writer Herbert George Wells (H G Wells) poses aboard ship on visit to United States, in 1921, where he will attend Washington Disarmament Conference. He removes his hat. German composer Richard Strauss, on second visit to America, in 1921. (His first visit was in 1904.)

Location: United States USA
Date: 1921
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040013
American Legion Army veterans of WWI march in appeal to employers for help getting jobs for veterans

American Legion Army veterans of World War I march carrying flags and signs. They appeal to employers for help in getting employment for veterans. Veteran soldiers line up holding signs. Some read: "Give a job to a Vet"; "Keep your Promises. Give us Work."; "Unemployment breeds Un Americanism"; "Why not a veteran for that job, Mr. Employer"; and "When you need help, Call the Legion Employment Bureau."

Location: United States USA
Date: 1919
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040017
American troops returning from Europe on the deck of the SS Leviathan

American troops returning from Europe, in 1919, after end of the war, on the deck of the SS Leviathan, which had been converted to a troop ship.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1919
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040027
Footage from 1927 film 'Wings', shows a reenactment of World War I aerial dogfights involving post-war Curtis and SPAD replica aircraft.

This material, although spectacular, does not show actual combat. It is reconstructed, as part of the 1927 movie "Wings." Flight of four aircraft in flight over clouds are attacked by enemy airplane unseen until right after it fires on and hits one of the four. The stricken aircraft emits smoke while flying through the clouds and then spirals down burning. At TC:00:54 film runs in reverse and burning aircraft goes backwards through TC: 01:01. A similar event is seen in TC:01:04 through TC:01:06. Closeup of Spad biplane with machine guns mounted and pilot wearing goggles visible clearly in cockpit. It is headed directly at the camera and firing all the time. Airplane trailing smoke after being hit by gunfire from another one behind it. View from rear seat of two-seater airplane, as pilot fires at burning airplane ahead of him. Pursuing aircraft continues to fire on burning craft as it spirals down through the clouds. German airplane struck by gunfire burns as it falls. German airplane burning in level flight and then begins to spiral down through clouds. Two aircraft in dogfight. One is hit and burns, falling in a tight spiral. Backseat view from airplane shooting at burning airplane in front of it.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040031
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