A ship blows up at sea (presumably torpedoed by a German submarine). Newspaper of April 2, 1917 announces the United States and Germany at War. U.S. Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, speaking on a public platform, outdoors.. General John J. Pershing, Commander of American Expeditionary Forces in World War 1, is seen seated behind Secretary Newton. Scene shifts to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signing papers his his desk at the White House, Washington, DC. Next, Red Cross women are seen serving coffee into the mess of American soldiers about to embark for Europe. Another Red Cross woman carries a basket of baked goods. The soldiers are checked off by officers at the pier, and then embark on a troop ship. View of the troop ship in camouflage paint, moving away from the pier Scene shifts to glimpse of a town in France, where an American officer and some soldiers are seen walking past French inhabitants on a street corner Other American soldiers stand near a large canvas covered army truck. They salute as the American officer passes them.
Pilots on assignments in the United States during World War I. Pilots gets assignment in an outdoor shack. They walk towards the biplanes and check them. Two pilots climb into the cockpit of the planes. The planes start and take off. Pilots in the cockpits of airborne biplanes. Bombs dropped from the plane. Airmen lined up.
American soldiers and Women Army Corps (WACs) dance in a hall in the United States during World War II. WACs and soldiers dance. Others sit and talk. Few have drinks. A training for the soldiers. A screen in the background.
Centennial of Saint Bernadette in Washington D.C., United States. A large crowd of civilians and foreign dignitaries gathered to commiserate at the Centennial of Saint Bernadette. Pope Pius XII addresses the crowd.
A forest fire at Malibu,California. Swank Hollywood Film Colony is destructed as a result of a massive forest fire. Huge clouds of smoke rises. Civilians watch the destruction. Firemen douse fire with water hoses. Burnt cars and demolished buildings. Men remove the debris.
Our Lady of the Angels Parochial School in Chicago, Illinois. Footage shortly after the Catholic parochial school building suffered a basement fire that quickly spread upward. Clouds of smoke rising. Firemen and policemen removing wounded and dead on stretchers. A priest blesses bodies as they are brought out of the building. Large crowd gathered at a nearby hospital. A man weeps and another consoles. Debris seen in front of the demolished and burned school building.
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