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Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus comes to a town in America

As film begins, attendants riding atop elephants are seen from the rear as they parade along a the street of an American town. Front view of a circus wagon pulled by a team of horses and followed by numerous camels tethered behind it. A circus hand escorts a zebra and two other animals. Behind them are two automobiles. Next, local people are seen lined up to enter the fairgrounds where the circus tents are set up.

Date: 1919
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078134
Workers of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus camping at the fair grounds in an American town

The first scene of the film shows a circus hand washing a dog outdoors in a metal wash tub. local people watch him. The next scene shows a worker hanging wash on lines set behind the circus tents where they are camping.

Date: 1919
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078135
An octagonal house built on a rock near a lake in the United States

As film begins, camera focuses on a wooden octagonal house (possibly a small lighthouse) perched on a rock near a lake. Camera then pans across the rocky shore and continues across the lake without revealing a shoreline opposite the house.

Date: 1919
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078136
Role and training of African American soldiers in World War 2; also Louis versus Schmeling 1938 boxing scenes.

A film titled 'The African American soldier' about the role of African American soldiers during World War II. A dramatization : Exteriors of various cathedrals and churches in the United States. African American children enter a church. A service being conducted in a church. African American soldier sings music song at the service, with gospel choir behind him. African American minister addresses the congregation after the service. A service flag in the church. Various African American Army officers and a WAC (Women's Army Corps) at the church. Past events (actual footage) show African American boxer Joe Louis during boxing rematch bout against German boxer Max Schemling at Yankee Stadium June 22, 1938. Shows Schmeling being knocked out by Louis. African American paratroopers train as they climb up a ladder and jump to the ground. African American soldiers undergo training and drills as they cross obstacles and run across a forest readying for service in World War II. A copy of the Constitution of the United States. African American pastor reads out a portion related to African Americans from Hitler's Mein Kampf.

Date: 1945
Duration: 6 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078143
Major events of American history like the Boston Massacre, the independence and establishment of democracy.

A film about the role of African Americans in the history of America. A dramatization shows an African American priest tracing the history of America and the role of African Americans. The Granary Burying Ground in Boston. Pictures of the Boston Massacre. The Bunker Hill Monument (Monument Sq, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States) with soldiers in the foreground. A copy of 'Valley Forge'. Events leading to and after the independence of America. Men cut trees in a forest. Pictures related to the American Civil War of 1861. Ships in water as the war is fought. The Statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States) in Washington DC. An African American couple in the countryside. A railroad track is seen.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078144
Contribution of African American soldiers during the Spanish American War and World War I.

A film about the role of African American soldiers during various wars in the United States. A dramatization shows a black soldier during the Spanish American War. He also talks about his role in Cuba and the construction of the Panama Canal. Footage of the Panama Canal being constructed and ships underway in the canal. United States Army forces including black soldiers boarding troop transport ships bound for Europe during World War 1. A railroad train carries African American soldiers to France during World War I. African American soldier units under General Pershing march in formation with an Army band in France during World War 1. African American soldiers work and fight against the Germans, including the 813th Pioneer Regiment near Marseilles, the 332nd Labor Battalion, and the 808th Pioneer Regiment near Verdun. African American soldiers racing for front lines including the soldiers with the 8th Illinois and the 372nd regiment and the 371st, and the 369th Infantry Regiment (sometimes called the "Harlem Hellfighters") in the Argonne. View from behind soldier as he fires a machine gun, and United States Army infantry firing artillery. African American soldiers of the 369th regiment "Harlem Hellfighters" being decorated and receiving the French Croix de Guerre for their heroic actions in World War I. The African American soldiers march at a parade in New York City following World War I and are greeted by throngs of enthusiastic African American civilians attending the parade. View of Henry Johnson being congratulated by civilians after he and Needham Roberts performed with exceptional heroism and received the Croix de Guerre. Close up view of the Croix de Guerre medal on a uniform. Graves of African American soldiers who lost their lives during World War I at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. View of the All-Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Logan Square in Philadelphia (Logan Square, SE corner 20th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). View of a stone memorial erected in the Meuse-Argonne region, north of Sechault, as a tribute to the efforts of the African American soldiers of the 371st Infantry Regiment who fought and died there on April 21, 1918 during World War 1.

Date: 1917
Duration: 4 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078145