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.
A film titled "The world's telephone workshop". Opening scene shows ceremony on March 10, 1916, with Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, unveiling a plaque at the invention site of the telephone in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The plaque, at 109 Court Street, states "Here the Telephone was Born, June 2, 1875" and it notes that it was placed by The Bostonian Society and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. Alexander Graham Bell tips his hat to the crowd as they celebrate the unveiling. View of Western Electric Company plant in Chicago as smoke emerges from chimneys. Turbines in coal power plant. Massive group of thousands of American workers gathered together, from all walks of life, who are employed in the telephone industry.
Various activities of Buffalo Bill Wild West Show are seen. Group of men working to put up the big top tent. A man drives a horse drawn, powered, pile driver that pounds stakes deep into the ground to support the large tent that is like a circus tent. Native American Indians in costumes perform a War Dance. Cowboys are breaking wild horses and performing in a rodeo. Riders and galloping horses are also seen. Tents are seen in background.
Snow skiing is seen. Participants ski during competition.Crowd is lined on both sides of the skiing path. Trees are seen on both the sides. An ambulance with a cross-sign is seen at the start point.
A horse-sleigh full of American children moves on snow. Two boys throw snow balls at other children on the sleigh as it passes by them. Students of varying ages sit and smile in a one room school house class room. Most of the desks accommodate two students side by side. Though some of the desks have only one student. Next scene show the students outside the school building on a snowy day, after school or during recess. Some are sledding alone or together on sleds, while others start a snow ball fight and are seen throwing snow on each other. A group of boys use a ladder to help climb a tree trunk. They then climb out far onto smaller branches and hang on as the narrower branches bend downward to where they can jump down onto the ground.