World War I era U.S. Naval ship at sea. Crew stand on deck of the ship. Crew waving as ship passes by.
New York City celebrates the Armistice ending World War 1. View from above of crowds on 5th avenue, in Manhattan, New York city, gathered at Madison Square, around the Altar of Liberty designed by architect Thomas Hastings, to honor the homecoming troops from the World War. The crowd forms a sea of waving hats, hands, and flags. Scene shifts to George Washington Statue at Federal Hall, Wall Street, which has been draped with American flag and signs reading: "Liberty cannot die." A clergyman stands below the statue and paces back and forth like a cheerleader. Closeup of a bearded Jewish man, wrapped in a Yiddish newspaper announcing the end of the war. He is blowing a horn and has an American flag and a blue and white Jewish flag fastened to his back. Camera pans over young women dressed in costumes as: soldiers, nurses, drum majorettes, the statue of liberty, red cross workers, and Uncle Sam. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
United States President Woodrow Wilson and Admiral Cary T. Grayson (physician to president Wilson) standing on the bridge of USS George Washington . View of the sea in the back. They are on their trip to France for the Paris Peace Conference. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
French Chasseur-class 4-stacker destroyer plowing through heavy seas. Arquebuse-class destroyer and smaller torpedo-destroyer boats are also seen underway. Sailors on deck of a French warship rotate a 450 mm torpedo tube into firing position. A French dirigible on patrol for submarines overhead. A submarine underway at periscope depth, making waves as it goes.
Near the end of World War 1, United States naval ship underway in rough seas. A United States flag on the ship. Allied troops on the march, through a town, in the snow. A map of Soviet Russia, highlighting cities of Khabarovsk and Vladivostok. American warship in Vladivostok harbor. A Japanese warship in Vladivostok harbor. Japanese Naval officers pose. Relaxed, smiling, unarmed American soldiers pose, playfully, on the wharf, with two armed Japanese sailors. Contingent of Japanese sailors, with arms stacked, seen with officer, on the wharf. Officials on a British ship in Vladivostok harbor. Several men of the 'White Army' (White Russian Army) in Russia. The White Army executes members of the 'Red Army' proximate to time frame of Russian Civil War following Russian Revolution. Map display highlights cities of Simferopol and Sevastopol. Crowd jams wharf as White Russian soldiers disembark from troop ship (several ambulatory wounded, first). A man offers officers a plate of refreshments. Crowd follows troops marching off the wharf. Map shown highlighting cities of Tbilisi and Baku. Russian communists celebrating.
United States Naval fleet in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I defending shipping lanes from German U-boats, and transporting soldiers to battle front. Battleships and cruisers of U.S. Navy at sea. Sailors aboard the deck. A group of African American crew members dancing during a relaxation time. A destroyer ship escorts a convoy. A German submarine in view. The crew being called to quarters as they man a battery. Men aboard ship rush to quarters. U-boat alarm on the transport ship. Torpedo being fired from the submarine and misses the transport ship. Deck guns and Y-Gun depth charges being fired at the submarine. Explosion in water. Smoke rises up from water. A destroyer spreads a smokescreen around a convoy.
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