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Scenes of Saudi King Faisal's visit to Washington, DC.
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia during a visit to Washington DC. The King is driven through the streets of Washington, DC, with a motorcycle escort, enroute to a lunch given in his honor in the chambers of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relation Committee and hosted by Senators J.William Fulbright and B.B.Hickenlooper. The Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, welcomes King Faisal at a luncheon in the State Department Building. King Faisal hosts a buffet reception in honor of President Johnson, at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia. King Faisal greets the President. They both talk. President Johnson and the King mingle with old friends and other guests during the buffet.
An Arab party tours deck of the Cruiser USS Quincy (CA-71) in the Mediterranean Sea and King Ibn Saud seated on a throne chair.
Members of King Ibn Saud's Royal Party seen seated on the deck of Destroyer, USS Murphy.which brought them from Jidda. Members of Royal Party from Saudi Arabia visit the Cruiser, USS Quincy, in the Mediterranean Sea. Back on the USS Murphy, two Arab guards holding rifles, swords and sabers seated on the deck. King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia (also called King Abdulaziz) seated on a throne chair. Aboard the USS Quincy, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, seated in a chair, on deck, and wearing a hat, waves and salutes, as the USS Murphy pulls away, carrying the Royal Party.
Markets, commerce, and architecture in the Muslim world of the Middle East
Opening scene shows families, including small children, walking through a bazaar in North Africa. Some riders on horseback pass them. A man in a fez and several merchants (some carrying goods on their heads) are seen. Customers converse with a seller of metal wares. Scene shifts to a bazaar in Arabia. Arabs and a few in more western dress, walk near the building. Inside, a man is seen sharpening and polishing curved knives. The next market shown is in Syria. A busy street is seen in front of the bazaar, with some persons riding camels. A merchant walking with a donkey carrying a load of goods. A boy rides a small donkey. Pedestrians abound. Wooden objects are displayed in one of the stalls of the market place, where carpenter is seen working on an item. Slate describes the next bazaar as located in North India (current-day Pakistan). A crowded market is seen with many textiles displayed and numerous persons walking through the area. Multistory buildings line the market. Views of Mosques in Moslem countries. The Blue Mosque in Istanbul,turkey. The Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha (Alabaster Mosque) in the Citadel of Cairo, Egypt A mosque with five low domes (minaret not seen) in Yemen. The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore. Women carrying parcels on their heads, as they walk past massive clay structures. Closeup of a woman with several children, who run to play in yard near a clay house. A donkey stands in the yard. Examples of some large attractive clay buildings in southern Arabia.
The repaired German U-boat Deutschland leaves New London, Connecticut, bound for Germany.
The German U-boat submarine, Deutschland, repaired after a 16 November, 1916 collision with the tugboat "T.A. Scott Jr.", leaves U.S. for Germany on 21 November, 1916. The launch "Efco" opens the pontoon fence guarding the submarine's berth, and the submarine slowly moves out of the dock area. She carries 6.5 tons of silver bullion on this successful British blockade-evading voyage back to Germany.
President Wilson visits his hometown to vote in the primaries during campaign in Princeton, New Jersey. He ceremoniously plants trees.
A large crowd gathered at the railroad train station and spilling onto the tracks, watches as a steam locomotive, pulls President Woodrow Wilson's special Pullman rail car (the "Superb") into Princeton, New Jersey. He is arriving on September 28, 1916, to vote in the Democratic Primary elections, during his 1916 presidential reelection campaign. Closeup of the President stepping from his train car and being escorted by National Guard soldiers and local officials. Next, he is seen walking along a sidewalk, accompanied by New Jersey Governor, James Fairman Fielder. After voting in the primary election (unseen) the President is seen standing with his wife, Edith Galt Wilson, and the Governor, on an outdoor platform, wrapped in patriotic bunting. President Wilson appears to hold some speaking notes. Closeup of people gathered below the platform, including a Boy Scout, and members of the New Jersey Federation of Women’s Clubs. The President steps down from the platform and is given a spade that he uses to plant some trees along the Lincoln Highway. Mrs. Wilson watches along with others in the background.
Steamers "Cambrian Range" and "Hallbjorg" halted at sea by the German cruiser, SMS Möwe, during World War I.
German Cruiser intercepting munitions-carrying ships in Atlantic Ocean during World War 1. English steamer "Cambrian Range" bound from Baltimore to Liverpool, with cargo of munitions, is given signal to halt at once, by the German Cruiser, SMS Möwe (sometimes written as Moewe) in mid Atlantic, on December 9, 1916 . Some crew from the steamer are seen pulling away from the vessel in a lifeboat (to be held on the Möwe). In similar fashion, the Norwegian Steamer, "Hallbjorg" carrying munitions from New York to Bordeaux, is halted by a warning shot from the Möwe's machine-cannon on December 4, 1916. View of the Möwe's gun crew firing. German sailors row a boat to the Hallbjorg to take control of it. View of the crew from Hallbjorg being taken aboard the Möwe.
