World War One - war is over, Armistice signed. Crowd celebrates and waves flags in New York celebrating end of World War 1. America cuts down its Air services to much extent. American troops march on streets. American airman is decorated by the French. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker,in uniform, in front of line of airplanes, and later in civilian clothes, after leaving military service. Former World War I flyer,and Army Captain Fiorella LaGuardia, parading with American Legion, in streets of New York. Scenes of U.S. Air Mail service inauguration attended by President and Mrs. Wilson, shows U.S. Air Mail wagon and President Wilson holding first air mail letter. Men load mail sacks onto aircraft. Pilot talks to President Wilson. Pilot boards the plane and takes off. .View from an airplane, of a forest fire as airplanes were employed by the Forest Service to watch for fires. Two JN-1 "Jenny" airplanes flown by "barnstormers" after World War I. "Wing walkers" switch from one airplane to the other during flight, to entertain spectators. A Curtis Pusher airplane in flight. Crowds looking up at barnstormers performing with JN-1 airplanes. Wing walker leaves one airplane and grabs hold of another as it passes. One wing walker wears shirt identifying him as one of the so-called "Thirteen Black Cats." Man performs daredevil feats on the wings of the airplane and stands on top of fuselage as the aircraft lands. Many passengers board a large airplane for introductory rides. Interior of airplane shows a lavatory. This is a large twin engine biplane with double main gear wheels and double tail resembling a Caprioni or Handley page design. A man waves his straw hat as the aircraft takes off.
Mount Vesuvius erupts. Clouds of smoke and lava erupt from crater of Mount Vesuvius in Naples, Italy. Cloud of smoke emerges from the volcano. Aerial view of buildings and forest. View of houses. Black clouds from volcano erupt.
Evacuation of personnel from and delivery of emergency supplies to Bludenz, Austria after the avalanche disaster of 13th January, 1954. A man walks past a building. Men ride a horse drawn sledge. Men shovel snow from a rooftop. People walk about in the street. A chained tractor wheel skids in snow. A black flag is flown to honor those who died in the avalanche. A stone statue.
1914: Kaiser William II inspects his troops in Berlin, Germany. He shakes hands with military officers and greets other officials. The Kaiser's cousin and heir apparent to the Austrian thrown, Archduke Franz Ferdinand trains Teutonic soldiers. The troops on horses march. Officer greets ladies and children in horse carriages. The Kaiser and the Archduke hunt together. The two standing in a forest with their kill.
Ammunition destruction in the United States. Black powder cans arranged to form a pyramid. Soldiers come one by one and pick up a can. Two soldiers take a can in an open ground. One soldier opens the can. He spreads it on the ground to form a line. At the end of the line so formed the soldiers put some dry grass. Three soldiers standing near a barrack. A soldier then burns cotton and then all the soldiers move inside the barrack. All the black powder burns away.
U.S. Army soldiers prepare to destroy ammunitions in the United States. A soldier puts some ammunition on the ground. One soldier stands while another spreads black powder on the ground. Three soldiers standing near a barrack move inside. The ammunition burns away. A soldier attaches a wire to the spread black powder. Soldiers then move away and the black powder burns with huge flames.
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