Preakness stakes at Pimlico racecourse (5201 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215, United States) in Baltimore, Maryland. 45,000 fans gather to witness the Preakness stakes at the Pimlico racecourse. The horse race gets underway. War admiral races ahead of Pompoon to win the race.
The Race of the Century at the Pimlico Racecourse (5201 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215, United States) in Baltimore, Maryland in 1938. War Admiral and Seabiscuit moving towards the racetrack. Spectators in a stand. The race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral starts. Spectators in the stand cheer. Seabiscuit ahead of War Admiral.
U.S. Army intervention during rioting in Baltimore in wake of Martin Luther King assassination. Field grade Army officers discuss their mission in a command center after the military has been dispatched to restore and maintain order in Baltimore Maryland in the wake of riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, in 1968. Next, a major is seen communicating on a telephone. A soldier is also seen speaking on a telephone.
A Pan American Clipper, Boeing 314, Seaplane, descends and lands at Baltimore Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland. It ties up at the Municipal Airport (Harbor Field) Seaplane facility dock, and its crew disembarks.
View of black smoke rising behind McCullough Homes housing project from fires burning in the business district, in Baltimore, Maryland, during riots in 1968, following assassination death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. View of the Maryland State Office complex and parking lot filled with cars, across the street from the housing project.
Film opens showing mounted U.S. soldiers riding teams of horses pulling empty caissons signifying those lost in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915. They ride along a major thoroughfare in the City of Baltimore. Buildings along the street are decorated with patriotic bunting. Scene shifts to view from a pier, of a U.S. Navy single-funnel gun boat is seen making way, slowly In Baltimore harbor. Closeup of Group of women, dressed in white, aboard the boat, ares seen holding a large memorial wreath over side of the boat. Next, the camera shows a U.S. Aeromarine AS-2 Float Plane landing in the water. As it taxis in, the scene shifts back to the women on the boat, holding the memorial wreath. They are seen from behind, as they hold it high over their heads, and cast it over the side into the water. View of the women clustered in the bow of the boat as it moves slowly in the water. Other persons are present on deck, including at least one soldier and photographers and reporters. The U.S. navy ensign of stars flies from the bow. Closeup of the women in the bow, who now throw flowers into the water. Closeup of a woman (possibly Lusitania survivor). She stands next to the gun boat (now docked) holding a bouquet of flowers and wearing a sash reading “Lusitania.” Next, the camera focuses on Lusitania survivor, British actress, Rita Jolivet, who stands on a pier with a building and automobile behind her. Scene shifts, again, to the ladies in white aboard the docked gun boat. Among those seen with them are two British Royal Navy officers in uniform. Final scene is of large public gathering at an outdoor pavilion. A military band is at the front of the gathering. Public figures are assembled on the stage. A color guard carrying American flags is moving through the crowd, toward the stage.
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