Opening scene shows two French Renault FT 17 tanks descending a steep embankment from a path where several pedestrials pass in the background. The tanks then, ford a stream and climb a very steep embankment from the stream. In the background, two derricks are seen on a pier extending partway into the stream. The tanks reach a tree-lined road at the top of the embankment. Change of scene shows one tank running over the remains of a partially destroyed building, as two men watch from closeby. Next, the demolition site is seen from an adjacent street, where passersby watch the tank from the sidewalk. Scenes of the tank in the rubble
Automobiles driving along a street in small U.S. city in the 1920s. People coming and going in and around shops along a sidewalk. Two women walking outside a shot while one of them eat an ice cream cone. A woman exits a shop with packages of things she bought. Men gathered out side a shop tip their hats to one another. Numerous 1920s cars are seen in a parking area at center of a street and parked along the sides as well. A motorcar enters the garage of a service station, where an attendant refuels it with gasoline. Several cars are parked at the station, awaiting repairs. A street of the city filled with automobiles driving and many parked along the curb sides.
Ohio Senator Warren Harding walks along the Boardwalk in Atlantic City New Jersey. Footage is dated 1920, likely during the run up to the 1920 presidential election in which Harding was elected President. He is interrupted by a young girl while taking a walk on the boardwalk. Then many children surround Mr. Harding to shake his hand and greet him.
U.S. Battleships underway in formation, in heavy seas, in the Atlantic Ocean. The USS Mississippi (BB-41) leading, followed by USS Wyoming (BB-32) and others, circa 1920. USS Arizona (BB-39) at anchor and then steaming, circa 1919. View of the line of battleships in formation, led by the USS Mississippi (BB-41) and followed by Wyoming (BB-32), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34) and Texas (BB-35), circa 1920
A very large crowd gathers and cheers at the sight of Lenin. Close-ups of Lenin. He waves at and addresses the crowd on 1 March, 1920. In second half of clip, a large crowd is gathered on 19 July, 1920, at Uritsky Square in Petrograd (later Palace Square in St Petersburg) to hear Lenin speak at the opening of the Second Congress of the Communist International (Comintern). Wide elevated views of the crowd on the square between the General Staff Building and the Winter Palace. Closer view of the podium area.
The U.S. Navy battleship, USS Tennessee (BB-43) passing the camera while conducting trials on Long Island Sound, in October, 1920, after being fitted out following her commissioning at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on on June 3, 1920. Her triple turret 14-inch guns are clearly visible as is the name, Tennessee, on her stern. She is seen again, raising plumes of black smoke as she steams in the opposite direction. All four of her triple 14-inch gun turrets are visible in silhouette. She is making good speed in very calm waters. (The camera ship is challenged to keep pace.) The Tennessee maneuvers to port in a fairly sharp turn, and the camera ship moves into her wake. A civilian, in hat and overcoat, is seen momentarily on the camera ship. More views of the Tennessee, include some from a distance as she maneuvers and heads toward the camera ship.
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