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Gateway to Fairmount Park shows various statues; also city view of Philadelphia including Independence Hall.

View of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gateway to park. Various statues. Map of eastern seaboard shows Philadelphia. View of Independence Hall and buildings of city behind it.

Date: 1918
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052553
Celebrities and parade launch the Third Liberty Loan campaign in Washington DC.

Celebrities Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, and Marie Dressler, ride in horse-drawn carriages, in a military parade to launch the Third Liberty Loan Drive, in Washington DC. U.S Army troops parade behind them. Policemen on bicycles, accompany them. Crowds of spectators line the sidewalks of Pennsylvania Avenue to watch. The U.S.Capitol can be seen in the far background. The parade turns left on 14th Street. Change of scene shows the four celebrities mobbed by fans, on the street. Fairbanks and Chaplin wave their hats. All shake hands with enthusiastic spectators. Next, Douglas Fairbanks is seen standing above the crowd exhorting them to buy Liberty Bonds. Closeup of Mary Pickford in the crowd.Marie Dressler is seen above the crowd adding her encouragement for Loberty Bond sales. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918, April 6
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034848
Crowds gather in Washington, DC, and celebrate the armistice bringing World War I to an end.

View from moving vehicle of crowds milling about on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, DC, near the U.S. Treasury building. They wave American flags and celebrate the armistice ending World War 1. Closer look of some people celebrating with the White House in the background. Crowd in Southeast corner of Lafayette Park with many standing on the base of the statue of Marquis De Lafayette.Cars with American flags moving slowly through the crowd. People celebrating in front of the White House. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918, November
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026304
Armistice Day celebrations in Washington DC

Crowds turn out in the Nation's Capital, Washington, DC, to celebrate the armistice bringing an end to World War I. People waving American flags and expressing joy, fill Lafayette Park across the street from the White House. View from a car moving along street, showing cheering crowds everywhere. Scene shifts to White House, as President Woodrow Wilson, walks from the doorway to his waiting Pierce Arrow limousine, bearing license plate number 80 002. A Secret Service agent steps onto the running board, momentarily, and then the car proceeds. The next scene shows the President's car departing from the grounds of the Capitol, with a Secret Service agent riding the running board and two others running alongside in the roadway. The crowd at the U.S. Capitol begins to disperse. U.S. soldiers form a snaking line and march, holding on to each other's shoulders, led by a flamboyant African American celebrant, acting as drum major, who struts at the head of the line, proceeding in front of a trolley car, on Pennsylvania avenue. A soldier attempts to push the flamboyant man off of the parade route, but he perseveres in leading the parade. Another trolley car passes close to them as it moves in the opposite direction. Next, President Wilson is seen at the West Wing gate of the White house, conversing with Attorney General,Thomas Watt Gregory. A U.S. Army brass band marches past, followed by marching units of sailors, and Salvation Army women. A float with flags and representatives of Allied countries, is seen next in the parade. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918, November 11
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064442
African American soldiers serving in wars, especially World War I; Memorials to African American United States soldiers.

A film on contributions of African American soldiers in various wars, but mostly focusing on World War I era. African American workers at an oil field with oil derricks talk to each other. Depiction of African Americans serving in the Spanish-American War and advancing towards a battlefield. African American man speaks about his experience of the war. Scenes of excavation and construction of the Panama Canal. Huge earth moving equipment at work and a man triggers an explosive detonation during the dig. A U.S. Navy ship underway in the newly completed Panama Canal. World War I scene of a U.S. Army unit including African American soldiers marching through a town in France, in formation, with a military band leading the march. African American soldiers of the 813th Pioneer Regiment near Marseilles France work to build a railroad. Also scenes with soldiers from the 332nd Labor Battalion, and the 808th Pioneer Regiment clearing an area near Verdun. African American soldiers of the 8th Illinois infantry (later the 370th infantry) running with the rifles as they mobilize for battle in France. African American soldiers of 371st Regiment and 372nd regiment crossing battlefield during World War I. Members of the 369th regiment in battle. Railroad guns and heavy artillery firing during World War I. American soldiers leaping from a trench and running across no mans land during battle. African American soldiers of the 369th infantry ("Harlem Hellfighters") receiving awards, medals, and citations at an awards ceremony in France during World War 1. Henry Johnson and other African Americna soldiers marching in New York City victory parade soon after the armistice ending World War I. Graves of soldiers at Arlington Cemetery as seen from a moving vehicle. Images of grave markers for several African American soldiers and officers. Two African American soldiers approaching the All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Close-up view of the memorial and plaque on the memorial. Several other memorials in the U.S. showing African American soldiers. View of a facsimile of the 371st Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division (colored) memorial in France, near the towns of Ardeuil and Séchault. Dramatized depiction of the memorial being destroyed by the invading German Army on June 15, 1941. African American preacher speaks in a church.

Date: 1918
Duration: 4 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077351
Scenes from President Wilson's ocean voyage to the Paris Peace Conference at end of World War I

View from the escorting U.S. Battleship, USS Pennsylvania, of the USS George Washington, making way through rough seas of the Atlantic Ocean, while carrying President Woodrow Wilson to the Paris Peace Conference, at the end of world War 1. President Wilson working at his desk in a stateroom aboard the USS George Washington. Views from bow of the USS Pennsylvania. View from amidship of the Pennsylvania, showing a triple 14-inch gun turret and a 5-inch gun turret turned to starboard. The USS George Washington in the distant background. Scene returns to the President at his desk. Late afternoon view from the USS George Washington, in calmer waters, of the setting sun, and an escorting four-stacker destroyer in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918, December
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039609