Willian Jennings Bryan, campaigning for President Wilson, as a private citizen, in 1916 (after having resigned as Wilson's Secretary of State). He stands in a car decorated with patriotic bunting and an American flag, in front of modest house in a rural area. Bryan is accompanied by several associates. A popular Wilson campaign photograph (coming loose at the top) is attached to the car door . The writing under Wilson's picture is not legible. As Bryan sits down in the car, his wife, Mary, is seen next to him. (She had been blocked from the camera while he stood.) The car drives away. In complete change of scene, a crowd is seen completely filling the lawn and grounds of "Shadow Lawn," President Wilson's Summer White House, at Long Branch, New Jersey. They have come to celebrate his renomination as Democratic candidate for President. Camera pans over the crowd. Next, President Wilson is seen standing on a step in the center of the garden, acknowledging and accepting the nomination.
Main building of University of Debrecen, in Debrecen, Hungary, with lake area in front of the entrance. Flags of the German Reich, Empire of Greater Japan, Kingdom of Italy and other Axis powers fluttering outside the building. Axis leaders and military officials inside the building. Dignitaries and Military officials seated on a stage in an auditorium. A large crowd seated to attend the function. (World War II period).
Wrecked houses and buildings at a mountainside along a lake or sea in the Austria-Hungary empire soon after end of World War I. Close views of rubble of homes. Civilian men walk on the street with their luggage and belongings on horse-carts.
Slavic Prisoners of War on a road in Austro-Hungary during the Second Balkan War. Prisoners wearing overcoats, walk on a country road. Mountains in the background in Austro-Hungarian region.
Jewish resident in Ungvar (Uzhhorod), Province of Ruthenia, in Hungary (Carpatho-Ukraine). Jewish synagogue and other buildings along the sides of the street in the town. Jews walking on the street. Closeup views of Jewish people including a orthodox Jew teenage boy with side curls (payos). Other Orthodox Jewish men and boys with various hats and payos. The exterior of a building. Men discussing amongst themselves. A man bringing a hen to a Rabbi. Names on the stores including Adolf Mermelstein Textic. Closeup view of Jewish man smoking a pipe. (Footage is just before outbreak of World War 2.)
Life of the people in Ruthenia, Hungary (Carpatho-Ukraine). The market of Ungvar (Uzhhorod). Women at the market. Civilians gather on the street. Buildings in the area. Children and soldiers standing on the street. Hungarian soldiers marching in column on the street. Numerous horsecarts pass by carrying goods and people.