U.S. President Herbert Hoover at the White House in Washington DC. A large crowd of men women and children gathers on the White House lawn. Girls perform a Maypole dance, weaving different colored ribbons into an elaborate covering on the pole. President comes out on the balcony of the White House and waves at the crowd.
Soldiers Garden Party held for disabled veterans of World War I. One thousand attended. U.S. President Herbert Hoover and the First Lady Louise Henry Hoover enter the South lawn of the White House, where they walk amongst and meet disabled war veterans assembled there. Later the President and First Lady stand and greet disabled veterans who are brought past them in wheel chairs pushed by nurses. They greet a war veteran lying on a stretcher. A veteran on crutches meets the President and the First Lady. Many of the disabled veterans suffered loss of limbs, including one who lost all except his right arm.
Filipino military leader and former President of the Philippines Emilio Aguinaldo greets the Washington Corrals of the military order of the Carabao in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines. A group of Americans and Filipinos stand under a balcony as they hear General Aguinaldo's message to the Washington Corrals. The general delivers his message from a balcony as other Filipino dignitaries stand around him. General Aguinaldo reads from a paper.
Filipino military leader and former President of the Philippines General Emilio Aguinaldo greets the Washington Corrals of the Military order of the Carabao in the Philippines. Aguinaldo and others visit the Barasoain Church (Paseo del Congreso Street corner Don Antonio Bautista Street, Brgy. San Gabriel, Malolos, 3000) in Malolos City, Bulacan. The former president and party shake hands with men outside the church.
Police gather outside the Karl-Liebknecht-Haus (Kleine Alexanderstraße 28, 10178 Berlin), the headquarters of the Communist Party of Germany, in Berlin. Members of the Communist Party of Germany flee from policemen along Weydingerstrasse, near the Karl-Liebknecht-Haus. Berlin’s Babylon cinema can be seen nearby. Berlin police wield clubs and run after Communists along present-day Weydingerstrasse and Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse. Berlin policeman wields his baton at a communist, who narrowly escapes getting hit. German communists run from police.
Dropping of U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets by U.S. plane on retreating Japanese troops in Burma during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber parked on airfield in Burma. Propellers turning. B-25 taxis and takes off from airstrip. B-25 flies over Burmese jungle.