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Early helicopter by American Leinweber brothers, and one made by Frenchman M. Douheret

Slate refers to Leinweber brothers helicopter in Chicago. View of their helicopter being moved out of a hangar in 1922. Closeup of helicopter controls being demonstrated. Next, a helicopter of M. Douheret, of France, is shown in 1919. Men stand nearby and watch its rotors turn in the breeze. Engine cylinders are clearly visible. Pilot sits in the machine and adjusts controls. Next he stands and starts engine. Suddenly, the running helicopter tips over and he runs for safety but returns to shut the engine down. In a second attempt, the pilot is again seen standing next to the machine, with its engine running. And, again, he must run to safety, as it tips over. This time it stops running by itself, and other men help him tip it back upright.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1922, November
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039285
Testing of Pescara Number 3 helicopter in a large hangar.

Crowd gathered around viewing early helicopter with multiple tiers of rotating blades. Various VIPs attending the demonstration, including Argentine inventor of the helicopter, Raúl Pateras Pescara. View of people looking at helicopter. Tests in Issy France outside a large hangar shows helicopter rising from ground about six feet and then landing. Action is repeated. View of rotor blades, rotor columns and fuselage section of helicopter.

Location: Barcelona Spain
Date: 1923
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039287
Armistice Day 1918, on the Western Front; in Paris; and in Washington DC. The Kaiser in Holland

American and German troops sharing a smoke on Armistice Day on the Western Front in World War 1. Pittsburgh Press newspaper headline reads: "Kaiser finds refuge in Holland." He is seen at front steps of his house there, standing with two pet dogs. The German flag flies over the house. Scene shifts to a crowd celebrating in Paris France. Several French tricolor flags are seen. Next, crowds are seen celebrating in Washingtion, DC, where some in front of the old Executive Office Building, raise up an effigy of the Kaiser, holding a white flag of surrender. Finally, members of the German military high command and members of the German diplomatic corps and politicians are shown. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: Holland Netherlands
Date: 1918, November 11
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039784
Troop Transport ship Monterey arrives in New York City with Major General Terry Allen and 6500 returning troops (WW2)

Arrival of U.S. Army 104th Infantry Division soldiers home to the United States at the end of their deployment in Europe during World War 2. Happy U.S. Army troops smile as they leave ship pier with transport duffel bags and boarding a waiting railroad train. Close-up views of Timberwolf patches on shoulder of uniforms. Transport ship docking at pier. Large sign on side of transport reads "104th Timberwolves" (the U.S. Army 104th Infantry Division) and troops seen aboard transport ship. Major General Allen (Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr.) comes down gangplank. General is greeted by his wife (Mary Frances Robinson Allen) and teenage son (Terry Allen Jr., who, later, as a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army, was killed during the Vietnam War Battle of Ong Thanh in 1967). Troops with bags walk up stairs. (World War II period)

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1945, July 3
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039804
Church Building being struck by artillery fire during World War I.

View from across open fields of Church building surrounded by lower large buildings in a village, in France, during World war 1. Several rounds of artillery fire strike the church, raising smoke where they hit. (WWI; WW1)

Location: Western Front
Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040024
French officers review the French troops on Western Front in World War I..

A large group of French officers review French troops marching, approximately 20 abreast,on parade field in France, during World War 1. Officers salute the marching troops. There appear to be thousands more troops drawn up in formations in the distance, across the field. This is a very large assemblage of troops, perhaps Division size. (WWI; WW1)

Location: Western Front European Theater
Date: 1916
Duration: 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040054
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