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World War I armistice celebrations; Allied soldiers being decorated by General Pershing

People celebrate on the streets of New York after the Germans sign the armistice agreement ending World War 1 on November 11, 1918. People cheer and wave their caps. A French couple thanks Allied soldiers for rescuing them from Germany. Allied soldiers lined up in a field in France as U.S. General John J. Pershing decorates them. Troops of the United States 42nd Division march at a parade as General Pershing reviews them. Soldiers carry American flags at the parade.

Date: 1918, November 11
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042395
U.S. Naval officers in Europe and the United States at the end of World War I

A glimpse of two U.S. Navy Captains exiting a dark alley, somewhere in France right after World War 1. Scene shifts to U.S. Admiral William S. Benson, the first Chief of Naval Operations, posing with Vice Admiral William S.Sims, Commander of all U.S. Naval forces in Europe. Several French men watch from inside an alley in the background. The two admirals turn to enter the building in the background. Next, a U.S. Navy Captain is seen standing on deck of a ship alongside another officer. Two American Naval officers smile and converse at a waterfront, in the United States. One is dressed in work overalls.A workman sits behind them in a shack that has a hand-scrawled message on the door reading:""No Smoking Allowed in here." Complete change of scene shows a line of young U.S. Naval officers replete with swords, entering a large brick Georgian revival building by way of a stairway at a side door. It appears they are entering an auditorium. What looks like a 1918 Phaeton car is parked at the curb outside. The officers number in the dozens. Another change of scene shows closeup of a an unidentified, relatively young, clean shaven, U.S. Naval Rear Admiral, posing in front of a stone wall behind which the tops of several widely separated buildings are seen. He removes his hat.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060898
America embraces marksmanship training after Spanish-American War. American troops fire weapons in World War I

The uses and importance of weapons since ancient times in the United States. Pages showing U.S Congress Act creating the National Bureau for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, 1903. Exteriors of the 71st Regiment National Guard Armory building in New York City at Park Avenue and 33rd Street. People enter the building. German troops on parade circa 1914. American troops mobilized for World War 1, and traveling on troop trains in 1918. Troops moving along a muddy road, with military supplies in wagons being pulled by horses. American soldiers firing their 1903 Springfield rifles, from a bunker in France. Americans firing a M1914 Hotchkiss air-cooled machine gun and another U.S. gun crew firing a Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun. U.S. troops wearing gas masks, firing a trench mortar. American gun crew firing a 155mm howitzer (as some hold their ears).French troops walk past destroyed buildings above which a blimp is seen flying with French observers in a gondola suspended underneath.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065962
Major John W.F.M. Huffer and Major Raoul Lufbery beside a Nieuport 28c.1 airplane, during World War I

United States Army Air Service 94th Fighter Squadron in Toul, France during World War 1. Commanding Officer 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron Major John W.F.M. Huffer and Major Raoul Lufbery (French and American fighter pilot) standing beside a Nieuport 28c.1 fighter in late April 1918. "Hat in Ring" insignia painted on the side of the aircraft. Maj. Huffer lights Major Lufbery's cigarette. Major Huffer smokes a cigarette. (WWI,WW1, World War One, First World War)

Date: 1918, April
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072181
Pilots of the U.S. Army Air Service 94th Aero Squadron standing near airplanes displaying their Squadron insignia, in World War I

United States Army Air Service 94th Fighter Squadron near Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselie, France, April 30, 1918, during World War 1. Captain Ken Marr standing beside the cockpit of #12 Nieuport 28c.1 airplane. He starts walking. "Hat in Ring" insignia seen on the side of the airplane. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker standing beside "Hat in Ring" insignia on side of Nieuport 28c.1. Others photographed individually at various times, posing by airplanes all displaying their "Hat in Ring" insignia, include: Lieutenant Allan F. Winslow; Captain J. A. Meissner; Captain D. M. Peterson; Captain J.N.Hall; 1st Lieutenant Douglas Campbell; and Captain Ken Marr.

Date: 1918, April 30
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072182
Scenes in rural France

Quiet rural scenes in France. Clouds gather over a windmill used to grind grain into flour. Bells toll in a church tower. A priest walks past a Crucifix on a stone wall, outdoors. Bells toll in various churches. A thatch-roofed house near a stream. Pets move around the outside of the house. Hens on the path. A farm woman near a cow, leading the cow to drink from a canal. A water wheel in motion. A castle with a bridge over an adjacent stream.

Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031145