Military band (not playing) leads U.S. soldiers of the 339th Infantry, in loose formation, through wooded area to a cemetery in a field near a church in Archangel (Arkhangelsk) during the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War 1. Several officers (unidentifiable) are standing on a raised stand. Two large crosses are seen behind them. Scene changes completely, to American Memorial Day ceremony at Archangel,in 1919. Allied officers occupy stands decorated with colors of the participating Entente powers. The military band is located nearby. A speaker's stand is set up and ostensibly occupied by Brigadier General Wilds P. Richardson and British Field Marshal Edmund Ironside. (But they cannot be recognized in the distance) A horse and carriage are seen in the far background. Soldiers, sailors, and civilians are in attendance. The ceremony begins with everyone saluting colors held by an honor guard. Then, a squad of American soldiers fires a three-salvo salute with their rifles. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Title card saying “Louisville, KY - The turf classic of the year - the historic Kentucky Derby brings out 60,000 enthusiastic race fans to Churchill Downs”. View of spectators of the Kentucky Derby watch the race from the stands of Churchill Downs during WW1. Horses begin to race. Horses race in Churchill Downs. Some spectators come closer to track to see better. Men places floral garlands over winning horse, Exterminator. The jockey, Willie Knapp, is on horse.
Bell X-1A in United States. B-29 Superfortress taxis and takes off. B-29, F-86 Sabre Jet and T-33 Canadair chase a plane in flight. B-29 in flight. The Bell X-1A is suspended from the fuselage of B-29. Bell X-1A detaches from the B-29. X-1A in flight. It lands on a dry lake bed. B-29 fly over the X-1A. X-1A lands and taxis. A car and cameramen on a port. The nose and cockpit of X-1A. Pilot Major Charles Yeager (Chuck Yeager) climbs out of X-1A after landing. Lawrence Bell, president of the Bell Aircraft Corporation and Major Yeager stand on the nose of X-1A. Mr. Bell congratulates Major Yeager.
Crowds of people in swimsuits at the beach on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. A man walks by a dock with boats tied up at the Detroit Yacht Club, Belle Isle. Men and women in dark bathing suits crowding to be seen on camera. People at beach exercising. A close-up of girl in bathing cap smiling.
Close up red flower zooms to red 1973 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Station Wagon parking in front of the Belle Mina market at 6811 Mooresville Rd. in Belle Mina, Alabama Woman enters market leaving car window open and door unlocked. The womantakes tub Parkay Margarine from store refrigerator . Stranger puts arm in the open car window to unlock the door behind the driver’s seat. Store clerk measures a bag of candies and places into clear plastic bag. Would-be rapist hides behind the driver’s seat of car. The woman carrying bag of groceries, opens car door, starts engine, and drives out of parking lot. Red 1973 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Station Wagon driving down country road. Close up woman's face chewing candy. Man hiding in rear seat rising up to attack. Woman and rapist seen in rear-view mirror. Pay from unpaved road to red 1973 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Station Wagon in brush at side of road. View of spilled candy and grocery items on empty driver's seat.
Funeral parade in Germany in 1919, possibly sometime after the Spartacist Uprising in Berlin. Large crowd of people gather on both sides of a funeral parade route, with an industrial area and factory in the background. Band players at the parade. Two horse carts seen carrying eight coffins. Mourners in the parade process and some carry wreaths. Group preceding the caskets carries KPD flags with the Communist Party of Germany logo beneath the letters (hammer and sickle inside star).
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