A nurse on duty in a crowded ward of wounded American soldiers in World War I. She pours some water for one of the patients, whose head is bandaged. She converses with him. The nurse sitting with a wounded soldier on a bench in some gardens outside the hospital. The patient is smoking a cigarette. His left arm appears to be in a sling underneath his hospital coat.
Red Cross nurses make cloth masks to wear while caring for thousands of Spanish Flu patients in Boston, Massachusetts during epidemic outbreak. A nurse demonstrates how to wear a mask over the mouth and nose. Red Cross caps on the heads of the nurses. Brief slate at end of clips reads, "To avoid influenza: Cough or sneeze in a handkerchief. Keep your mouth, nose, and skin clean!"
During World War I era, Italian journalists pose for a group photo on steps of a building in Washington DC. During their visit they were introduced to President Woodrow Wilson by Mr. George Creel, Chairman of the Committee on Public Information.
Amelita Galli Curci and famous Italian singers auction apples to aid war stricken countrymen in Chicago, Illinois during World War I. A woman and a man auction apples. People bid for the apples.
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Eagle Hut for American servicemen during World War 1. The YMCA hut is formally opened at Bryant Park in New York City. Ex Ambassador to Germany, James Gerard, the guest of honor, addresses the gathering. Miss Ethel Barrymore donates the flag pole and raises the first flag which was presented by Charles Everson of Lafayette Post G.A.R. Soldiers surround the flag pole as Ethel Barrymore comes in between the crowd. She hoists the flag and stands as the French Military band finishes playing the Star Spangled Banner.
U.S. Army brass band leads American troops marching along a wide dirt road with high berms on either side. They raise dust as they march. The troops march with shouldered arms. Scene shifts to what might be the entrance of an Army Base, somewhere in the arid Western United States. An open wooden structure (possibly a guard post) is seen wrapped with American flags. Soldiers and some civilians are gathered near a Welcome Banner stretched across the road. The troops march under the Welcome Banner. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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