A U.S. four-stack destroyer flanks the Presidential Yacht, Mayflower, as it steams, carrying Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, followed by a motor launch, in New York City on Christmas Day, 1918 a month after the end of World War I. The next scene shows the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38),with ship's company lining her decks and her forward three-gun turrets turned to port. Next sequence is take from a small boat circling the Pennsylvania from bow to her port side, where two small boats are seen. In a separate scene, a motor launch pulls up to a gangplank at starboard side of the Pennsylvania. Scene shifts to the USS Texas (BB-35) steaming, followed by other battleships. Final scenes show warships anchored,one belching heavy black smoke. A U.S. Cruiser. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A subway started by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation in New York City. Passengers take their seats in the train. A woman applies lipstick and looks into a mirror. The passengers are seated. A passenger grips an overhead horizontal bar.
The first International Paper Airplane contest in New York City. Paper airplanes displayed on a table. A man demonstrates flights of various types of paper airplanes. Judges at a table.
The greatest military parade in New York city, United States. Soldiers hold United States flag as they march. People gather in a large number to watch the military parade that lasts over 12 hours. The Allied troops parade. Views of large columns of soldiers marching. Dignitaries salute the troops. Princess Martha of Norway and King George II of Greece salute the troops. British troops and sailors parade. Mechanized equipment move on the parade grounds. Buildings along the sides of the street. (World War II period).
A 1943 American feature film titled 'This is the Army' depicts dancer Jerry Jones, played by George Murphy, as he receives a draft letter during a Follies performance during World War I. Dramatize scenes: Uncle Sam is depicted on a poster in New York that reads: 'I Want You for the U.S. Army Enlist Now'. Buildings along a side of a street. Camera zooms to newspaper headline that reads, "Huns Boast No American Troops Will Reach France." A woman in uniform sings in the street.. She sings and men play musical instruments. Exterior of a building. A banner outside the building reads: 'US Army Recruiting Station'. 'Follies' written outside a theater. Interior of the theater. Performance of singer and dancer Jerry Jones in the theater, played by actor George Murphy. Jerry Jones sings and girls dance in colorful costumes. People watch them. A woman watches the performance of Jerry Jones. A man arrives near her and gives her mail for Jerry Jones from the office of the President. The woman reads the mail. The mail is a draft letter to Jones, inducting him into the U.S. Army.
Painters exhibit their paintings along a side walk in New York. People gather to view the paintings of various artists. Paintings on walls along the side of a street. People look at the paintings. Cars parked along the other side of the street.
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