Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss walk together, behind them are other members of a delegationduring World War 1. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker is wearing a bowler hat, glasses, necktie and thick black coat. General Tasker H. Bliss is wearing a thick army coat and hat. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss pose together for picture. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss shake hands with each other before they depart. Major Fiorello La Guardia, future mayor of New York City, seen in uniform in July 1918.
Clearing operations of the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division in Iron Triangle and Chu Chi area during the Vietnam War. Shirtless African-American and white United States soldiers carry sandbags labeled “NATO” and “2 Broadway, New York NATO” in area between Iron Triangle and Chu Chi. American soldiers look on near bags. Black and white American soldiers tie bags together. White American soldier smoking cigarette as he ties sandbags with rope. Continued Operation Atlanta footage from 1967 dry season.
Dramatization. Journalist Henry Morton Stanley goes to Africa to find David Livingstone. On his sickbed in Paris, New York Herald publisher James Gordon Bennett Sr. instructs Henry Morton Stanley to find David Livingstone in Africa. Henry Morton Stanley’s caravan trek through African Savannah. An Muslim African servant, Abdullah Susi, gives a cup of water to his master, David Livingstone. David Livingstone, apparently unwell, tells his African servant that “I feel I am not my own”. David Livingstone stands up from his chair and his native African attendants behind him follow suit. African Arab men attempt to dissuade Henry Morton Stanley from entering a warzone. Henry Morton Stanley remains unconvinced. David Livingstone’s party arrives in Ujiji’s shore. African native porters carry Henry Morton Stanley on a makeshift litter as their caravan cross a river. A sickly David Livingstone laments with African-Arab natives in Ujiji, Tanzania. Healthy Small East African (SEA) goats near a house in Ujiji, Tanzania.
A young Major Fiorello La Guardia, future mayor of New York City, seen in uniform and smiling in front of the camera.
Modern Italian industries practice the American “Factory System”. Italian workers working on an assembly line inside a Vespa factory (Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 25, 56025 Pontedera PI, Italy) in Pontedera, Tuscany, Italy. Factory workers attach motor parts of a Vespa scooter. Worker rotates a suspended white Vespa. Body-less Vespa scooters in an assembly line. Workers arrange Vespa scooters of various colors. Workers pack finished Vespa scooters in wooden crates bound for New York.
Slate reads “He who leaves the beaten track in search of knowledge oft comes unexpected to his goal.”. A photo of a sunrise with word “Light”. Diagram enumerates the types of light- torch, candle, kerosene, gas and electric- and their level of relative efficiency. A drawing featuring different types of lights. Animation depicts a man hand pedaling to pull a block and tackle. Animations show a moving horse and engines that operate on steam, gasoline, and electricity, operate similar machines, pulling block and tackle faster than man. Lights illuminate Times Square in New York City at night. Giant turbines operate at a power plant in the United States.
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