Cameramen adjusting still image cameras and motion picture cameras and equipment just before the Joint Chiefs of Staff enter a conference room. The officers take their seats at a table in front of a row of flags. Seated at the table from the left---General Fred C. Weyand, United States Army ; General David C. Jones, United States Air Force ; General George S. Brown, United States Air Force ; Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Admiral James L. Holloway, United States Navy ; General Robert E. Cushman, United States Marine Corps. Cameramen take pictures. An inverted image of the officers is seen on a camera viewfinder.
A Liberty Bond drive in the United States during World War I. Hollywood actors Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks struggle to make their way through a crush of admirers during a Liberty Loan drive in World War I. Pickford holds a bunch of flowers as Chaplin and Fairbanks stand by her side. Chaplin shakes hands with people around him and waves to a large crowd gathered around them. Fairbanks and Chaplin wave to the crowd.
The Third Liberty Bond drive in the United States during World War I. Hollywood actor Douglas Fairbanks leads a Liberty Loan rally. He urges the crowd to buy Liberty Bonds to support the government in World War I as he stands on a podium. He writes on a piece of paper, and sells bonds to people. Mary Pickford signs autographs for admirers.
At the Third Liberty Loan drive during WWI, hollywood star Charlie Chaplin addresses a large crowd from a platform and urges them to buy Liberty Bonds. He leads a band from the platform. Mary Pickford addresses the crowd to promote the sale of Liberty loans. A photographer takes pictures in the background (possibly Harry Van Tine). A band plays at the rally as Charlie Chaplin and Marie Dressler dance to its tunes. A couple sitting in a carriage. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
John Lomax holds an aluminum disc recording that he and his son, Allan, made of music by Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter). He discusses the recording before placing it on a victrola phonograph to play. Exterior view of Library of Congress (101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA) in Washington, DC. Interior view, sign points toward Music Division. View of file cabinet, with label: " American Folk-song collection. “They enter the music division of the library and place the record in the collection. Lomax and Library staff person replace recording in files. Interior view of library with balconies, clock, and statuary. People walking along the top balcony area.
During his inauguration ceremonies, President John F Kennedy gives speech from podium at the Capitol in Washington DC. Officials and dignitaries seated in the background. The President gives message to the citizens of America and the World. He gives a message of goodwill and world peace. Speech includes famous line, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." President Kennedy shakes hands with dignitaries after his speech, including former Presidents Eisenhower and Truman, Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, and former Vice-President Richard Nixon. Also visible, Mrs. Eisenhower, Mrs. Nixon, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Kennedy.
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