Describes raw materials used in telephone manufacturing. The map of India is shown. Women workers in America punch mica into strips and washers that insulates a telephone's transmitter. Animation shows the use of mica inside a telephone's transmitter.
Describes raw materials used in telephone manufacturing. Women pick cotton at a cotton farm in United States. Bales of cotton taken on hand carts. Animation shows the use of cotton thread inside a telephone's transmitter.
Rationing during World War I. Large crowd gathered outside a building. People collect rations at a counter. People wait in queue outside an American Red Cross Relief Station. Food and medical supplies distributed among people. Red Cross nurses near the queue. Cart rolls supplies from a warehouse.
The Woman Suffrage Parade in Washington DC. Parade of 5000 suffragists (sometimes called suffragettes) proceeding down Pennsylvania Avenue, led by Inez Milholland, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, on the eve of President Wilson's first inauguration. Groups of women, mostly dressed in white, with signs and banners pass by on horse-drawn floats, on foot, and on horseback. One large sign says "Women of the Bible Lands."
The United States Secretary of War, Newton D Baker during the second draft ceremony for World War I. His eyes are covered with a blindfold and he draws draft numbers from a bowl. The drawn draft number is read. General Enoch H. Crowder oversees the ceremony. A large number of draftees -- men dressed in suits and hats -- passes along a roadside. Men disembark a railroad train at a military training facility. Men march along tracks carrying the U.S. flags in hands. New recruits, including men and a few women practice marching in formation, still wearing civilian clothes.
Scenes from the life of U.S. General John J. Pershing. View of a low adobe style building backyard or courtyard area, possibly Fort Bliss near El Paso Texas. U.S. Army 8th Brigade troops under Pershing's leadership, moving out on horseback and on foot during the Mexican Punitive Expedition in search of Pancho Villa. Tanks rolling by during World War I and scenes of a military graveyard. Troops in formation marching down New York City streets on the way to war. The 1918 armistice celebrations with jubilant people celebrating. General John J Pershing presenting an award to a soldier and in conversation with the soldier. General Pershing reviews the AEF cavalry troops. General Pershing passes in an open car surrounded by a large crowd. General Pershing mounted on horse back moves by in a parade. People gathered along the roadside watch. General Pershing dressed in a suit, poses for the camera inside.
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