Refine Your Search

Dayton Ohio USA 1947 stock footage and images

- Showing 4819 to 4824 of 25559 results
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt addresses citizens of Chicago; scenes from 2nd Italo-Ethiopian War and Spanish Civil War

U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt warns of an increasing danger of armed conflict (increasing danger of war leading up to World War 2). Roosevelt's motorcade on the streets of Chicago. A large crowd gathered to get a glimpse of the President. Confetti rained on the motorcade. Soldiers salute as the motorcade passes by. Policemen on motorbikes lead the motorcade. People gathered at the venue to hear the President's speech. A board advertises candy bars 'Baby Ruth, Butterfinger" in the background. President Roosevelt with officials on stage. He addresses the crowd. Excerpts from his speech are interspersed with scenes of war and conflict elsewhere in the world during the late 1930's. Roosevelt speaks of recent events of "international lawlessness" including in the last few years "unjustified interference in the internal affairs of other nations." Scenes that follow include aerial bombings, naval attacks, and war: Scenes of war carnage during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-1936: Ethiopian soldiers on horseback cross a bridge, Italian forces fire artillery from a hill, aerial view as aircraft drop bombs. Italian soldiers pass a burning, smoldering building and overtake an Ethiopian position, with many Ethiopian soldiers lying dead. Ethiopian citizens in area of a war torn village. Bomb damage and war casualties on the street. Italian soldiers collect dead bodies and load them onto a truck. A ship quickly sinking after attack by a submarine. Scenes from battle during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 or 1937. Spanish nationalist and rebel soldiers engage in a battle in a village. Spanish prisoners are marched. Nationalist soldier fires machine gun from a balcony emplacement. Dead body on a road. Soldiers behind a barricade fire at opposition and carry wounded on stretchers. President Roosevelt concludes his speech with, "America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace." People applaud.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1937, October 5
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031439
Men leave their homes for work and emerging businesses housed in offices like the Fendall Building in Washington DC

A 1920's film on advances in transportation depicts men walking to work in the early 1900s. Footage is 1920s, but actors are wearing very early 1900's fashions and depicting that earlier period. A man and a woman stand at their urban house house doorstep as the man prepares to leave for work. Women on their doorsteps of their houses after men leave. Men walking to work. Camera slowly pans from street level upward showing the Fendall Building, a law office building, at the corner of Indiana Avenue and 4 1/2 Street NW, Washington, DC (which is now 300 Indiana Avenue NW, Washington DC. That address was later the site of the "Municipal Center Building" and today is the site of the Henry J. Daly Building that houses the Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters. The Fendall Building was torn down in 1931-1932). Dramatized view of workers and officials entering and leaving the Fendall Building via a stair into a door with sign "Fendall Building" above the door.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031459
Development of the automobile from 1910 to 1927 in the United States.

Growth of suburban areas caused by inter-development of the automobile and the public road system (1897-1927). A farmer delivers goods to people living in the city. He sorts fruits and vegetables in his horse cart. The farmers home and farm in the countryside. Men in an early automobile on a dirt road. A car follows a horse carriage in the countryside. The car with a driver and a couple halts. The carriage stops near the car. 1910: Three men seated in an automobile with a wind shield, as it is driven on a developed road. 1927: Two men get into a modern automobile with a hood and doors. A car leaves a farm.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031460
Development of the automobile helps bridge city and countryside; aerial view of Willamette River Westside Waterfront

Growth of suburban areas caused by development of the automobile and the public road system (1897-1927). A 1920's automobile departs the driveway of a home and is driven on a developed road leading toward a city. Next scene is a mid 1920's aerial view of the Westside Waterfront on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, flying in a northward direction. Buildings, roads, and port shipping operations are visible. A sign for Powers Furniture is seen further inland from the air. Near end of aerial view a large sign is visible on a warehouse for Preferred Stock Canned Goods by Allen & Lewis, and just north of it is seen a building of the Gillen-Cole Company, as the view continues looking north toward the Steel Bridge. Next scene is a car parked beside a home. A woman exits the car and enters the house. A working man bids farewell to his wife as she stands on a house door step. He gets in his car to leave for work. Workers and cars arriving outside a factory building.

Location: Portland Oregon USA
Date: 1925
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031461
Developing businesses housed in modern buildings and increasing automobile traffic on the city streets, United States.

Growth of suburban areas caused by inter-development of the automobile and the public road system (1897-1927). Emerging businesses housed in modern buildings and well kept compounds. A businessman seated at a table inside an office. View of the compound garden from the office window. Women and men workers take a walk in the garden. Automobile traffic on a city street. Double decker buses, cars and pedestrians. A man emerges from inside a house in the city, He gets into his car parked by the sidewalk and drives away.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031462
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, First Lady Grace Coolidge and Senator Charles Curtis in a modern automobile at the White House.

Modern automobile in use by the President at the White House. March 4, 1925: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge and Senator Charles Curtis emerge from inside. Officers around them. The get into a car. The three prepare to leave for the Capitol building on Inauguration day.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031463
<< Previous | Page: 1 ... 804 805 806 ... 4260 | Next >>