European hostages, rescued from Stanleyville, arriving at Leopoldville airport in the Congo, during insurrection there in 1964. Rescued persons deplane from U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft by way of its rear cargo door and ramps. Sick and wounded are met by medical personnel who place them in ambulances. Next, text from 3rd Geneva Convention, of 1949, is displayed. Scene shifts to U.S. military advisers in Vietnam helping train Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) in proper treatment of prisoners; methods of taking prisoners with minimum of force; interrogation methods; and medical treatment of wounded prisoners. (Vietnam War period).
United Kingdom Minister of Munitions David Lloyd George addresses a large group of women and men seeking political support for women to work in munitions factories and engage in other wartime endeavors. Many in the group wave white papers as they solicit support in World War I.
Dedication ceremonies for the new American Red Cross Headquarters building in Washington DC. The President of United States Woodrow Wilson and the former President William Howard Taft with other officials, including Jean Jules Jusserand (French Ambassador to the United States during World War I) dedicate the new Red Cross Headquarters building. Scenes from a parade of uniformed Red Cross women and vehicles. Officials stand and greet each other at the end of cermonies at 17th and D Street, NW, Washington DC.
Second inauguration of President Thomas Woodrow Wilson at the United States Capitol in Washington DC. President Wilson with First Lady of the United States Edith Bolling Galt Wilson in carriage. Carriages carrying the President and party leaving the White House on their way to the Capitol for the inauguration. Views of the crowd gathered at the United States Capitol. Officials arriving and being seated for the ceremony. Intermittent views of the Inaugural parade. President Wilson taking the oath of office for his second term, during World War I.
Officials at Camp Dix in Wrightstown, New Jersey. U.S. Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker, Jr. and Chief of Staff of the United States Army Peyton Conway March at the salvation army military hotel opening at Camp Dix. Soldiers and officers gathered.
German Navy crews aboard war ships underway in the Mediterranean sea. Sailors pick up flags and raise flags. Boats being lowered from the ship's deck. A row boat loaded with sailors being lowered. Sailors row boats. A pulley system on ship. Sailors pull a row boat. Sailors come out of the row boat. Sailors stand on the ship's deck. Sailors pull a metal chain. Barrel in the foreground. Sailors stand in formation. A sailor rotates direction wheel of ship. A Mediterranean port seen from the sea. Boats at the port. A pier on the port. Two sailors walk on road.
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