Military uprising of Arab tribes against the Ottoman Empire during World War 1. The Sharifian Army march in the desert toward an oasis. Military leader rides a camel in front of Sharifian Army soldiers. Sharifian Army carry the Flag of the Arab Revolt (also known as the flag of Hejaz), the Arab nationalist flag. A busy scene in an oasis. Men mounting and riding camels. Sharifian Army soldiers direct camels with men to sit down. Two Arab men carry a patient on a stretcher, other patients treated by medics. Sharifian Army soldiers stand up and begin to move.
Circassians (also known as Cherkas or Cherkess) soldiers are sent by the Russian Empire to fight Ottoman Empire troops during the Caucasus Campaign of World War 1. Wounded Cherkas soldiers, one with his arm in a sling, step onto a sled, aided by a medic. Oxen pull sleds loaded with wounded Cherkas soldiers in the snow. Bactrian camels led by Cherkas infantry carry supplies through a village and in the snowy mountains.
United States turnover of former US destroyer-escort warship to the Republic of China (ROC) under a lend-lease arrangement after World War II in 1946. Sailor hoists the Republic of China flag onboard ship. Decommissioned United States Navy destroyer-escort with Republic of China flag docked in San Diego, California. Republic of China Navy Commander Lin and United States Navy Commander Herbrandt salute to sailors. Commander Lin and Commander Herbrandt shakes hands onboard. Republic of China Navy seamen stand in formation, wearing the standard navy uniform. ROC seaman training to aim using artillery. An ROC sailor demonstrates rope knotting. Republic of China and United States sailors play Chinese Checkers and dice onboard as destroyer sails to Republic of China. The decommissioned USS Magnet (AM-260), acquired by the Republic of China as ROCS Yung Ning, sailing the Pacific Ocean.
Entrance of Superior Court of the District of Columbia Building A at 515 5th St NW Washington, D.C., DC 20001 . Antiwar demonstrators with their hands on their heads are led out of the police bus into the D.C. jail after their mass arrest during the 1971 May Day Protests in Washington DC against the Vietnam War. Demonstrators at temporary holding area near RFK Stadium look through window of a Hertz truck after mass arrest. Detained protesters shouting from behind 8-ft tall wire fence at an emergency detention center. Metropolitan Police in riot gear guard at the emergency detention center with hippie antiwar protestors. Camera zooms to a detained woman giving “the finger” from behind a chain link fence. More prisoners enter the detention center, with the other detainees inside cheering. Smirking demonstrators after mass arrest. View of the Washington Coliseum sign. Protestors sit inside the Washington Coliseum at 1140 3rd St NE, Washington, D.C., DC 20002 Trashed food on the floor. A man drinking water in front of a metal water jug. Detainees dancing together. Police booking detainees inside coliseum, many who refused to be identified. Photos of arrested on a table.
Iraqi forces bomb Abadan and Khorramshahr during the Iraqi invasion of Iran. Black smoke from oil storage facility after Iraqi bombardment. The Shatt al-Arab river in the city of Khorramshahr. Empty street during Iraqi invasion, explosions can be heard. A man, holding a radio, runs out of a building. (Iran-Iraq War period.)
Injured children confined in hospital wards during Iraq invasion of Iran in Iran-Iraq War. A young boy with scarred face lies on a hospital cot. A boy, with bandaged head, breathing through a nasal catheter. A young patient, face obscured by bandages, with an IV tubing. Doctors and nurse attend to patient injuries in hospital ward.
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