Excerpt from end of the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A Pro-Southern dramatization on the effect of the civil war in Piedmont, United States. Members of Ku Klux Klan or KKK gather. They rescue the Whites. The African Americans put their arms in front of them. Members of Ku Klux Klan along with the rescued Whites on horses move on the street. The Whites girls on horses. Klan members supervise the proceedings at the election and prevent the African Americans from voting. A double honeymoon at the sea edge with characters Phil Stoneman and Margaret Cameron together, and Ben Cameron and Elsie Stoneman together.
United States Civil Affairs officer of 3rd battalion 9th marine presents a girl her bike in Cam Lo, Vietnam. A man repairs a girl's bicycle in a shop. A boy assembles cable for hand breaks on the bicycle. ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldier with covers, pistol belt and holster leans up against the door of building. Other bicycles in the background in the shop. Man tightens the screws on chain guard of bicycle repaired. Sign in the background reads 'Beer Coke'. U.S. marines 1st Lieutenant James Pendlen along with a group of children. Jeep driver Ken R Bruce of Stringville. ARVN Sergeant Chau Vovan of Saigon loads the repaired bicycle into rear of parked jeep. Marine holds M-16 rifle. Viet children follow the jeep on bicycle. A marine takes out the bicycle from the jeep and returns it to the girl. Viet girl seated on the bicycle. (Vietnam War period).
Smoke rises at a distance from a V-1 flying bomb (Fieseler Fi 103) explosion in London,England. Civilians clear the rubble of the destroyed buildings. V1 bomb in flight crashes to the earth and results in a big explosion. British soldiers at spotter station search through a device. Tracer bullets from a British anti-aircraft (AA) gun attempt to bring down a V-1 rocket in flight. Bus passes by American Red Cross building. Several scenes of demolished buildings. Civil defense workers along with military and civilians search the ruins. Pulse of the hand of a badly burned victim is checked. U.S. soldiers stand in front of a building. Rescue squad put out fire from smoky ruins using water hoses. British AA gun barrels fire. (World War II period).
Standing in front of a statue honoring William McKinley at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio, in 1920, two United States Civil War veterans in uniform read the 'New York Times' dated September 19, 1901. The headline reads 'Mr McKinley's body in his old home'. Cut to footage from shortly after President McKinley's death in 1901, with citizens, police and constabularies on horse back gathered outside the Milburn Residence in Buffalo, New York, where McKinley died. President William Mc Kinley's body is carried out of the house in a coffin. McKinley's funeral procession leaving the Milburn residence. Cut back to 1920 and the men standing beside the statue of President McKinley at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio.
During the Spanish Civil War, children celebrating on field of Italian School in Tangier, as Italy was celebrating Spanish Day on the same day as Nationalist Spain celebrates Patron Saint Ferdinand. Flags flying on athletic fields. View of school building as children are dismissed and stream out of the school building happily. The school children gather and smile and wave fists in the air. View of the Nationalist and Falangist Headquarters building in Tangier, with electrified five part sign on it reading, "Arriba Espana Saludo A Franco." Views of parades on rooftops, as the revelers are not allowed to demonstrate in the streets. View of pedestrians and cars in the streets of Tangier. A falangist gathering is held out front of the headquarters building. Dr. Avierno, on behalf of Franco, is present at the celebration. A young boy wearing a paramilitary uniform reads a statement to Dr. Avierno. All salute. Boy and Avierno are wearing the yolk and arrows symbol of the Falangist movement. Close up views of Avierno and a woman beside him.
President Harry S Truman during his mid-Western visit. The 35th Infantry Division troops march on the streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Civilians stand on either sides of the road and cheer. The President's motorcade. President Truman marches with the troops during the reunion. President Truman and Mrs. Bess Truman greet soldiers at the White House. Aerial view of trailer park. President Truman seen signing a bill or documents as three officials stand behind him. During post-war housing boom, a new suburban residential neighborhood housing project in seen under construction. An apartment building also being built. Prices of eggs, meat and cheese are all shown rising at a market produce stand. The President at his desk in the Oval Office. Car drives along street with sign saying: "Veto Hartley-Taft, Slave Labor Bill" (the Taft-Harley bill on labor relations). President holding a document entitled, "Report of President's Committee on Civil Rights." Roman Catholic Bishop Francis J. Haas, a member of the the President's Committee, is seen in his office talking with another person.
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