Welfare activities by YMCA staff during World War I. A YMCA activist involves troops in recreational activities like drama. Soldiers enacting a scene while others watch. 1917-1918.
Education activities by YMCA during WWI. An African American woman teacher conducts classes for World War I era African American soldiers. Bulletin board displays schedule of various classes, including English, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, History, and French. The teacher calls on various students to stand and recite. The students are all African American men in U.S. Army uniform. 1917-1918.
A band of African American soldiers give performance. Soldiers playing various musical instruments. 1917-1918, during World War I.
A huge crowd of soldiers gather on streets of Moscow, Russia, as pamphlets are distributed during Russian Civil War (also during time frame of World War 1). A soldier reads posters pasted on a wall. A huge crowd of soldiers gathers around, and many sit upon, the Statue of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich at Manege Square, Moscow. ( Note: The statue,by Pietro Canonica. Was erected in 1912 and destroyed in 1918.)
Clip opens with scene from a play in Berlin entitled: The Star Shines Again. German officer stands on a stage and gives speech. Following street scenes and newspaper headlines illustrate the increasingly desperate conditions developing in postwar Germany following World War 1, culminating in declaration of martial law by the Ministry of Defense. Scenes of civil unrest and use of martial force to control the population during the German Revolution of 1918-1919. German soldiers and artillery in the streets work to control unrest of German citizens. Massive crowd of German citizens running and dispersing in panic on streets of Berlin. Newspaper headlines describe the unrest.
U.S. Army 155mm artillery guns hidden in bushes and firing in Italy. Camouflaged muzzle of guns seen firing. Smoke rises from the top of the hills and other targets. Seen are both M1917/M1918 155-mm Howitzer (Schneider) and M1/M2 Gun (Long Tom). (World War II period).
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