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President Wilson drives the first rivet in the first ship to be built at a new shipyard in Alexandria, Virginia.

President Wilson is seen leaning over part of a steel ship being constructed by the the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation, in Alexandria, Virginia, where he is using a pneumatic gun to drive in the first rivet in the first steel ship to be built at the new shipyard. Afterwards, he steps to a platform decorated with bunting, for the occasion, and descended steps together with his entourage. Next, Speaker of the House, James Beauchamp “Champ” Clark of Missouri and his predecessor, Joseph Gurney Cannon, Republican from Illinois and other officials are seen walking in the newly opened shipyard. Closeup group photograph of them along with others in the visiting party. A closeup of shipyard worker, Charles Knight, the nation's champion riveter, who drove 4875 rivets in 9 hours. Views of Knight using a pneumatic gun to drive rivets in ship framing.

Location: Alexandria Virginia USA
Date: 1918, May 30
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041216
Dock cranes working at port in Bordeaux, France. Railroads and rail yards at the port.New rail spurs under construction

View from above, of railroads and rail yards in vicinity of the seaport of Bordeaux, France during World War I. Locomotive moving short train of war materiel for American base Section Number 2, past a large hill of cut logs. Numerous railroad tracks and roads around them. Materials piled up in various places throughout the area. Crane moving cargo. Smoke rising from self-propelled steam railroad crane on railroad track. Trains loaded with cargo on railroad tracks in the port, with large ships tied up at dock next to tracks. Many men at work throughout the port. Large cranes on rails, moving cargo between ships and docks. Teams of African American soldiers, some with wheel barrows, building new rail spurs in the port. An American soldier walking along the rails in midst of workers. Train station under construction. Moveable derrick on rails with smoke stack on top. Several yard workers run across tracks.

Location: Bordeaux France
Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073058
King George V of Britain and Prince of Wales visit battleship New York in North Sea and talk to officers at end of World War I

British monarchs visit naval ships during World War 1. King George V of Britain and Prince of Wales board U.S. Navy battleship USS New York (BB-34) in North Sea prior to the ship sailing to accept the surrender of the High Seas Fleet following the armistice. U.S. Navy sailors present honor guard on the deck of the ship. British monarchs, Navy commanders and admirals stand and talk to each other at the deck of ship. Left to right are British Admiral Sir David Beatty, U.S. Navy Admiral Hugh Rodman, King George V, U.S. Navy Admiral William S. Sims, and the Prince of Wales. The British monarchs greet a line of U.S. Navy officers.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1918, November 20
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056635
General Lutz Wahl receives the armistice news at the front and troops gather to read the armistice in France.

U.S. Army General Lutz Wahl receives the armistice news in France at the end of World War I. Gen. Wahl receives the armistice signed in a railroad car parked in a French forest near the front lines. General Wahl reads the armistice as the troops gather around him, smiling. Close up view of the signed armistice notification received from U.S. 2nd Army Headquarters.

Location: France
Date: 1918, November
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065317
Statue of Liberty in New York. and scenes at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, LaRue County, Kentucky.

Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York City. The American flag fluttering in a strong breeze. The Lincoln Memorial monument building in Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, LaRue County, Kentucky. The symbolic log cabin enshrined in the monument at the Park. Statue of Lincoln in town square, Hodgenville, Kentucky

Location: Kentucky USA
Date: 1918
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052557
Routine activities of residents in a section of the South Bronx, New York City.

Scenes shot on a Wednesday afternoon in the South Bronx, New York City. View from car driving slowly uphill on Eagle Avenue heading towards 149th Street in the South Bronx, New York City. Among cars parked at the left side of a one-way street, is a 1957 Chevy that has been stripped of its tires and wheels. Apartment buildings line the street. Residents are out and about walking on the sidewalks. One man has the hood up on his big-fin 1960 Plymouth Fury automobile. Closeups as the camera car drives past some residents. Closed business establishments have heavy steel gates locked across their doors and windows. A sign advertising Ballantine beer is mounted on a building. Below it someone has painted message with partial words:"...Jtch Unknown Sinners." Small glass blocks have been broken out of an adjoining building. Camera pans down an apartment building on Crimmins Avenue, following path of external fire escape ladders. A number of people are gathered socially on the apartment house steps. A group of mixed age men play a game of stick ball in the street. A car turns into the street hugging the left side of the road to avoid interfering with the ballgame. Closeups of some players, as one (unseen) is recorded speaking about the game. (The narrator notes that this is filmed on a Wednesday afternoon in the middle of a "work week.") Camera pans people "hanging out," in the vicinity. Two men walk along the edge of an apartment building roof. A dog walks past a man tearing up a cardboard box. Men seated alone, on a fire escape; on a park bench; in a doorway; and on a box in front of a store. Boys playing frisbee and two with baseball gloves, playing catch. Police cars: one parked at a curb and one driving along the street. A young man wearing a sweatshirt with "Latin Crowns" written on it, goes into a building. Outside, another youth, in similar sweatshirt, does pull-ups on a bar at the bottom of a fire escape. A boy swings on the bar. Juvenile delinquency: Several boys start fighting and an older one steps in to break it up. A boy inhaling illegal drugs or chemicals from a paper bag, or using it to hyperventilate.

Location: South Bronx New York City USA
Date: 1965
Duration: 5 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040522
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