Detroit Tigers baseball team on their home field in Detroit Michigan (likely opening game of 1929 home season on April 24, 1929). Band parades on baseball field before grandstand. Baseball players march following the band. Spectators in box seats. Detroit Mayor John C. Lodge poses and throws out the first pitch. Detroit Tigers baseball players in dugout. Batter in the box with spectators in grandstand as background. Views of ballplayer, 'D' on cap. Ford automobile on ball field. Announcer interviews players for radio station WWJ. Mayor John Lodge shakes hands with the players while he is interviewed and poses with players for photographer. Coach and Ford official with automobile on baseball field. Band and players march across field with Marine honor guard.
U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in the United States during their first flight around the world. In Washington DC U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge and cabinet members visit Bolling Field to greet airmen as they triumphantly cross the continent. President Coolidge's car. The President alights from the car. Views of the cabinet members. A crowd at Bolling Field, awaits arrival of the fliers, who were delayed in their flight from Mitchel Field, Long Island, by bad weather. The world cruisers land in formation, in rainy conditions. Two world cruisers parked wingtip to wingtip. The fliers are congratulated by President Coolidge and U.S. Secretary of War John W. Weeks. President Coolidge, wearing a rain coat, and other personnel examine the veteran airplanes.
British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill together with Mrs. (Clementine) Churchill, Mr. Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's assistant, and British Chief of Staff, Sir John Dill, stand in a shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland. The company of a British ship raise their hats in collective cheers to the Prime Minister and his party. Titan Crane at Clydebank visible in background when men lower their hats. Prime Minister Churchill descends gangplank to dock and greets shipyard workers, who cheer him. Harry Hopkins comes down the gangplank, and is seen with Sir John Dill and Mrs Churchill, who waves at the crew of the ship, just visited. Winston Churchill walks along dock, followed by Harry Hopkins and Mrs. Churchill. Wind is blowing so Hopkins holds on to his hat. The Churchills climb ladder to board a ship under construction, with shipyard workers gathered above, around the ladder. Churchills, followed by Harry Hopkins, cross a walkway in the shipyard. Local personnel, gather in a closed yard, each wearing a helmet and carrying gas masks and protective gear. The Churchills and Harry Hopkins walk through the ranks of police and helmeted workers and converse with some.
Bishop John Andrew Gregg visits African American troops in Port Moresby,New Guinea during World War II. Bishop John Andrew Gregg ,leader of the African Methodist Church arrives in Port Moresby. He gets out of his car. Soldiers greet and welcome him. Bishop tours the area. Mountains seen in the background. Bishop looks at men as they work. He waves at men and leaves the area. He meets wounded soldiers. Buildings in the background. He then interacts with the working men. Man shows a gas mask to the Bishop. Bishop wears gas mask. Bishop meets men loaded onto a tractor in a field.
Bishop John Andrew Gregg conducts outdoor church service in Port Moresby, New Guinea during World War II. Large crowd of civilians walk on streets. They gather on a field for the outdoor church service. Carol group performs and plays piano on a stage. Bishop John Andrew Gregg, leader of the African Methodist Church conducts an outdoor church service. Bishop addresses a large crowd gathered during the service. Gathering disperses as the service gets over. Men get loaded in trucks and move away. Bishop gets in his car.
John L Lewis addresses the Senate Labor Committee in Washington DC. Meeting of the Senate Labor Committee on Labor and Public Welfare members. President of the United Mine Workers (UMW) of America, John Llewellyn Lewis addresses the gathering and justifies himself.
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