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U.S. Ambassador to France Jefferson Caffery and other officials at the tomb of Lafayette in Picpus Cemetery in Paris, France.

American Independence Day in Paris, France. Several people at the tomb of Lafayette in Picpus Cemetery. A number of U.S. flags at the tomb of Lafayette in the cemetery. Several tombs at the cemetery. U.S. Ambassador to France Jefferson Caffery and other officials at the tomb of General Lafayette. A wreath being laid at the tomb. 'Lafayette' inscribed on the tombstone. Officials gathered around the tomb. A flag presented by Count de Chambrun to the ambassador. Jefferson Caffery and other officials converse. The ambassador with the flag. Flags at the cemetery. Several tombs in the cemetery enclosed by small fences. People filing out of the cemetery.

Date: 1946, October
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055095
Speed limits and directional signs on highways and roads of various states in the United States in the 1930s.

Cars drive on American highways in the early 1930s. Closeup view of a sign indicating a speed limit of 40 miles per hour. Point of view shot from inside a moving car driving on a highway, as men workers on the other side of the road are seen hand-painting white stripes on the highway while cars pass by. Milestone indicates distances on roads to locations in Indiana and Ohio and Florida. Closeup view of a route number sign for Indiana route 31. Ford Model T cars driving on roads and streets and passing by. Instructions to drivers like curve ahead (beneath a Florida route 4 sign). A Florida US 1 route sign with palm tree branches behind it. A grouping of road signs along US Route 20 in Ohio, with signs pointing to other nearby routes and cities in Ohio.

Date: 1932
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036982
George Craig is elected National Commander of the American Legion at a ceremony in the Convention Hall, Philadelphia.

George N Craig of Indiana becomes the first World War II veteran to head the American Legion. Craig is elected National Commander at a ceremony in the Convention Hall, Philadelphia. A large crowd in the Hall. People hold boards with various state names like Indiana, Philadelphia, Georgia and Texas. Military officers and dignitaries around Craig on the stage. People hold a banner with his name. Officers congratulate Craig. They raise their arms and cheer. People cheer and celebrate.

Date: 1949, September 2
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020786
Men leave their homes for work and emerging businesses housed in offices like the Fendall Building in Washington DC

A 1920's film on advances in transportation depicts men walking to work in the early 1900s. Footage is 1920s, but actors are wearing very early 1900's fashions and depicting that earlier period. A man and a woman stand at their urban house house doorstep as the man prepares to leave for work. Women on their doorsteps of their houses after men leave. Men walking to work. Camera slowly pans from street level upward showing the Fendall Building, a law office building, at the corner of Indiana Avenue and 4 1/2 Street NW, Washington, DC (which is now 300 Indiana Avenue NW, Washington DC. That address was later the site of the "Municipal Center Building" and today is the site of the Henry J. Daly Building that houses the Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters. The Fendall Building was torn down in 1931-1932). Dramatized view of workers and officials entering and leaving the Fendall Building via a stair into a door with sign "Fendall Building" above the door.

Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031459
Various scenes dealing with World War 1 and American General Pershing, spanning 1917 to 1927.

A ship underway near a U.S. port. President Woodrow Wilson seen signing the declaration of war against Germany in World War 1. A close up of the start of the draft process, as two blind-folded civilian men draw the first draft numbers for American men to enter service in World War 1. U.S. Army General John J. Pershing stands in a line with other Army officers circa 1917. A large group of people together inside a large cross-shaped stage (possibly American red cross drive of some kind during World War I). Scene on July 4, 1927 in Indianapolis, Indiana, as General Pershing participates in cornerstone laying ceremonies for the Indiana World War Memorial at American Legion Headquarters. General Pershing is with Governor Ed Jackson, Marcus Sonntag, and Adjt General William H. Kershner. General Pershing places wreath on a service flag during the ceremony. Other Indianapolis buildings and view of people on streets in the background.

Date: 1917
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068723
Statues of Great American leaders and Views of American buildings.

Descriptions of American ideals. Animated map of United States with its different States. Globe with North and South America on it. The Holy books of Bible, Kuran and Bhagwat Gita, The Declaration of Independence document. Statues of Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson, Lafayette, sculpture of soldiers. View of the American flag. The bell rings. View of White house and U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, and the Statue of Liberty in New York. Tomb of Unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Narrator describing virtues on which the United States was founded. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, May 8
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023563