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President Woodrow Wilson in office, United States troops leave for Europe (WWI)
United States President Woodrow Wilson at his office in the White House after the entrance of the United States into World War 1. President Wilson holding a telephone on top of his filing cabinet. President Wilson signing documents from his desk. A little girl waves the flag of the United States as US troops (American Expeditionary Forces or AEF) mobilize to leave for Europe. Men holding baskets during a parade as flowers are thrown before them. Crowds watch as American Expeditionary Forces march in a parade. Men and women wave good-bye at soldiers leaving for Europe. A government official with a senior military official watch the deployment of soldiers to Europe.
Ford executives inspect military planes as company promises to meet war demands for aircraft (WW2)
Ford executives meet with a U.S. military official as the company promises to build 5000 aircraft per day to meet war production demands in World War 2. Ford executives inspect planes. Charles “Charlie” Sorensen, Ford executive responsible for Ford’s defense contracts, speaks with United States military officer and inspects a Curtiss P-40 (possibly an XP-40) fighter. Edsel Ford, Charlie Sorensen and an officer inspect the fighter’s cockpit. Henry Ford, wearing a straw boater, observes the meeting. Propeller of the P-40 fighter plane. Henry Ford listening to a discussion. Military aircraft in flight over mountains as seen from an aircraft. Spectators watch and take photographs. View of aircraft in flight. Cockpit POV view of a group of bombers in flight. Aerial view of three United States Army bombers (likely Boeing Y1B-17 ) in flight. A Boeing Y1B-17 flying. A group of United States Army Boeing Y1B-17 bombers in flight.
Patriotic parade floats during the 1940 Portland Rose Festival
The City of Portland holds the annual Portland Rose Festival with a patriotic flair in June 1940. Two United States flags are hanging from a building. The parade route is marked by banners that read "For You A Rose In Portland Grows." Parade floats made of roses in the 1940 Grand Floral Parade. Portland Rose Festival girls on a “Constitution” float wave at crowds as their float round the corner in front of the New Heathman Hotel (now the Heathman Hotel, 1001 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205, United States). Two men dressed as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln sit on the “Portland Dist. No. 2 Mantle Club” "America First" float, which features an Eagle on its front. Portland Rose Festival “queens” and “princesses” on a “Peacock” themed float wave at crowds. Boy scouts flank the “Peacock” float as passes the Alisky Building and the Harry Semler Dentist and Optical offices. A “Treasure Island Exposition 1940” float. Women and a man on the “Portland Realtors” float, traveling down SW Morrison St. The Portland Hotel is seen in the background at the corner of SW 6th Ave. and SW Morrison St. A “Pasadena” float with an effigy of the bald eagle and the United States flag made of roses is flanked by marching Boy Scouts.
Lutherans commemorate glassmaker Henry William Stiegel in Manheim, Pennsylvania
Activities at the Zion Lutheran Church in Manheim, Pennsylvania. The Zion Lutheran Church (2 S Hazel St, Manheim, PA 17545, United States). A man cuts a stem of rose from the cemetery garden. A memorial for Henry William Stiegel, an 18th century German American glassmaker who donated the land on which the Zion Lutheran church is now built. Man runs his hands, holding a rose, across the memorial slab of Henry William Stiegel. Lutheran worshippers enter the church. Female choir singers wearing black robes and mortarboard caps hold choir books. Choir singers wearing mortarboard caps and surplice over black robes. A man presents a flower to a woman on the altar. The flag of the United States can be seen near the altar.
Shriners in elaborate costumes attend a parade in Memphis, Tennessee
A Shriner Parade in Memphis Tennessee. Shriners, a Masonic society formerly known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (AAONMS), march while wearing the iconic “Shriners” red fezzes. Some Shriners are marching with scimitar, an important symbol of the Shriners. Shriners saluting. A Shriner, dressed as an Arab, wields a larger scimitar. Shriners marching clockwise. Spectators clapping at Shriners’ demonstration. Women with flags watch Shriners parade. Shriners in Middle Eastern attire pass in front of a Studebaker dealership during the parade.
Scrap metal used in steel production to manufacture war materiel in the United States (WW2)
Naval artillery firing from warships during World War 2. Artillery fire during nighttime. A thick smoke from a battered ship after a naval battle. Smokestacks of a factory. View of a steel plant. Carts of scrap metal being brought to a steel plant. A horizontal charging machine empties boxes of metal and scrap into the furnace. Molten metal inside factory foundry ladles. Molten metal pours from ladle. A war production worker in steel factory. Coal burning in foundry furnace. A worker operates a machine to lift mold from newly cast blooms. Hot slabs of steel roll and take shape on factory assembly line. War Production Board headquarters in Washington DC. Chairman of the War Production Board, Donald Nelson, speaks about the importance of steel production to meet increasing war demands. “We must have a continuing flow of scrap in order to keep steel production at the level needed to meet our war requirements”, says Donald Nelson.
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