Refugees in Belgium near end of World War 1. Belgian people rebuild and repair houses. Two men on roof of the house. Women climb a ladder and assist in handing supplies back and forth. Men lay roof of a house. American soldier supervises as German soldiers (prisoners) carry sewing machine tables and other equipment and supplies out of a building. Civilian men and women carry supplies out of a different building. Two women assist girls and boys in sitting down to a meal at a long table in a school or orphanage. Belgian children eating food in the dining area. A United States Army soldier holding a dog and a mug. He smiles as he lets the dog drink from his cup. Two American soldiers talk to Roman Catholic Cardinal Mercier (Desire-Joseph Mercier) in a garden area. Close up view of Cardinal Mercier. (WWI; WW1)
A poster on a wall, in Berlin Germany, announces Mobilization. German soldiers in uniforms,including Pickelhaube (spiked helmets), assemble in a courtyard. Others are assembled in a city square. where they examine and sight their rifles, while being watched by several officers, dressed in long coats and caps. Members of an Army band walk rapidly past the camera, carrying their drums and other instruments, but not playing them. Soldiers assembled in a small square, with their arms stacked. A German army officer walks rapidly past civilian recruits gathered in a large square to join the army. Soldiers stand at large tables where the recruits sign up. Berlin citizens crowd a square as war is declared in 1914. Views from a vehicle driving past a crowd gathered in front of the Berliner Dom, on Museum Island in the Mitte borough. German soldiers are keeping civilians away from a large rectangular space set aside in front of the Berliner Dom. Crowd gathered in front of the Imperial Palace on the Museum Island at Schlossplatz. Glimpse of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial. Glimpse of troops parading in formation. Glimpse of a bemedaled German Hussar officer with unidentified domed building in background. Kaiser Wilhelm II , speaks from a porch on the Imperial Palace, announces the declaration of World War 1, to an assembled crowd of citizens. Monument of Otto von Bismarck in Berlin, with the Reichstag building in the background. Troops parading through crowds of spectators in front of the Reichstag.
Japanese troops in Bataan, Philippines during the Battle of Corregidor of World War II. Japanese troops rotate propellers of an aircraft. Japanese pilots lined up on an airfield as they sing. Japanese machine guns fire. Tanks and infantry advance in the jungle of Bataan. A long line of infantry with pack mules moves up. Japanese aircraft in flight. Troops on truck in front of a damaged building. Explosions occur on ground.
Monitor Flame Boats underway in the South China Sea. An M10-8 flame gun is fired from a Monitor Flame Boat. Flames on the water. The Monitor Flame Boats are firing flame throwers. Smoke and flame on the water. The M10-8 flame thrower on a deck. An open hatch in the foreground. Flames around the barrel of the flame thrower. A crewman stands with carbon dioxide bottle. Flames around the barrel of the flame thrower which is malfunctioning. It throws long flames out over the water.
Japanese people leave Korea. The buildings in Korea. A long bridge spanning over a river. Street cars pull away. People walk on a road in a market place. People buy from shops. Various shops in the market. Japanese people are being checked. DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane ) sprayed on people. People wait at the port of Busan. People collect basic things required while shipment. People carrying their belongings walk in a line to board ships. A man gives tickets to Japanese people boarding the ships. Japanese people sit on the deck of a ship.
A royal wedding in Nancy, France. Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen enters the Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers (66 Grande Rue, 54000 Nancy, France) in Nancy, the capital city of Lorraine, the ancestral land of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. At least 6 bridesmaids carry the 22 feet long train of Princess Regina’s wedding dress, made of tulle and brocade. Otto von Habsburg, Crown Prince of Austria, enters the church. Pope Pius XII conducts the wedding and gives his blessing to the couple. Princess Regina and Prince Otto von Habsburg stand after the marriage. People gathered to see the wedding. Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria and his mother former Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma in a procession. People run to meet the wedded couple. Princess Regina and Prince Otto von Habsburg wave to the crowd.
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