President Wilson leaves the White House and proceeds up Pennsylvania Avenue to arrive at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C., United States. President Wilson addresses the Congress to declare war against Germany in World War 1.
Jeannette Rankin, Republican member of Congress from Montana, and first woman representative elected in the United States, is seen standing with women's suffrage movement activists in Chicago, Illinois, just before America's entry into World War 1. The leading slate mentions her forthcoming participation in a special session of Congress (referring to the Joint Session of Congress on April 2, when President Wilson will ask for a declaration of war against Germany). Rankin holds a bouquet of flowers and stands with another woman wearing a large corsage of flowers. A dozen women suffragists stand behind them. The building behind seems to be a hotel, containing several mirrored doors. Several men passersby walk past the camera while it photographing the group. Jeannette Rankin moves forward and another woman helps her to step into a vehicle (unseen).
Training facility for African American teachers in Bowie, Maryland, United States. Houses at a distance on a farmland. Trees and tower in the background. Board on the farmland reads "Maryland State Normal School, Colored, Bowie Maryland, trains elementary teachers." School building with a flag on its top. House behind the trees.
An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. Dr Maurer and General Eaker seated at a desk. Dr Maurer talks about the work and the contribution of General Eaker in the U.S. Air Force. He says that General Eaker was the Commander of the 8th Air Force. In 1944, he became the Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Allied Air Force. Then from 1945 until his retirement in 1947, he was the deputy commander of the Army Air Forces and chief of the Air Staff. General Eaker talks about his experiences. He talks about the first airplane flight he saw. He further speaks that he was sent to a training camp in 1917. A man came in the camp looking for some fliers. He was already selected for an examination of regular army. He says that in November 1917, he was on a parade grounds. An airplane was in flight overhead. The aircraft landed and he looked at the engine of the aircraft.
U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower calls for a cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland, United States. Dignitaries disembark from a car at Camp David. United States Secretary of the Treasury George Magoffin Humphrey, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay and other cabinet members arrive for the meeting. The President gets off his car. He is greeted by officials. The President is joined by United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles . The cabinet seated for the meeting.
Firestone family camp in Maryland, United States. Harvey Samuel Firestone founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company with wife Idabelle Smith Firestone and son Harvey Samuel Firestone Jr and his wife Elizabeth Parke Firestone walk on a path with trees on either side. One of the members climb a rock formation. They enjoy near a stream of water. They walk at the edge of the rock formation in water. Maryland state police officers at a service
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