Soldiers of the 33rd Infantry Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) arrive by a ferry boat, named Catshill, at port of embarkation, Hoboken, New Jersey in World War 1. They march from the ship in two lines, with full battle gear and shouldering their arms. View from the bridge of the ferry showing soldiers marching across the pier and into a large embarkation center building displaying a sign reading: "Pier No.3, U.S. Army Transport Service." Sailors hand out chits to the soldiers, as they enter the building. Red Cross women volunteers hand out donuts and fill soldiers' mess kit cups with coffee. Several soldiers are seen placing their chits into a container held by a sailor. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Launch of two U.S. destroyer in Kearny, New Jersey. A large crowd gathered to witness the launch. USS Anderson ready for launch. People around the ship. The ship slides down the ways into the water. A man at a machine. USS Hammann slides down the ways into the water.
Elevated view of car traffic on city street in New York City. View of Lincoln-Mercury car displayed in showroom. Women models wearing latest clothing fashions view and display the car. Dashboard and steering wheel is shown. Two women examine the car exterior.
The National Triplets Convention brings together forty one sets of triplets in Palisades Park, New Jersey. Triplets eat lollipops, seated on chairs and enjoy in children's train. Triplets ranging in age from one to seventeen. The triplets find plenty to eat and plenty of fun.
Emperor Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa) and Japanese and Western businessmen wearing straw boat hats pose together with military officers. View of Low Memorial Library at Columbia University in New York City. Japanese men meet an American couple inside the campus of Columbia University. Door reads “Japanese Government Railways Japan Tourist Bureau”. A man opens the door. Another man greets him. A Japanese businessman smokes a pipe and reads a Literary Digest magazine. An American couple meets the Japanese businessman. The businessman shows American man a document during their meeting. Map of Honshu, the central island of Japan, identifying the main produce and industries on the island. Smokestacks of a factory in Japan and view of homes and buildings in a city or town of Japan. Map of Central Japan showing its population below.
Steeplechase Park on Coney Island New York. Women and children sit on a rotating wheel of a ride called the Human Roulette Wheel. Many have slid from the center of the wheel and lie trapped at its outer edge until the ride is finished. Rocking bridge. Water ride, Steeplechase ride, with horses on steel tracks. Staircase from 'Golden Stand' to top of the slide. People slide down. 'Steeplechase' stand in background. People watch 'Human Pool Table,' where persons are seen coming out of a chute (slide) onto a table with rotating discs that shunted them about in all directions. Man at Steeplechase stand. Gents Toilet in background. People take a roller coaster ride. Men and women on Coney Island beach dancing and playing on the edge of the surf, wearing typical early 1900s bathing suits or bathing costumes.
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