President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall attend an American Federation of Labor conference in Buffalo, New York. President Samuel Gompers and Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor meet. The Labor parade in Buffalo. U.S. Army soldiers and motorcars participate in the parade. Views of President Samuel Gompers and Secretary Frank Morrison. Hugh Frayne, General organizer of the American Federation of Labor, joins the group. They all take out their hats.
American Federation of Labor Convention in Buffalo, New York. A band plays musical instruments and a bandmaster instructs the band in the parade. The president of American Federation of Labor (AFL) Samuel Gompers sitting in car. The car passes along the streets of the city during the parade. Railroad tracks on a road. Delegates participate in the parade with miniature flags of the U.S.
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson arrives and departs from the Convention Hall during the American Federation of Labor Convention in Buffalo, New York. President Wilson and his wife, the First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson arrive at the Convention Hall. Troops enter the hall (during World War I). The President and his wife leave the hall. They get into a car. The Labor convention moves through the streets of the city. Railroad tracks on a road. The troops march.
American volunteers return to New York from action in the Spanish Civil War in Spain. American volunteers, who fought with Loyalist troops in Spain against General Francisco Franco's nationalist insurgents, aboard SS Paris. They all pose. Large crowds gather in streets to welcome them as they arrive. The Americans march along the streets of the city in a reception parade. They hold banners. A banner reads as 'American Youth welcomes veterans of Lincoln Brigade'.
Demonstrators protest for removing movie tax in New York City. The demonstrators hold various banners as they protest. They walk with the U.S. flag. A tall building in the background. Banners read 'Why Tax Us..., When The Federal Government Helped Us', 'RKO Theater Home Office' and 'Congress Helped Us, You Want To Ruin Us'. Traffic on a road. The demonstrators in the background. A sign: 'Jefferson Theater'. Three demonstrators hold a banner reading "Kill The 5% Movie Tax". The demonstrators walk along the streets of the city.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt inspects an arsenal in Watervliet, New York. He arrives in a 1938 Packard open car with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Secretary of War, Harry H. Woodring. A car with Secret Service agents follows. The U.S. Army Colonel in charge greets them upon arrival. Arsenal employees lined up on either side to greet the Presidential party, which drives slowly between buildings at the arsenal as Secret Service agents run alongside the car. Secret Service agents move enthusiastic Arsenal employees back as the President's car emerges from an Arsenal building. The Presidential party remains in the car as they inspect railway guns, a navy broadside gun and 155 mm guns at the Watervliet Arsenal. An Army Captain describes details of the guns to them. The Presidential party also visits the Revolutionary War historic sites, including the Block House, on the site of Fort Neilson and the headquarters of General Benedict Arnold of American Continental Army.. View of signs identifying these sites, and a view of the the blockhouse.
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