Elevated view of site of the Capitol Plaza area in Washington DC, with streetcars and cars on streets below, and Union Station in the background. View of model of Supreme Court and its placement on a map, before construction. View of the exterior of Union station and then the Botanical Gardens area to be moved in order to make way for construction of the Mall. Elevated view of Washington Monument and mall area in mid 1920s. Construction of Memorial Bridge seen in progress over the Potomac River. View of Arlington House of Robert E. Lee at Arlington National Cemetery. View of the Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Proposed renovations of the State Department buildings and of the Federal Triangle buildings.
Provisional President Carlos Mendieta resigns and leaves with his wife in a car. Secretary of State Dr Jose Barnet in a signing in ceremony as he becomes the temporary President of Cuba. Dr Jose Barnet poses with military officers.
As the local population watches from the sidelines, Prince Mirko Dimitri Petrovic-Njegos of Montenegro, is seen riding a white horse as he follows a military brass band into the Village of Roupes, near Scutari (Shkoder) Albania, during the 1st Balkan War. He rides at the head of several mounted officers. The village is secured by Montenegrin soldiers. Slate states that after hearing the national anthem, Prince Mirko congratulated the troops for their good behavior during the war. He is seen dismounting and saluting as he begins to inspect the troops.
The surrender of Ottoman forces at Scutari, April 21, 1913, in the first Balkan war. A Montenegrin military brass band (not playing) marches down the steep road from the Ottoman citadel, Rozafa castle. The Rozafa Castle is seen overlooking Scutari (Shkoder), Albania. Behind them are Crown Prince Danilo and Prince Peter of Montenegro. The princes are seen just ahead of a soldier carrying a black Montenegrin Royal flag. A slate refers to them receiving the sword of Essad Pasha Toptani. General Serdar (Count) Janko Vukotić, military Commander of the Montenegrin forces, is seen marching with other officers, behind an honor guard carrying the state flag of Montenegro. Several views of dead soldiers.
Slate states that Bulgaria's Black sea port of Varna is being shelled by Russian Battleships. However this is not noticeable in these scenes. Boats are tied up at the docks and men go about their activities, with no clear evidence of Russian battleships or shelling. There is a brief aerial view of a ship, next to a breakwater where a lighthouse stands. Smoke is rising from her stack. (World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Machine power in Canada and Germany in World War 2. Canadian Industry workers walk into a war production plant punching time cards as they enter. Men welding. Steel worker checking heat of hot steel with temperature-reading glasses. Workers in Canadian factory prepare machinery for war. 20th April 1939: Adolf Hitler in Berlin, Germany reviews German army in parade on his 50th birthday (Narrator incorrectly states the year as 1938, but Hitler's 50th birthday was in 1939 and these images are from the 1939 parade). Heavy breakthrough tanks roll by, followed by Army division assault tanks. Motorized troops march followed by Infantry and then parachute troops. Stuka Dive bombers fly overhead with Berlin Victory Column (Siegessäule) in the foreground. Hitler and others watch the flight.
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