George C. Marshall, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, stands on the top step of a wood and woven palm building, headquarters of the U.S. 6th Army, on Goodenough Island, New Guinea, during World War 2. Lieutenant General George C. Kenney, Commander of Allied Air Forces and the U.S. Fifth Air Force, stands with two other officers on the ground in front of the hut. General Douglas MacArthur Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) joins Marshall and poses, standing to his left. General Marshall leaves the building to enter a car. Next, he is seen standing on the ramp of an airfield. MacArthur is also seen briefly, standing next to Marshall. General Marshall converses with Lieutenant General Walter Kreuger, Commander of the Sixth United States Army in the South West Pacific Area, and with General Kenney. General MacArthur and General Kenney, followed by other officers, walk back from a B-17 bomber (General Marshall's airplane) after saying goodbye to General Marshall. General Kreuger remains at the door of Marshall's B-17, bidding Marshall farewell. The B-17 is next seen taking off from the runway.
The Palmer Raids in the United States during the so-called "Red Scare" period. Police in New York City arrest men and women, suspected of being anarchists and radicals. Police wielding clubs raid their homes, arrest them and place them in police vans. The arrested suspects are taken to Ellis Island by ferry for deportation.
Newsreel clip looking back at the life of baseball's greatest player, Babe Ruth, after his death from cancer on August 16, 1948. Ruth speaks to the camera. Outside view of Yankee Stadium (1 E 161 St, Bronx, NY 10451, United States) in New York. Young boys watch the game in the stands. Babe Ruth swats a home run. Spectators stand and cheer as Ruth runs around the bases. Ruth wipes his face with a towel. Ruth surrounded by two police officers and large group of children, eating hot dogs and ice cones. Ruth gives a baseball bat to a young boy (possibly a polio victim). An older Ruth climbs out of a 1940s-style car, walks into a doctor's office. A group of boys sitting outside on the steps, waiting to get a glimpse of Babe Ruth. The scene shifts to Ruth's late-in-life visit to Yankee Stadium. Ruth puts on his old #3 Yankee uniform, knocks on his locker in the locker room, and emerges from the tunnel to a huge ovation from fans. He tips his cap, stands on field as Yankees pay tribute.
American youth chant and hold Anti-Trump signs while marching along Fifth Ave. in Manhattan, New York City the day after Donald Trump is elected as the President of the United States in 2016. A young man leads the chanting and the march. Protesters chant “Donald Trump, go away! Racist! Sexist! Anti-Gay!” and “We reject the president elect!”, ‘WE ARE THE POPULAR VOTE!” and ”TELL ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE? THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE”. Protesters hold various signs such as LGBT symbols and Anti-Trump messages that read “Not my president”, “pussy grabs back”, “My vote matters”, “Love trumps hate”, “I REJECT TRUMP”, and “For every human being, FIGHT the HATE”.
U.S. Navy ship USS Texas sailing the Hudson River, passing by Riverside Park- the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States. The background shows the white dome of the General Grant National Memorial or Grant’s Tomb (W 122nd St &, Riverside Dr, New York, 10027) on the hill crest.
Views inside Curtiss airplane factory at Garden City, Long Island, New York, in the United States, where workers are assembling Curtiss NC class seaplanes. The framework of a seaplane seen from above during assembly. a seaplane Hull seen from below as it is moved by traveling crane above the work area. A crane carries a V-12 Liberty engine to a cradle in the assembly area.
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