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Memorial ceremony in Baltimore Maryland, for those lost in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, in 1915

Film opens showing mounted U.S. soldiers riding teams of horses pulling empty caissons signifying those lost in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915. They ride along a major thoroughfare in the City of Baltimore. Buildings along the street are decorated with patriotic bunting. Scene shifts to view from a pier, of a U.S. Navy single-funnel gun boat is seen making way, slowly In Baltimore harbor. Closeup of Group of women, dressed in white, aboard the boat, ares seen holding a large memorial wreath over side of the boat. Next, the camera shows a U.S. Aeromarine AS-2 Float Plane landing in the water. As it taxis in, the scene shifts back to the women on the boat, holding the memorial wreath. They are seen from behind, as they hold it high over their heads, and cast it over the side into the water. View of the women clustered in the bow of the boat as it moves slowly in the water. Other persons are present on deck, including at least one soldier and photographers and reporters. The U.S. navy ensign of stars flies from the bow. Closeup of the women in the bow, who now throw flowers into the water. Closeup of a woman (possibly Lusitania survivor). She stands next to the gun boat (now docked) holding a bouquet of flowers and wearing a sash reading “Lusitania.” Next, the camera focuses on Lusitania survivor, British actress, Rita Jolivet, who stands on a pier with a building and automobile behind her. Scene shifts, again, to the ladies in white aboard the docked gun boat. Among those seen with them are two British Royal Navy officers in uniform. Final scene is of large public gathering at an outdoor pavilion. A military band is at the front of the gathering. Public figures are assembled on the stage. A color guard carrying American flags is moving through the crowd, toward the stage.

Date: 1915
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068355
Whaler Herman's crew whales and processes its catch of Whale in Alaska.

Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. Herman's crew whales and processes its catch. A whale alongside the ship. It emerges from the water and dives back. A second boat comes from the ship to assist the first one. The boats return to the ship after whaling. A crew member looks at the catch. They hoist the whale boats up to the ship. Men scrape and wash whale bone (baleen). Captain Pedersen examines a whale bone. The whaler near an ice sheet. A man with a can. Ropes from the ship.

Date: 1915
Duration: 4 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020848
Natives wrestle bare-skinned at Saint Lawrence Island in Alaska.

Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler at St. Lawrence Island. Natives on dog sledges arrive at the ship. Dogs and sledges near the ship. Natives wrestle on the ice, bare skinned and at 20 degrees below 0 temperature. The whaler in the background.

Date: 1915
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020842
The whaler Herman at Nome and Port Clarence on its way to the Arctic.

Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. A dog mobile railroad at Nome in Alaska. Dogs pull the rail car with people seated in it. The 50 miles long railroad. Herman in the docks. Crew waves to the natives as they depart. Herman arrives at Port Clarence. A fishing camp on the beach. Natives near tents at the camp. A native woman seated.

Date: 1915
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020841
The crew of whaler Herman visits the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island.

Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler at St. Lawrence Island in Alaska. The crew visits the village of Gambell. Tents in the village. Dogs with sledges. Native women with children on their shoulders. Native families. Dogs lie on the ground.

Date: 1915
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020843
The investigation of fingerprints in the FBI for finding out criminals in Washington DC.

The working and techniques of the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Washington DC. Criminal records are checked by the agents. Fingerprint records are placed on a table. Men look at files and identify the fingerprints. They match the fingerprints with the help of a machine to identify the criminals. Photographs of both male and female criminals on the files. Men work and investigate the fingerprints. The Nicknames File cabinet is shown, Cards showing criminal nicknames are seen. Nicknames include 'Kitty Horse' aka George Sodero, 'Log Eared Bill' aka William Tunis, 'Machine Gun Boots' aka Rodman J. Manley, 'Six Shooter Madge' aka Madge Hill, and 'Sweet Mama Cat' aka Mary Tulman. View inside the "Notorious Dead Criminals" file cabinet includes the names Mrs. Roy Thorton aka 'Bonnie Parker' , Vernon C. Miller, George Nelson aka 'Baby Face' , Kate Barker aka 'Ma Barker' , Fred Barker, Marvis Barrow, Clyde C. Barrow, Charles A. Floyd aka 'Pretty Boy' , Homer Van Meter, John Hamiliton, and John Dillinger. A photo of John Dillinger is pulled from his file and shown to the camera.

Date: 1936
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062630