A Patriotic Ceremony conducted at the Statue of Liberty during World War 1. Massive flag of Red Cross draped on front of the Statue of Liberty. Members of various veterans' organization, Red Cross nurses, military personnel, and women and girls of Camp Fire Girls organization, dressed in Native American Indian clothing, attend the ceremony. Boys wearing robes in a boys choir lined up to sing. Various children's groups lined up. Crowd on pedestal of statue. Red Cross flags, American flags, and various other flags seen. Ceremony in progress as speakers address the crowd. During part of ceremony a nurse appears to put a white glove on a Navy sailor's hand. Girl holds Red Cross flag. Bi-plane aircraft in flight overhead. Camera men setup with still image cameras and motion picture cameras on tripods. Views of the Statue from vessels in the harbor and views of New York City from Bedloe's Island.
Views from U.S. Navy C-class airship in flight over Manhattan Island, New York City. View from rear section of the open gondola of two crewmen in front section of the gondola. Views of the cables suspending it from the gas bag. View of the Airship's 125 hp French Hispano-Suiza engine. Many ships in New York harbor, many with three masts and one with four. The area is very smoky from chimneys of buildings heating during winter.Aerial view of New York buildings. Brief glimpse of a sister C-class airship. Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges over the East River. Steamship piers along Hudson River. Ferryboat. F.W. Woolworth building.
Many of the historic American flags, including the Grand Union flag, the flag with Pine Tree, red and white stripes and the flag with rattlesnake on it (Don't tread on me). The present flag of the United States of America consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in canton bearing 50 small, white stars. The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island holding a tablet which reads 'July IV, MDCCLXXVI', the date of American independence in Roman numerals. The other hand of the Statue holds a torch. Views from under the torch arm; the torch, itself; the feet and a chain. Waves crashing on rocky shores.
Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew election campaign for the Presidency in United States. Lincoln Memorial and reflecting pool, at night, as seen from the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States). Potomac River in background. View of the U.S. Capitol Building and the White House. Presidential Seal. Officials deliberating. Ballistic missiles. Soviet leader, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev. Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Russian troops. U.S. Aircraft carrier. U.S. helicopters in flight. U.S. tank crew in a Patton tank. Citizens of United States. U.S. soldiers in Vietnam War. Presidential Seal. The White House. Aerial view of Manhattan Island, New York City. Statue of Liberty in New York. The campaign stresses that Nixon has the required qualifications and experience of a leader.
Film opens showing a Paris street scene. Cars and buses pass on the streets. A man peruses publications on a newsstand. Camera moves to the newsstand. Traffic flows past. Pedestrians walk past. Customers patronize the newsstand.Camera moves across the street to reveal flowers on a Chestnut tree looming above the newsstand. Scene shifts to the flower market on the Cite Island in Paris. The Palais de Justice; La Conciergerie; Tour de l'Horloge are in the background. Vendors bring wares to the flower stands. Views of patrons walking amongst the various flower stalls.
Repair of a Swift Boat tied to a barge in Vietnam. The barge is secured up alongside the USS Tutuila (ARG-4). Port bow of the Swift Boat in view. A man works on one of the engines of the boat. The hatch of the Swift Boat is opened. Men work on engines. Two men work on a starboard engine. A man uses a speed wrench. He removes the bolts from the side of the engine being worked on. He boards the boat. Two men go down in the pit and work on an engine. A Swift Boat underway. Mountains in the background. Crew on the deck of the boat. A United States flag aboard the boat. The boat makes a starboard turn. An island in the background. The stern of the Swift Boat PCF-6.
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