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Richmond Virginia USA 1917 stock footage and images

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People view World War 1 military equipment from Victory Loan train on parade in Richmond, Virginia.

Liberty Loan bond drive in United States during World War 1. Large crowd gathered at a street in downtown Richmond, Virginia. World War I military equipment from ' Victory Loan' Train including vehicles and artillery parade on a street. A large mobile searchlight is seen and soldiers in a covered truck, followed by a truck pulling an artillery piece. People gathered on both sides of the street to watch the parade.

Date: 1918
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048759
Office entrance of the Liggett and Myers Tobacco factory in Richmond, Virginia.

Liggett and Myers Tobacco factory in Richmond, Virginia. Building of the Liggett and Myers Tobacco factory. Several cars parked in front of the building. Vehicular traffic passes by. Office entrance of the factory. A sign on the entrance gate reads 'Office'. A sign on the road in front of the entrance reads 'No Parking'. Men enter the office.

Date: 1939, April
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054127
Members of the Beef Trust participate in a free for all wrestling match in Richmond, Virginia.

Members of the Beef Trust participate in a free for all wrestling match in Richmond, Virginia. Flying mammoths constitute a serious danger to the crowd. Spectators watch the performance.

Date: 1938, January 18
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023168
Gala opening of the new State Theater, in Richmond, Virginia.

Cheerleaders and military cadets from the John Marshall High School (located only a few blocks away at 8th and Marshall Street) walk together in front of the new State Theater, at 712 E.Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. The movie theater Marquee advertises "Fast and frothy musical Romance, My Weakness, with Lilian Harvey." A group of students sings. Employees of the theater pose in front of it with cadets, cheerleaders, and 5 ushers. Bouquets of flowers sit at left of the picture. Cadets escort women into the theater. A dozen of the theater's ushers walk out of the theater and pose, with their chief, in front for the camera.They are all dressed in uniforms with black tie. Several businessmen pose in front of the theater. View from inside the ticket booth as woman sells tickets to patrons. Ticket taker at entrance tears tickes of entering patrons. View from across the street, of theater and traffic and pedestrians.

Date: 1933, October 25
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032949
FBI agents and Virginia state police arrest criminals after motel stake out.

Dramatization. View of The Virginia Lodge motel at 6027 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22303-2101 from roof of building across the highway. An FBI agent observes motel while crouched on roof top. Close up man looking through binoculars. POV through binoculars at motel with parked cars. FBI agent removes binoculars and uses wireless telephone to communicate with another agent in an office, saying, "Eyeball 1 to dugout." FBI agent in office calls to “Eyeball 2”, another agent. View through car windshield of FBI agent talking on remote telephone while observing motel. FBI agent in office on phone. Chief of police answers the telephone from his office. A white panel truck drives in parking lot. FBI agent and chief of police talks to each other on the phone. Mugshots of criminals. Hand pointing to map drawn in chalk on blackboard. Virginia state troopers in meeting before sting operation. A senior police officer says to the gathering, "I want each of you to come up to the board and show me just what you will do from start to finish." Black and white photos of a car parked in front of a motel. A Virginia State Police car, a 4-door 1964 Plymouth Fury, rush into motel parking lot. Policemen hide behind police car. Police car rush to the scene in the motel. Policemen aim their guns hiding behind police cars in the motel parking lot. A man drinks a bottle of wine from his bed. Another man answers telephone call from the police. Man pulls out a handgun to confront surrounding police. View through motel window curtains at police with guns drawn. “They’re all over, it’s finished!” the man shouts at his companion in bed. Policeman pointing gun from behind building. Two men emerge out of motel room, backing out of doorway their hands in the air with their backs turned from the police. Policeman uses megaphone while holding a pistol, saying, "spread your feet apart." Suspects put hands against wall and FBI agents frisk the two arrested men thoroughly. FBI agents handcuff the two men and lead them away. State police enter the motel. Closing credits "The Federal Bureau of Investigation."

Date: 1964
Duration: 6 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078749
Battle of Blair Mountain, in Logan County, West Virginia,1921

Scenes from the labor dispute and uprising known as the Battle of Blair Mountain. Opening scene shows Sheriff's Deputies firing down upon miners from a hillside in Logan County, West Virginia. One of them is armed with a Model 1917 Browning machine gun. Scene shifts to group of Union miners, cleaning and adjusting their rifles and shotguns. One wears a metal Army helmet. Several more pose for the camera, holding their guns. One of them also wears an Army steel helmet. They check the actions of their weapons. Closeup of one in a steel helmet. Next scene shows miner families leaving the area in horse-drawn wagons. Change of scene shows a group of men boarding a railroad train car. An armed U.S. Army soldier in uniform stands nearby. The final scene shows Sheriff Don Chafin of Logan County, posing with U.S. Army Brigadier General Henry H. Bandholtz.

Date: 1921, September
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035170