Scenes from the 7th Assembly of the League of Nations in session at Salle de la Reformation or Calvinium (Rue du Rhône 65, 1204 Genève, Switzerland) in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Da Costa presides over the session. Shows session in progress. Viscount Ishii Kikujiro of Japan makes the opening speech. Mr. Da Costa takes the chair. Delegates leave the hall after the meeting. Press, public and photographers gather outside the venue.
African American and white children swim and play in an integrated swimming pool in the United States in the 1960's. A black man beside a white man working on an integrated engine car assembly line. A black shoe shine man. A black street sweeper. Narrator indicates that African American workers are in increasingly skilled jobs and supervisory positions. A black draftsman in an officer environment. A black bank manager gives an application to a black woman. Huey Newton leads the Black Panthers in a protest. Stills portray trade and transport of African American slaves. Stills show the Civil War in the United States, and aftermath of war showing blacks voting and as politicians during reconstruction. Footage of African American people working on farms in cotton fields picking cotton, including boy and girl child laborers picking cotton. Footage of a Rust Cotton Picker machine in operation as African American workers watch. American troops, including African American soldiers of the U.S. Army 369th Infantry "Harlem Hellfighters", marching in victory parade in the United States after returning from World War 1. View of segregated African American soldiers in the parade in New York City cheered by parade attendees. Brief scene with Henry Johnson on the side of the parade route being congratulated by civilians. (Johnson and Needham Roberts received the Croix de Guerre for exceptional heroism). Black and white workers entering or exiting a factory during World War 2. Black American troops and Tuskegee Airmen pilots in segregated units during World War 2. The Tuskegee pilots in uniform gathered together during a briefing on an airfield. View of U.S. military forces comprised of white and black personnel, integrated beginning in 1947. A white officer gives binoculars to a black soldiers.
A British Mark I tank (female) named the "Creme de Menthe" (named in caption) carries stores on the steering tail as it passes through a wooded area of France during World War I. Smiling Allied soldiers hitch a ride on her tail.
King Albert I of Belgium, Foreign Minister Charles de Broqueville and Jules Van den Heuvel at an airfield in Belgium during World War 1. Kings pilot and King Albert I enter the Kings plane. People gather at the airfield to bid farewell. The plane readies for takeoff and departs.
Scenes from the Boy Scout Jamboree in Binghamton, New York. Boy scouts parade through the center of the town of Binghamton. Scouts lined up and sprayed with some kind of chemical agent (de-lousing?) at the camp. Scouts building a cooking fire. Scouts compete in a horse race in front of a packed grandstand, and the winners are awarded at a ceremony. Scouts gathered in an outdoor field doing a large group drill.
A French Army general is surrounded by soldiers and men at the Tuileries Gardens (Pl. de la Concorde, 75001 Paris, France) in Paris, France. An officer poses, smiles, and talks. Italian gymnasts perform exercises. Soldiers exhibit hand to hand combat with their rifles. Men compete in tug of war event. English wrestlers wrestle. Welsh featherweight boxing champion 'Peerless" Jim Driscoll greets another athlete. Jim Driscoll poses and smiles for the camera.
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