Pictures of U.S. Navy ships that participated in World War I. The battleship USS Vermont (BB-20), Scout Cruiser USS Salem (SC-3) and Destroyer USS Aylwin (DD-47).
Salem Barrack demonstrates his miniature 'Ornithopter', a flying machine, at the Newark Airport in New Jersey. The elastic powered plane makes a successful flight of several minutes.
Railroad station in the United States. A view from a moving railroad train of railroad tracks and bridge as a train crosses over the railroad bridge. The train passing a freight train going in the other direction. A small railroad station at Good Hope. The train passes a road and trucks. Intersection of railroad tracks. Train passes various stations. A small depot. The train passes Jeffersonville Station (possibly Jeffersonville Indiana ?), South Salem Station, South Charleston Station.
U.S. President Herbert Hoover, with Generals Pershing and Gouraud view the parade at the end of the Legion Convention, in Boston, Massachusetts. Troops parade along a street in Boston, at the end of the Legion Convention. Horsemen and troops with guns, move along the road. Spectators on both sides of the road. Flags being displayed along the side of the road. Troops march through an archway across the road. An open motor carriage carrying officials pass along the road. U.S. President Herbert Hoover, U.S. Army General Pershing and French General Gouraud, on a stand along the side of the road, salute. Officials beside the dignitaries. A railway road motor follows the troops marching. Men seated above the cars of the railway road motor. A motor carriage behind the railway road motor carrying officials. 'American Legion, Newport, N.H.' written on the motor carriage.
A film titled "The world's telephone workshop". Opening scene shows ceremony on March 10, 1916, with Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, unveiling a plaque at the invention site of the telephone in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The plaque, at 109 Court Street, states "Here the Telephone was Born, June 2, 1875" and it notes that it was placed by The Bostonian Society and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. Alexander Graham Bell tips his hat to the crowd as they celebrate the unveiling. View of Western Electric Company plant in Chicago as smoke emerges from chimneys. Turbines in coal power plant. Massive group of thousands of American workers gathered together, from all walks of life, who are employed in the telephone industry.
U.S. President Harry Truman wins reelection. People lined up outside a polling place to cast their votes. Aerial view of the buildings and the area. Governor Thomas Dewey votes on November 2, 1948. President Truman votes and places his ballot in the ballots box. Truman wins and the Democratic party wins the majorities in both the House and the Senate. Other views of people voting, including hopeful politicians. A sign outside one polling place reads: 'The Library of South Salem'
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