British troops boarding train in United Kingdom, during World War I. Other soldiers walk along the platform of a railroad station, where a railroad train sits with its doors open. The doors identify the coaches as third class. Two officers converse. One smokes a cigar. A sign reads: "Cross The Line By The Bridge". Officers and soldiers board the railway train.
Russian troops on the Southwestern front in World War One. Soldiers riding horses and seated in horse carts cross a major bridge. Officers arrive and soldiers stand at attention. Commander of Russian Forces, General Mikhail Vasiliyevich Alekseyev, and his staff, review the troops. The General stops to greet Russian Orthodox Priest. Russian Army on the march in background.
Kaiser Wilhelm II reviews troops in Germany during World War I. The Kaiser Wilhelm II, Prince Adalbert Von Preussen of Prussia and Admiral Ludwig Von Schroeder meet officers and troops to encourage them. A mountain in background.
Kaiser Wilhelm II reviews naval infantry in Ostend, Belgium during World War I. The Kaiser, Prince Adalbert Von Preussen of Prussia, Admiral Ludwig Von Schroeder and other officers inspect the naval infantry. The infantrymen stand at attention and salute the Kaiser. Mountains in background.
Newsreel clip on the Chicago White Sox baseball team clinching their first American League pennant in 40 years in 1959. Clip opens with crowd filing into Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, which is decorated with a giant smiling Indian (the team's logo). Scenes from game: White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio doubles into the right-field corner to score Bubba Phillips, who slides to beat a throw to home. (Note photographers standing just a few feet away from the plate.) Billy Goodman doubles to score Aparicio. Two fans in white shirts, smoking cigars, intently watch the game. White Sox manager Al Lopez, in dugout, waves a fielder over to a different position. Indians load the bases in the ninth inning. White Sox call on Gerry Staley to get final outs. Staley throws one pitch and Vic Power of the Indians hits into a double play, ending the game. White Sox players celebrate in the clubhouse, pouring beer on each other's heads. Player in hat does a goofy dance.
U.S. Air Force Thunder streak jet fighters break 4 hour coast to coast mark in the United States. The jet fighter pilots look at a map. They sit in a cockpit. The jet fighters race from Los Angeles to New York in a blazing speed test The jets take off. The jets in flight. A map shown and officials point at the map. The jet fighters land. Views of Robert Scott and other pilots after completing the race in less than 4 hours.
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