Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A pro-Southern dramatization by actors on the effect of the Civil War and the Reconstruction. Ku Klux Klan or KKK formation. White soldiers wear white masks and clothes on horses in South Carolina. They arrive to terrorize the African American disturber and barn burner. The African American soldiers stand. They terrorize the African American soldiers. The African American soldiers talk to a man. White soldiers go back on their horses.
Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A pro-Southern dramatization by actors on the effect of the Civil War and the Reconstruction. A house situated aside a street in South Carolina. People and African American soldiers stand. Firing of guns. Smoke arises from firing of guns. Summoning the Ku Klux Clan, or KKK. The clansmen gather together and discuss on the issue. Clan members wear white clothes and masks on the horses. They run on the field. African American soldiers also gather. African American people on street. Clans assembled. Flags in their hands. They ride off toward the gathering of African Americans.
Birth of the Fischer quintuplets in South Dakota, United States. The two older children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fischer ride bicycles in front yard area. Close-ups of the boy and girl riding bikes. Their house in the background. Views of the St. Luke's Hospital ward in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where Mrs. Fischer gave birth to five new children. The quints in a hospital. Nurses and a doctor look after them.
463rd Airlift Operations in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. Interiors of C-130 Hercules aircraft in flight. BLU-82 bomb ("Daisy Cutter") dropped by a parachute. 15000 pound bomb explodes in thick forest area for creation of a landing zone.
Animated description of Mesopotamia Campaign by the British Battalion in Iraq. Diagram shows the position of Turks in the battle of Kut and four positions of Turks at river, marsh at north and at northeast. Reserve force of Turk 38th Division and arrival of British brigade astride river. British south brigade advancing to Turk position. Reserve Turk force move to south. British brigade halted at river advances to main Turk position and south brigade follows them. British brigade attacked from south and west. Turk reserve force backed to the north. Capturing of north position by British Brigade. Turk force withdraws. British force captures position of Kut. Movement of British force from Kut to Baghdad. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Wartime news film entitled: "Manila Cleanup." View of the Pasig River, dividing North and South Manila. American tanks and tank destroyers on North bank, firing at Japanese positions on the South side of the river. Exploding shells on South side. U.S. troops fire 155mm howitzers at low elevation, blasting the walls of Intramuros and adjacent buildings. The 540th Field Artillery fire 240mm guns point blank against the ancient walls. Troops firing machine guns at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran and Manila Post Office buildings. Troops of the 3rd Battalion, 129th Infantry, 337th Division, crossing the river in small assault boats, under covering fire. Landing on the South Bank, troops fan out around and about the walled city. Japanese forces resist from fortified pill boxes and machine gun nests near the public buildings. U.S. troops breach a section of the wall and elements of the 37th Division enter Intramuros on February 23, 1945. U.S. soldiers sheltered behind wall as others employ flame throwers. U.S. Soldiers prepares a TNT charge to blow up walls and seal underground passageways. A destroyed Japanese pill box at base of wall with many dead Japanese soldiers are seen. U.S. artillerymen firing 155mm howitzers directly at Japanese troops holed up in the Legislative, agricultural and finance buildings. Troops of B Company, 148th Infantry Regiment, advance from the Manila City Hall, towards the Legislative building. They direct flame throwers at Japanese fortifications under the wall. Soldier with flame thrower passes through group of riflemen and fires into hole in wall. U.S. soldiers fighting room to room in the walled city. On February 24th U.S. troops defeat the last Japanese resistors of Manila in World War II.
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