A film titled 'By Request' of the Army-Navy Screen Magazine about the requests of U.S. Army soldiers fighting in World War II. A man places a few papers in place at the 'By Request' office of the Army-Navy Screen Magazine. Door window sign reads “Army-Navy Screen Magazine New York City”. The Women’s Army Corps (WAC) host reads the letter of a person. A woman places tomato slices on a bread and the cabbage leaves. She cuts the sandwich half and serves with a glass of milk. The woman eats the sandwich.
President Woodrow Wilson at the National Guard training grounds in Sea Girt New Jersey, to visit with troops returning from duty in Texas during the Mexican Border Campaign (aka Pancho Villa Expedition) of 1916. Brief glimpse of The President stepping from his 1916 Pierce Arrow 38-C Series 4 Brougham Limousine, parked next to a row of army tents. The car displays a unique American Eagle radiator cap ornament (and an AAA emblem on the radiator). He is surrounded by officers, who greet him. The next scene show the President and the unit's commanding Brigadier General, seated in rocking chairs in a tent. Wilson, in dress clothes, including top hat, mounts an army horse, and rides along with officers, to review the Guard troops drawn up in formation. He sits astride the horse, next to the General, and removes his hat in salute as the troops march in review.
President of United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson visits the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York. Thomas Woodrow Wilson with First Lady of the United States Edith Bolling Galt. Wilson aboard the USS Mayflower (PY-1). Thomas Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson get into a car. They arrive at the United States Military Academy at West Point. People gathered. The President presents graduation degrees to the cadets.
President of United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson visits the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York. Vehicles parked. Troops march. Thomas Woodrow Wilson with First Lady of the United States Edith Bolling Galt Wilson arrive. The President is greeted by officers. Thomas Woodrow Wilson presents graduation degrees to the cadets. Thomas Woodrow Wilson walks past the troops standing in formation. The troops march. Thomas Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson with officers stand on the stage reviewing the troops.
A film titled 'The American Road' depicts travel in the 19th century, before the advent of the automobile. A house in New York. A man and a woman on a horse drawn cart. A doctor arrives by horse and buggy to attend a sick person and speaks to a woman, at the door.. The doctor gets on his horse carriage. A man rides a horse drawn cart. They pass a church. A railway station. The man and the woman in the cart arrive at the station. A man at the station. The man and the woman get off from the cart. The man at station talks to the man who was on the cart. The man waits for the train. A railway track.
U.S. Army award ceremony at Halloran General Hospital on Staten Island New York. The honored World War II veterans line up. The recipients salute as U.S. flag is taken down at formal retreat. The flag flutters in wind. Major Jeannette Blech, Chief Nurse at Halloran Hospital, pins the Purple Heart on the uniform of Paratrooper Lance Leonard of Buffalo. A man in the background takes pictures. Major Blech shakes hands with Paratrooper Leonard. The Purple Heart pinned up on the uniform. Private Stanley Zych of Staten Island receive Purple Hearts from Major Blech. Major Jeannette Blech is the first woman in U.S. history to present the Purple Heart to war heroes. The service men and women of the Halloran General Hospital parade.
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