Boys and girls on bicycles pass by on the street in Mazamet, France. Industries in the area. Farmer with flock of sheep. Sacks of wool unloaded from freight train. Ruins of small wool factories. Water from waterfalls, river and canals used in the factories.
Opening scene shows Russian Medical Corpsmen, dressed in white, at an outdoor rail yard where many trains are parked on many tracks. they remove a wounded soldier from a train on a stretcher. the roll him onto a waist-high table, where regular soldiers pose near him. Another wounded soldier on a litter, on the ground, is attended by two medical corpsmen, who bend down to speak to him. View of one Corpsman squatting down next to him and speaking to him. The wounded man moves his arms while conversing with the Corpsmen. Brief view of workmen at a construction site near a railroad line. Using wheel barrows, The workmen off load building materials from a rail car parked in the background, pushing the wheel barrows over planks laid on the ground. A mixed group of Russian military officers posing on a pier. Heavy timbers crossed by steel railroad rails separate the camera from the group.
View from a wooden fishing boat with a mast (but not showing any sail) on a river in Russia. Camera focuses on a power driven tugboat pulling a barge at speed, in the middle of the river. The tugboat emits black smoke from its single funnel. It is a sidewheeler with a structure covering the upper part of the wheel. It also has several living quarter structures on its deck. It uses a long line to pull the barge, which contains several crewmen and is loaded with a mix of cargo. Momentary glimpse of men building a railroad bridge extended out over the water. A large building with a tall chimney and what appears to be a light house tower. Russian soldiers on a military railroad train.
Captain W. W. Wilson of the U.S. Navy cruiser USS Nashville (CL-43) arrives at Town Hall to call on the Mayor in England. Wine and glasses on the table. Deputy Mayor Councilor H.A. Hodge talks to Captain Wilson. He watches a paper. Other dignitaries standing with them.
Scenes in the old native quarter, in a valley of Aden, Yemen, supposedly formed as a crater in antiquity. Various merchants and their stalls line the area. The streets are filled with pedestrians, and shoppers. Some tradesmen are creating products on the spot. One such, uses a grinding wheel powered by a helper who pulls on ropes to turn the wheel. A horse cart travels along a path that passes under a high bridge.
Twenty four suffragist women (sometimes called suffragettes) arrive in San Francisco, California, on their 3-week tour across the country during February, 1919, in a last-ditch effort to urge passage of the 19th amendment, providing voting rights for women, which was being held up in the U.S. Senate. The women advocating women's suffrage are seen stepping from a railroad train coach, wearing uniforms like they wore when imprisoned at the Occoquan Workhouse (Run by the District of Columbia, the Workhouse, in Laurel Hill, Virginia, was later called Lorton Reformatory. Over 150 women suffragists were eventually incarcerated there.) (Note: The Senate later passed the 19th amendment which was ratified on August 18, 1920.)
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.