Footage of former U.S. President William Howard Taft, recently retired the week before as Chief Justice of the United States. Exterior view of the Taft house in Washington DC at 2215 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington DC. (A Georgian Revival style house built in 1904 and purchased by Taft from Congressman Alvin Fuller. It later was the home of the Embassy of Syria in Washington DC). Car out front. Taft is returning from Asheville North Carolina to Washington DC, as he has fallen ill. William Howard Taft is taken out of a car by a few men. The men assist William Taft in walking into his house. (Taft died in the home a month later on March 9, 1930).
Paper print. Early motion picture from turn of 20th century, depicts American civil war. Union soldiers in battlefield in the United States. Dramatization depicts: civilians stand outside a building. Soldiers fire guns on field. They cover the dead body of soldier with the American flag. Soldiers carry dead soldier on a stretcher. Woman weeps as she looks at the dead body of soldier.Confederate soldiers appear. Woman appeals to them.
Paper print. Very early motion picture, from turn of 20th century. Thieves steal clothes in the United States. Dramatization depicts: two men talk in an office. View of the Western Union telegraph. Men work at an office. People set a dining table. Man greets a woman. Men go for swimming in a river. Thieves steal their clothes. Woman near a hay stack. Thief steals clothes from a cloth line.
Paper print. Early motion picture from turn of 20th century. American civilians in the United States. Dramatization depicts: actors seated at table discuss and interact. Man and woman fight outside a house. Civilians walk through streets. Buildings in the background. Thieves steal money from a man.
Paper print. Early motion picture, from beginning of 20th century, made in United States. Dramatization depicts: actors in 18th century costume perform a play. Actors inside setting. Woman runs through a garden. Building in the background. Woman threatens suicide, with dagger.
Wilber Wright places wheel under right wing of a Wright Flyer, and fastens it to a strut. Orville Wright walks past as ground crew positions the Flyer. The Wright brothers stand behind the Flyer, as ground crew pull the props through and engine starts. They then climb aboard, with Wilbur at the left seat controls. Heavy weight falls from tower providing thrust for catapult that launches the Wright Flyer into the air. The Wrights fly their airplane around the field at low altitude.
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