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Women pacifists march in New York parade demanding complete disarmament, during anti-war movement of early 1920s
Scenes from a November 12, 1921 protest parade of anti-war women march to support disarmament and promote messages of peace and "No more war". The parade coincided with the start of the Washington Naval Conference, also called the Washington Disarmament Conference. Women march in New York City, under the Washington Square Arch, with a banner that reads "The way to disarm is to disarm." A banner for "Religious Society of Friends" (Quakers). People march holding placards demanding complete military disarmament. A placard reads "Thou shalt not kill" and another reads "War means death famine pestilence." Another sign reads, "Cooperation pays better than competition. Let's try it between nations." A banner reads "Mothers do you teach your sons to save life or to kill?". View changes to parade as it continues on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. Large banner includes "Immediate, Universal, complete disarmament". Scene changes to Washington DC, several months later, on July 29, 1922. A group of pacifist women in Washington DC in front of their "No more war' banner. Women hang "no more war" signs on a artillery piece that is on display in a public square. Group of women raise their banner for "No more war" in front of the Headquarters of the Council for Limitation of Armaments, located at the National League of Women Voters headquarters building, at 532 17th St., NW, Washington, DC. (The Friends Disarmament Council of the Society of Friends was involved in this group, which was predecessor of the National Council for Prevention of War in the United States.)
Montage of scenes, in random order, involving U. S President and Congress, and Navy aircraft carriers. Covers 1920s through 1930s prior to U.S. involvement in World War II
Opening slate reads: "U.S. Seeks Neutrality."Glimpse of the U.S. Capitol building. Speaker of the House of Representatives, William Bankhead, gavels the assembly to order. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his office signs the Neutrality Act, or Senate Joint Resolution No. 173, on August 31, 1935. Afterwards he chats with Senators who attended his signing. Among those seen in closeup are James F Byrnes, John Nance Garner, and John H. Bankhead II. The Senators shake hands with the President as they leave. Scene changes to German aircraft in flight including Messersmitt Bf 109s and Dornier 17 bombers. A crowd, including civilians and military personnel, stand about the site of a crashed airplane, in Europe. View shifts to U.S. Navy warships at sea. View from one of the Aircraft Carrier, USS Lexington (CV-2) where a Boeing F2B bi-wing fighter airplane is landing on her deck. Closeup of the plane landing on Lexington's flight deck and sailors rushing to arrest and control it. Somewhat fuzzy view of a ship sinking in rough waters. Clear view of an injured sailor in a ship's infirmary. Rescued sailors eating on deck of the rescue ship. One of the sinking victims covered by an American flag, is buried at sea. View of a burning ship.
Different models of 1920s Ford cars in the United States.
Various models of Ford cars -- Phaeton, Tudor Sedan, Roadster, Coupe, Business Coupe, Sport Coupe and Fordor Sedan driven one by one on a circular driveway in front of a building in the United States.
Early 1920s film transmission of germs through coughing and sneezing, and prevention of illness.
It is illustrated that proper use of handkerchief can prevent bacteria to spread in the United States. A boy and two girl children seated at a table playing a board game of checkers. One of the girls sneezes over the board without covering. The scene is shown again. This time the girl prepares to sneeze and the other girl and the boy each hand her a handkerchief. The girls sneezes into the handkerchief to control spread of germs, illness, and sickness.
Army Air Service bombing and other practice operational activities during the 1920s in the United States
Several Keystone LB-5s (triple tails) and LB-5As (double tails) move across an airfield, circa 1928. Test bombing of captured German battleship, Ostfriesland, in 1921. Smoke arises due to bombing. A formation of four Martin NBS-1 bombers over the former USS Alabama (BB-8), in the Chesapeake Bay, on September 23, 1921. A white phosphorus bomb explodes atop the ship raising a huge white cloud. One of the Martin bombers flies low over the water drops a smoke curtain. (World War II period).
Activities of U.S Merchant Marines and American ships underway in the United States in the 1920's and 1930's.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marines in the period between World War 1 and World War 2. Newly launched German, Italian and Japanese ships underway at sea. Ships including the German liner Bremen and the Italian Ocean liner Rex are seen underway. People gather at a dock. American ship underway in heavy seas with waves crashing over. Point of view shot at heavy seas from deck of a ship. A man works in a ship radio room. A man watches through binoculars and uses a sextant. Sailors row a small boat with oars in heavy seas. A sailor decorated by officials of the Merchant Marines. Dock workers and ship construction workers at a shipbuilding yard in the United States working on building new ships. American liners are seen undereway including: SS Washington off shore of New York City skyline and skyscrapers, SS Manhattan also off shore of Manhattan, the SS Lurline, the SS Mariposa, and the SS President Hoover (named for Herbert Hoover) underway at sea. The U.S. flag fluttering from a flag pole. The text of the declaration of policy under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is shown.
