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World War 1 Armistice celebration parade in Washington DC. President Wilson watches from White House West Wing
United States President Woodrow Wilson, and several officials arrives to watch an Armistice Parade, from area near guard shack at gateway to West Wing of the White House. A mounted army officer rides past, saluting, followed by several others saluting. A marching military brass band, followed by an Army drum and bugle Corps, playing instruments on horseback. They lead a contingent of mounted soldiers and two trucks pulling artillery. Other parade elements seen include: an army band; a navy band; a color guard; a contingent of sailors saluting with presented arms; Women Yeoman (F) in the U.S. Navy Reserve; and a team of horses pulling a float full of young women in white displaying flags of the World War 1 Allies. Marching beside the float are representatives from Allied nations. Groups of Women from the Knights of Columbus, march next in the parade. At this point, President Wilson, is seen conversing with Attorney General Thomas Watt Gregory. Scene shifts back to more Knights of Columbus women parading. shifting from the parade, views are from a vehicle moving along the parade route, showing spectators lining the route, and then from steps of a building, looking over the heads of spectators as mounted cavalry pass, followed by another brass band. A child sees the camera behind him and looks toward it. A team of 6 white horses pulls a float containing a woman in patriotic garb and a sign reading, "In God We Trust." Scene shifts again, to the White House West Wing steps, where President and Mrs. Wilson stand with Attorney General Gregory, watching women from the Knights of Columbus march past, followed by their float. Next in the parade is a float carrying soldiers in uniform and displaying the Cross of David on the front, and "Sons of Freedom," written on its side. A team of horses driven by an African American driver in an unusual hat, pulls a float carrying two women and displaying the British Union Jack. Another band and more marching infantry are seen. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Bustling commerce on crowded street in Chinese district of British Crown Colony, Hong Kong
Daily life in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. A narrow street in Hong Kong Island, jammed with commercial activity. Street musicians play bamboo instruments and sing. Chinese men with queues seen on the street. A girl sits on sidewalk, picking lice from the hair of a little boy. A girl carries a squirming baby on her back. Chinese pedestrians crowd the street. Signs and clothes hang from almost every store front on the street. A woman carries two children, one in front and one on her back. A Western civilian talking with an old Chinese shopkeeper. Chinese men sit on a bench and smoke. A young woman splits wood into kindling. A British sailor, carrying a large camera, walks through crowd. The Western civilian, now holding a camera at his side, poses next to a Sikh Hong Kong policeman, as local people gather around them. The Westerner sits with a sidewalk vendor, discussing a purchase. Three Chinese girls wearing Cheongsams walking together. A Chinese woman being carried in a sedan chair holds her hand up to hide her face from the camera ("evil eye"). Customers and merchants discuss fabrics. Countless porters carry goods through the street on poles. The "westerner" rides by on a sedan chair.
Hollywood movie stars Sessue Hayakawa and Mary Pickford promote Liberty bonds in Hollywood, California, on October 5 and September 29, 1918.
Clip includes scenes from two different events, one week apart. First scenes are from October 5, 1918. Large crowd gathered in Los Angeles California a stage with a mock tank in Central Park, during the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive in World War I. A banner reads "Buy bonds from Sessue Hayakawa" on a podium. Two little girls dressed in traditional Japanese attire kimono, seen on the podium. Japanese American movie star Sessue Hayakawa speaks through a megaphone to sell Liberty bonds during World War I. The next scene, from one week earlier on September 29, 1918, shows Hollywood actress Mary Pickford working the crowd and selling war bonds as she addresses the large gathering through a megaphone during the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign opening event in Los Angeles. Next Mary Pickford is seen seated on the stage. Shots of the crowd are seen. Next scene returns to the event on October 5, 1918. Sessue Hayakawa is speaking to the crowd, and the two Japanese girls on the stage are joined by another little girl, Hollywood child actor Mary Jane Irving. A man asks Mary Jane Irving to speak to the crowd, and she does. Sessue Hayakawa speaks again. Hollywood star Louise Fazenda stands in front a sales report board with a note pad writing down pledges. (Additional information from the Los Angeles Times, October 6, 1918: "Yesterday afternoon a big crowd turned out to greet Sessue Hayakawa and members of his company, including two bright little Japanese girls who shouted through megaphones, "Please buy a bond." Mary Jane Irving, an American sister in art, was on deck with the same message, which appealed mightily to the folks on the ground. Hayakawa made a stirring appeal for the sale of bonds. He said that although his color is different, and his features not the same as ours, he was 100 per cent American and then to prove it he bought $10,000 worth of bonds.")
Japanese capture Canton (Guangzhou), China during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Imperial Japanese Army troops marching through the city of Sha-He during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Map showing the town of Sha-He, China. Japanese soldiers in Army trucks enter Sha-He. Destruction and rubble in Sha-He after Japanese bombardment. A Nationalist Kuomintang monument in China. Soldiers find the KMT monument. IJA vehicles entering a Chinese city. A poster of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, the chairman and leader of Republic of China. A man sits on top of a pile of boxes. Japanese army truck pass under a nationalist poster. Chinese refugees sitting in front of a closed storefront. Japanese troops enter a municipal hall. An anti-Western cartoon graffiti on the wall. The western characters are depicted wearing Japanese geta sandals. Captured Western women and children. A European or American man using a video camera. French Navy personnel walking away. Japanese soldiers capture Canton, China (Guangzhou, China). Boats sailing in the Pearl River. Fire engulfs a building. Heavy smoke covers the street. Japanese troops search captured Chinese Nationalist prisoners of war. They confiscate items and weapons. Prisoners of war talking to each other. Japanese soldiers march into Canton and capture Western prisoners of war.1938.
Jews pray at the Wailing Wall during the Jewish New Year in Jerusalem.
Israelis offer prayers of joy and thanks during the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), in the holy city of Jerusalem, a few months after the Six Day War. Jewish men and women touch the Western Wall (Suq El Qatanin St, Jerusalem), also known as the Wailing Wall, and offer prayers. Huge crowd gathered to celebrate the Jewish New Year. Jewish men wearing prayer shawls (Tallit) read from the holy books and pray. Jewish women wearing head coverings over modern clothes stand in front of the Western Wall. Women offering prayers in the Western Wall. Some rubble visible from the demolition of the Moroccan Quarter for the Western Wall Plaza.
Montage of scenes during World War II on the Western front during January 1945
January, 1945, on the Western front during World War 2. Troops of the U.S. 8th Infantry Division test new white camouflage coveralls for use in snow. They patrol in snow covered forest areas on the Western Front. A sergeant makes outdoor field adjustments to the coveralls using a knife and captured German sewing machine. He helps a soldier who tries on his new coverall. The material used is from old mattress covers. Several soldiers are seen putting on the camouflage coveralls. Scene shifts to U.S. troops with a jeep towing a 20mm Italian dual purpose gun for use in Germany. On January 2, 1945, they set up and fire the gun at targets a half mile away. In Belgium, U.S. Army engineers of Company B, 238th Engineer Battalion, improvise remote controlled bazooka shells as road blocks. They set them up on fence posts and fire them by ordinary flashlight batteries. U.S. soldiers from a Signal Company of the 99th Infantry Division are seen using a Weasel vehicle (officially designated an M29C light cargo carrier) to lay communication cables through snow in the 1st Army Sector, Belgium. Views of the wire spool on back of the weasel, and soldiers pulling wire from it.
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