Race riots in Boston, Massachusetts sparked by dissatisfaction with welfare system during the Civil Rights movement. African American rioters on the streets in the Roxbury section in Boston. They smash glass, set buildings on fire and loot stores. Mobs throw rocks and bottles at the Boston police. Firemen work to extinguish fires in burning buildings. A rooftop sniper wounds a fireman as he extinguishes a fire. Boston police arrest a rioter.
Military police guard German prisoners of war in vicinity of Periers,France, during World War II. German prisoners rest along wall in courtyard of a building. Some prisoners sleep over ruins of buildings. Military police guard them. Prisoners being marched to trucks and loaded, packed tightly onto open trucks. French women on bicycles stop and make fun of the German prisoners Damaged buildings seen in the background. Sherman tank of 4th Armored Division drives past bomb-damaged church. Road sign points along Route 71 to next town (Coutances) and end of route (coastal city of Granville).
A peace demonstration in Rome. A large crowd of Pacifists gathered at the United States Embassy on Via Veneto. Military policemen stop and arrest the demonstrators. The policemen and firemen blow a strong water jet to control protesters during the sit down protest.
Paper print. Early motion picture made in the United States. Dramatization : Snowy day. Woman is accosted by two ruffians, and rescued by policeman, as newsboy watches from doorway. Inside a modest house, Santa Claus talks with an angel holding an illuminated star. The woman and her husband carry christmas bundles, to door of newsboy's house, as policeman watches. Inside, the newsboy tries on new clothes.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Germany during World War II. A civilian policeman walking along a street. Armband of a policeman. Buildings along street sides. 'Hotel' written on the top of a building. A watch on the hand of a man shows different timings. A soldier looking out of a window.
Policemen rush to contain the resistance by the Bonus Marchers, a group of demonstrators made up of 17 000 United States World War I veterans demanding early cash redemption of their service certificates during the Great Depression. Bonus Expeditionary Force demonstrators throw smoke bombs and fight with police in their trashed Hooverville camp on the Anacostia Flats (now Section C of Anacostia Park in Washington DC). Bonus Expeditionary Force Hooverville camp in flames during confrontation with army sent by General Douglas MacArthur. American soldiers confronting the Bonus Marchers in Anacostia Park. Remnants of Bonus Army camp in smoke. Bonus Expeditionary Force demonstrators cover faces to protect themselves from smoke. Bonus camp in flames, with the United States Capitol dome in the background.
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