| WELCOME HOME - FRIENDS AND RELATIVES MEET 2,000 RETURNING TROOPS ON U.S.S LOUISIANA Troopship Returning to USA Met by Crowd | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5139 | |
| Catalog #: | 366588 | |
| Clip Number: | 366588-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 122 B | |
| Timecode: | 01:36:36 - 01:37:18 | |
| Location: | New York, NY | |
| Year Shot: | 1918 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Patriotic LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York MILITARY: Homecoming MILITARY: Navy, USA WORLD WAR ONE, MILITARY: Homecoming | |
| Description: | Wonderful heartwarming footage American troops return to USA on the U.S.S. Louisiana and are greeted in New York by friends; relatives; cheering crowds. Opens with shot panning along side of the large ship; with soldiers everywhere on deck. DS crowd going wild; mostly civilians; with a few uniforms among them; someone beating on a bass drum; people waving flags and also pennants with skull & crossbones and '59' on them. These folks are underneath some framework held up by poles; harbor in BG. Shot of towers of the ship; pan down to smoke stacks; guns; etc. and decks teeming with troops. Cool shot panning rt. on welcome party; mostly women in FG; signs held up "Oh You 59th" "Atta Boy!"; "Hello Elie! Welcome Home."; "HARRY MURPHY". Then DS crowd waving flags in a frenzy. Excitement; patriotism; celebration; joy | |
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