Boom Days - PT1
Boom Days - PT1
American History and Politics 1919-1925: Featuring Harding, Coolidge, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier & Boston Police Strike of 1919.
Boom Days - PT1
DO NOT USE: Opening credits.
Boom Days - PT1
Establishing GV Victorian home of Warren G. Harding in Marion, Ohio. MSs President WARREN G. HARDING and First Lady FLORENCE KLING DE WOLFE HARDING arriving at the White House in Washington DC, their spunky dog Laddie Boy running about, tugging on the president's sleeve.
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Unknown Soldier Funeral Procession, Washington DC, November 11, 1921: LS flag-draped casket of unknown WWI soldier being loaded onto caisson, reroute to final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery. TLS U.S. Army & Navy officers accompanying carriage. LS sailors marching with rifles shoulder bound. MSs former President WOODROW WILSON & wife EDITH BOLLING GALT riding in open carriage driven by two African-American men.
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Unknown Soldier Funeral Procession, Arlington National Cemetary, November 11, 1921: TLS/LSs flag-draped coffin of unknown WWI soldier being brought to Arlington National Cemetery. LS President Warren G. Harding speaking at ceremony. LS President Harding & Marshal FERDINAND FOCH pinning Medal of Honor & Crois de Guerre onto coffin. Panning high angle LSs seated audience. LS/TLSs soldiers carrying casket to Tomb. MS Mr. & Mrs. Harding walking along aisle.
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President Harding's visit to Alaska, 1923: TLS guests passing through gate with sign reading "Metlakatla Welcomes the President". TLS reporters, press photographers & newsreel cameramen (most wearing straw boater hats) walking along path with equipment. GV men waiting quayside for President's arrival. MSs President Warren G. Harding and First Lady Florence Kling de Wolfe Harding greeting people on dock. MCU native Inuit Indian man wearing suit smiling for cam while holding infant daughter who is waving a small American Flag. GV President Harding speaking to crowd.
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GV Harding Memorial in Marion, Ohio. MS graves of Mr. & Mrs. Warren G. Harding. GV Calvin Coolidge boyhood home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, two horses pulling man on sled through the snow seen in FG. Panning MS dim room in Coolidge homestead where Cal's father administered Oath of Office upon Harding's death. Establishing elevated GV Massachusetts State House.
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Boston Police Strike, 1919: MS state national guard cavalry passing cam on horseback. GV national guardsmen wearing campaign hats maintaining peace on street, rifles over shoulders, Whiskey delivery truck seen in BG. MSs storefront with signs maintaining that they're open for business, pedestrians walk past. MS newly recruited police officers filing from building, some in uniform. MSs Massachusetts Governor CALVIN COOLIDGE inspecting police recruits. MS Govenor Coolidge shaking hands with Boston police chief. Nice iris MS Calvin Coolidge leaning against marble balcony railing.
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TLS Chief Justice WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT administering Oath of Office to Calvin Coolidge, March 4, 1925. MS/CUs famed attorney & politico WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN exiting building, tipping hat.