Appearances on cspan as well as many other Supreme Court videos available on demand. Follow the Supreme Court at cspan. Org. Announcer 1 on november 11, 1921, an estimated 100,000 people gathered at Arlington Cemetery in virginia for a ceremony honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. The u. S. Army signal corps created a silent film documenting the journey of his remains from france to the u. S. Capitol rotunda and its procession through arlington through the streets of washington dc. Allison, how did this whole concept of the unknown soldier being honored, about . They really goes back to the mechanization of warfare during world war i. You get a lot more unidentifiable remains. You had a lot in the civil war, but people were struggling with the fact they could not figure out who these casualties were. So france and Great Britain had an unknown soldier in east of their in both of their countries. In england it was westminster abbey, and in france under the arc de triomphe. So this was started by Hamilton Fish of new york, who submitted legislation to bury an unknown soldier. I believe in france where the unknown soldiers were taken from four different cemeteries. Im walked through those streets before. Its interesting to see, to me, how many people turned out. The french not just the army as we can see mostly in the scene, but french civilians showing there, you know honor , and patriotism towards the americans and really supporting the role the americans played in helping liberate france. Now we are seeing the casket being carried on board an American Ship . The uss olympic which was famous during spanish american war. Admiral deweys flag ship that captured manila in 1888. So its got a storied history. And there we actually see the disembarkation at the navy yard in washington dc. Here they are in the u. S. Capitol rotunda, and they have a platform that was used for president lincolns coffin. The president laying the thing across. They are representing the United States, and not to jump ahead too much but he will give the keynote speech. Here the cast is being carried down the steps of the United States capitol. That is the scene modern americans will be familiar with with similar ceremonies in our time, put on the horsedrawn gear that will make its way through the streets of washington and over to arlington ceremony. Lets watch for just a minute. There is a really interesting divers group of people that participated in the parade. You can see there were military groups. They formed a very important part of those participating, but you have veterans, female veterans as well. You are seeingy this in Downtown Washington dc. I believe those women are from the army nurse corps. It is hard to tell, but we have representation. Or maybe salvation army. They can be. Some of the uniforms look very similar until you can see their insignia. We are asking students to participate in the documentary camera video contest by asking what is the most urgent issue for donald trump and the congress to address for 2017. This is open to all high school and middle School Students grades six through 12. You can be in a group of up to three for a five to seven minute documentary. A grand prize of 5,000 will go to the student or team with the best overall entry. 100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded and shared between students and teachers. The deadline is january 20 2017. That is inauguration day. For more information, go to our website, studentcam. Org. Coming up next, comparing approaches to historical narrative. Historical documentary producer grace guggenheim. Historical researcher michael hill, who coproduced the civil war. The Historical Society hosted this event. It is about one hour and 20 minutes. Mcbride. Tacy