World War One Footage

On World War I training. Reel 1, student officers exercise, learn to ride and jump horses, and move artillery into firing positions. Reel 2, mounted and dismounted troops pass in review before officers.

On World War I activities. Shows QM warehouses in Brooklyn under construction. The 102nd Engineers snake logs from the woods at Camp Humphries, Va., load them on freight cars, dynamite stumps, saw lumber in a mill, construct a railroad trestle, lay tracks, construct a concrete road, and erect wooden barracks. The freighter L'Enfante is unloaded at a Potomac River port. Sec. of War Baker, Gens. March, Black, and Abbott, and Col. Cornelius Vanderbilt dedicate the completed barracks.

Reel 1 (Paramount News), Pres. Roosevelt and other Memorial Day visitors to the amphitheater at the Arlington National Cemetery, Va., hear Pershing stress the necessity for the U.S. to undertake world leadership and to sponsor peace as a national policy. Reels 2-4 are missing. Reel 5 (Movietone News), Pershing and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt cut a cake at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C., on the 18th birthday of the "Gray Ladies."

A cargo of flour is unloaded at Brest in 1918 from the freighter West Bridge. Shows torpedo holes in the ship. 129th Inf. and Negro labor troops unload clothing and food from the freighters Zeelandia, Pocahontas, Wilhelmina, and Kurch onto lighters. Shows materiel piled on the dock by huge cranes. Locomotives and tenders are derricked ashore from the Firmore. The labor crews eat.

On the Japanese bombing and occupation of Shanghai. The 31st U.S. Inf. Div. marches through the streets. Bombs set buildings afire. Chinese flee the city, carrying belongings. British soldiers keep the line of refugees moving. Chinese are searched and questioned by Japanese marines. Japanese artillery bombards sectors of the city; infantry troops rush through the streets and load Chinese on trucks. Shows wounded Chinese and a Chinese refugee family eating.

On World War I activities. Reel 1 shows Gen. H. E. Wilkens. Cloth is sponged, rolled, and cut in a Q.M. supply building, New York City. Pieces are assembled, button holes made, and buttons affixed. Uniforms are inspected. Leather is cut for shoes. Reel 2, shoes are stitched, finished, and inspected. Leggings are sewed. Blankets are pressed. Clothing is baled by machine. Shows materiel stacked on a dock at Governor's Island.

On publicizing the loans, 1917-1918. Reel 1, War Sec. Baker poses in front of Keith's Theater, Washington, D.C., with Liberty Bonds. Treasury Sec. McAdoo greets Douglas Fairbanks. McAdoo and Navy Sec. Daniels address crowds on the Ellipse. Pres. Wilson leads a parade in Chicago. Parade units pass a reviewing stand in New York City. Reel 2, McAdoo raises the French flag over the Treasury Bldg. honoring French Legionnaires. Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Marie Dressler sell bonds during a Washington parade. McAdoo, John Philip Sousa, and Adm. Sims review the parade. Vice Pres. Marshall 1133 makes a speech following a New York parade. Reel 3 Japanese movie star Sessue Hayakawa and Blanche Sweet speak and sell bonds in Hollywood. Reel 4, military equipment from the "Victory Loan" train is paraded in Richmond, Va. A huge adding machine totals Detroit's contributions. Shows parades in Philadelphia and in two unidentified towns. Reel 5, military units parade in New York. Eloise Mann ascends in a U.S. Army balloon at New York's Van Cortlandt Park.

Reel 1 (sd.), Part 1 (Paramount News), MacArthur is decorated by Sec. Dern in 1935. Part 2 (Movietone News), he speaks on Philippine independence. Parts 3-5 (Paramount Sound News), Fr. troops pass in review at Rheims. MacArthur speaks on the French position in Europe. Chief of Staff Summerall resigns at Ft. Myer; new Chief MacArthur is greeted by Sec. Hurley in 1930. He speaks on military preparedness. Reel 2 (si. Austrian film entitled "Aus dem leben des osterr Bundesheeres"), MacArthur views Austrian maneuvers, bridge construction activities, and memorial services at a cemetery.

On World War I training. Reel 1, student officers exercise, learn to ride and jump horses, and move artillery into firing positions. Reel 2, mounted and dismounted troops pass in review before officers.

On World War I activities. Worn Army clothing is sorted, cleaned, and pressed at Camp Humphries, Va. Lumber is sorted. Clothes are sorted, pressed, and sized in a Q.M. center in New York City. Hats are steamed and blocked. Shoes are disinfected, softened, and repaired.

Part 1, William Howard Taft reviews parading troops at Camp Jackson, S.C., on Jan. 31, 1918. Part 2 shows the funeral of Taft on March 11, 1930. A caisson carries Taft's body from his Washington, D. C., home to the Capitol. Citizens view the body in the Capitol Rotunda. The body is borne by caisson to All Souls Unitarian Church. Shows Taft's grave in Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

Reel 1 shows the Gatun Locks, tugs in Gatun Lake, aerial views of Culebra Cut and jungle areas, and a freighter passing through locks. Reel 2, dams are opened and water rushes through. Locks are filled and emptied. The freighter City of Lordsburg passes through. Natives hack through jungle vegetation, dam creeks, and spray marshes with oil. Engineers test stagnant pools. Shows native settlements in Panama City. A navy tug passes through Miraflores Locks.

Orville Wright takes off, flies a short distance, and lands in an early airplane. The Wright plane takes off accompanied by a De Haviland plane. Shows an early blimp in flight.

Reel 1, Pres. and Mrs. Wilson greet air mail pilots at Bolling Field (D.C.) in 1918. Douglas Cruisers land and Army pilots Smith, Nelson, Arnold, Wade, Ogden, and Harding are greeted by Mayor Curley in Boston in 1924. The pilots are greeted at Mitchel Field, N.Y.C. by the Prince of Wales; at Bolling Field by Pres. Coolidge, Sec. Weeks, and Gen. Mitchell; at Chicago by Mayor Dever and Gen. Hale; and at Columbus, Ohio. The Berlinger helicopter is tested at Bolling Field in 1925. Lts. Maitland and Hegenberger return from a 1929 trans-Pacific trip and are greeted at Bolling Field by Secs. Kellogg and Wilbur; Gens. Pershing, Fechet, and Patrick; Anthony Fokker; C.L. Lawrence; Lindbergh; and Eddie Rickenbacker. Reel 2, the Memphis docks at Wash., D.C, in 1927; Lindbergh debarks and rides to the Washington Monument with his mother and Postmaster Gen. New. The airship Los Angeles circles overhead. Coolidge and C.E. Hughes give Lindbergh medals. He lands the Spirit of St. Louis at Chicago and speaks at Soldiers Field. Shows Gen. Lassiter and Mayor Thompson. The Spirit of St. Louis departs from Bolling Field for Mexico. Lindbergh and Gens. Graves, Craig, and Cruikshank review troops at Ft. Amador, C.Z. Reel 3, Gens. Summerall and Fechet greet Mexican flyer Carranza at Bolling Field in 1928. Sec. Davis and Fr. Gen. Thenauld greet French pilots Costes and Lebrix at Bolling Field in 1928. Kellogg, Lindbergh, and Rickenbacker greet the crew of the airplane Bremen at Bolling Field in 1928. Coolidge greets fliers Fitzmaurice, Koehl, and von Huenefeld at the White House. The fliers visit the Capitol and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Reel 4, Gov. Small officiates as the pilots are honored by a Chicago parade. Sec. Davis presents the D.F.C. to Orville Wright. Pres. and Mrs. Hoover, Rickenbacker, and Fechet attend an air show. Rickenbacker poses with members of the 94th Aero Squadron.

Gen. Pershing and the 1st Division are welcomed in New York City, Philadelphia, Wilmington (Dela.), and Washington. Reel 1, Gen. Pershing, Gen. March, and Sec. of War Baker arrive by ferry at a New York pier. Pershing rides to City Hall where Gov. Al Smith greets him. Crowds cheer Pershing in Central Park. Pershing leads the 1st Div. down 5th Avenue. Baker, March, Smith, Mayor Hylan, John Wanamaker, and Sec. of the Treasury McAdoo review the 1st Div. In Philadelphia, Pershing is greeted by Gov. Sproul and Mayor Smith, plants a tree at Independence 1124 Hall, inspects cadets at Wanamaker's store, and arrives at the Union League. Gen. Pershing speaks to crowds from a train platform in Wilmington. Reel 2, Vice Pres. Marshall, Baker, and March meet Pershing at Union Station in Washington. Marshall and Pershing motor to the Shoreham Hotel. Pershing attends a track meet at Central High School and a baseball game at Griffith Stadium with Clark Griffith. Marshall, Baker, and Pershing review a 1st Division parade.

Cadets are inspected at West Point. Troops fire rifles on a range and scale a wall in skirmish formation. Artillery pieces are drawn into parade and drill formations. Cavalry units ride over hurdles and through wooded areas. Artillery pieces are advanced, loaded, and fired during a sham battle. Cavalry troopers pack their horses, are inspected, and, led by Gen. Funston, depart from Galveston, Tex., to occupy parts of Mexico.

hows Roosevelt seated in a lawn chair, standing on a porch, seated at a desk, and addressing & crowd in front of the Old Post Office Bldg. in Washington, D.C. Quentin Roosevelt poses in his Cavalry uniform. William H. Taft, Charles E. Hughes, and Gen. Leonard Wood walk in the funeral procession as Roosevelt is buried at Oyster Bay, New York, in 1919.

eel 1, spillways are erected, concrete poured, lock gates constructed, and emergency dams erected and swung across locks at Gatun, Miraflores, and Pedro Miguel. A dike is dynamited. Reel 2, rock is dynamited and removed by steam shovel and railroad crane. Reel 3, Culebra Cut is excavated and railroad track is taken up. The lower chamber of Gatun Locks is filled and a tug enters. Gamboa Dike is dynamited. Reel 4, the Cucuaracha slide is dynamited. Shows the dredging fleet. Reel 5, mud and rock are cleared from cuts. Sec. of War Garrison views operations.

Reel 1, spillways are erected, concrete poured, lock gates constructed, and emergency dams erected and swung across locks at Gatun, Miraflores, and Pedro Miguel. A dike is dynamited. Reel 2, rock is dynamited and removed by steam shovel and railroad crane. Reel 3, Culebra Cut is excavated and railroad track is taken up. The lower chamber of Gatun Locks is filled and a tug enters. Gamboa Dike is dynamited. Reel 4, the Cucuaracha slide is dynamited. Shows the dredging fleet. Reel 5, mud and rock are cleared from cuts. Sec. of War Garrison views operations.

The body of the Unknown Soldier is returned from France and interred in Arlington National Cemetery in 1921. Reel 1, the casket is removed from a train at Le Havre, borne through the city, and placed aboard the Olympia. Reel 2, the coffin is removed at the Wash. (D.C.) Navy Yard. Woodrow Wilson and large crowds view the coffin in the Capitol Rotunda. Shows the procession to the cemetery. Shows Gen. Pershing. Reel 3 shows the procession; the coffin being placed on a stand at the cemetery; crowds; soldiers; and the tomb.

On border patrol activities against Mexican bandits in 1916. Reel 1, inf. and art. unit, including the 4th F.A., pack mules and set up a camp near the border. Gen. Hoyt visits the camp. Reel 2, inf. units entrain and arrive at Columbus, N.M. Mountain artillery units at Ft. Bliss, Tex., load mules, enter the Sierra Madre Mts., practice range finding, treat wounded at a field hospital, and set up a portable radio station. A pontoon bridge is built and crossed by mules and vehicles. Mortars and artillery are positioned.

On airships, 1917-32. Reel 1, the British R-34 is prepared for flight at Roosevelt Field, N. Y. (1919). The Roma lands at Bolling Field (Wash., D.C.) in 1921, is christened, and presented to Sec. of War Weeks by the Italian Ambassador. The Army blimp C-2 lands at Crissy Field, San Francisco (1923). Reel 2, the Shenandoah circles D. C. (1923). Shows the Los Angeles being berthed at Bolling Field (Pres. and Mrs. Coolidge watching) In 1924 and flying ,over the Panama Canal (1928). The Los Angeles and the Akron are berthed at the Army War College (D. C.) in 1932. Lost German zeppelins land near Bourbonne Les Bains, France (1917).

Reel 1, U.S. troops debark at Manila; fishing boats dock in the harbor; children attend school and make rope; women weave hats; coconuts and sugar cane are harvested; troops drill at Camp John Hay; Igorots dance; Ateneo cadets drill. Reel 2, the Pacific fleet lies in Manila Bay. Gov. Gen. Stimson and Gen. MacArthur review a military parade. The 23rd Wagon Co. (Philippine Scouts) loads mules into boxcars; 45th Inf. (P.S.) troops detrain. The 45th Inf., 24th F.A., and 26th Cavalry make a forced march. The 45th and 57th Infs. (P.S.) parade at Camp John Hay in 1929.

Reel 1, Gen. James G. Harbord views Constantinople from the liner Martha Washington, inspects Turkish wheat fields, greets Armenian priests, and visits a mosque. Vendors dispense goods in Andana, Turkey. Natives wash clothes in the Sihon River. Mission members are greeted by city officials and Arab leaders, and review parading Turkish cavalry and infantry at Mardin. Shows the mission camp and native caravans near the Devegechid River. The mission leaves the Kharput town hall, pushes cars and trucks from sand near the Euphrates River, watches Khurdish natives build a bridge, reviews Turkish troops in Sivas, and visits a Red Cross orphanage, in Erzinjan. Reel 2, mission members arrive in Ezeroum and view football games, Turkish wrestling, and native dances. Armenian soldiers parade in Kars. Harbord meets Prime Minister Khatassian and reviews troops at Erivan. The Armenian cabinet poses. Shows Erivan street scenes with Mt. Ararat in the background. Mission members board the Martha Washington at Trebizond, Turkey. The ship sails through the Bosphorus Strait.

Presentation of Tentative Treaty Terms to Austrian Delegates: St. Germain, France