Member of the Arab Delegation Prince Emir Faisal and his attendants seen walking. He has arrived to attend the Paris Peace Conference in Paris.
United States President Woodrow Wilson waves his hat as he leaves Hotel Crillon,Paris. He came to attend the first meeting of the committee to form the League of Nations. Dignitaries greet him while he leaves. A Greek guard seen in his native costume waiting outside for the Greek delegates. President of China,Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo leave Hotel Crillon after attending the meeting.
View of a motor car. United States President Woodrow Wilson arrives at Quai d'Orsay, French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. President Wilson arriving to attend the Fourth Plenary session of the League of Nations after the end of World War I. Dignitaries standing at the entrance of Quai d' Orsay (37, Quai d'Orsay - 75007 Paris) to greet the President. Guards and are cameramen seen.
United States President Woodrow Wilson leaving the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (37, Quai d'Orsay - 75007 Paris). Wilson leaves after explaining the terms of the Paris Peace Conference to the smaller powers. Delegates seen standing while President Wilson moves. President Wilson boarding his motor car.
United States Secretary of State Christian Archibald Herter and other Foreign Ministers at Policy conference in Paris. Secretary of State Christian Herter enters the French Foreign Ministry. He talks with the British,French and West German Foreign Minister to establish a common grounds in preparation for their Summit meeting in Geneva.
German troops are seen in white winter uniforms, during World War 2, with some holding panzerfaust. Narrator mentions combat against Anglo-Canadian forces, and then speaks of preparation for the New Year's offensive. Heinrich Himmler, as commander of Army Group "Oberrhein" had ordered the launch of Operation Nordwind to recapture Strasbourg. Accordingly, On New Year's Eve, 1945,The Germans launch an offensive (Nordwind) into Alsace, attacking the Allied 6th Army Group at multiple points. On January 5, 1945, Army Group Oberrhein begins a support attack by General Otto von dem Bach's XIV SS Corps, the 553d Volksgrenadier Division, reinforced with armor and commando units. They are seen crossing the Rhine river in small boats at Gambsheim, just ten miles north of Strasbourg. Allied aircraft bomb German positions on the West bank of the Rhein (Rhine) River. The German troopers seize high ground West of the Rhein. German troops are seen firing recoilless anti-tank weapons in a field, Views of knocked out British and American tanks. Abandoned German Jagdpanzer IV faces a U.S. Tank Destroyer. German troops are seen advancing into town North of Strasbourg (Herrlisheim, Drusenheim, Offendorf ?). Scenes of destruction in town. Words: "Haus Bewohnt Civil" scrawled on homes to identify them as civilian occupied.
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