U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson delivers a speech in Paris, France during World War I. Officials seated in the background. The flag of the United States. President Wilson delivers the speech.
Eddie Rickenbacker flies a plane in Paris, France during World War I. Men push aircraft. The aircraft are lined up on the ground. Eddie Rickenbacker, an American fighter pilot, and other pilots wearing uniforms stand beside the aircraft and smile. Rickenbacker gets into an aircraft. The aircraft takes off. It flies over the clouds. Rickenbacker in the cockpit during the flight.
United States Air Mail Service in Paris, France during World War I. A man shows the mail received by the U.S. Air Mail Service. U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson arrives. A crowd gathers and watches a van of 'United States Air Mail Service'. Men carry a bag of mail. President Wilson talks to a pilot and they shake hands. An aircraft on the ground.
U.S. troops boarding a troop carrier ship during World War One. British Admiral David Beatty aboard an American battleship welcoming U.S. Battleship Division Nine to the British Grand Fleet.
U.S. Navy Female Yeomen are assembled in formation on the deck of the wooden battleship, "Landship Recruit" at Union Square in New York City. They adjust their formation and, in response to command from Navy officer, all point toward a Navy recruiting sign held aloft by a sailor. City buildings and street traffic, including street cars, are seen on street in background. Pedestrians walk past the site. Change scene: Momentary glimpse of British King George V decorating a sailor, aboard a ship.
A large group of French women stand on a pier, waving American flags, as a troop ship arrives at a port in France, during World War 1. American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), soldiers of the U.S.1st Infantry Division, crowd her deck. The troops are seen leaving the ship by gangplank, and crowding the pier. They then assemble and march off. They proceed through dense crowds on both sides of their line of march. U.S. troops marching along a French city street are approached by French women expressing their appreciation. A French policeman walks with a bicycle, alongside the troops. French policemen march along, behind the Americans. Scene shifts to American soldiers playing musical instruments as others dance with women at an outdoor waterfront cafe, as they wait for transport. Allied officers are seen standing in front of a collection of canvas covered shelters, with a sign above, reading: "Camp Franco-Americain." (This is where arriving American troops undergo training by the French.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)