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American Military Mission to Armenia is greeted in Mardin, Turkey.
Camera pans across welcoming delegation of local officials lined up in front of the railroad train of the so-called American Military Mission to Armenia, aka the Harbord Commission. (Some U.S. soldiers can be seen in and near the train.) It was arriving in Mardin, by rail, from Adana and Allepo. (Reportedly, the gentleman in black, standing to the right hand side of the lady, in the welcoming delegation, is Abdurrahman Kavvas, a descendant of the Ortoqid family that ruled Eastern Anatolia, Northern Syria and Northern Iraq in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.) In a change of scene, the camera pans over a large group of local people who pose standing side-by-side. A contingent of Turkish cavalry ride past, followed by a squad of marching Turkish infantry.
American military mission to Turkey and Armenia ready to depart Kharput, Turkey
View from building overlooking driveway, where vehicles and members of the U.S. post-war Military Mission to Turkey and Armenia, are preparing to depart Kharput, Turkey. Local people watch the activity from roof tops nearby.
Soldiers of American Mission to Turkey and Armenia, push vehicles up sandy slope, near Euphrates River.
U.s. soldiers of the American Military Mission to Turkey and Armenia, push several of their military vehicles up a sandy sloping road from vicinity of the Euphrates River, near Kharput (Elazıg) Turkey. The last car in the group appears to be a 1918 Ford Model T Touring car. It displays a small American flag on it's radiator.
Members of U.S. Military Mission, to Turkey and Armenia, watch watch Kurdish workers building a bridge across the Euphrates River
Members, of the U.S. Military Mission to Turkey and Armenia, stand upon a bridge under construction over the Euphrates River, and watch Kurdish construction workers manually raising a heavy weight in a wooden pile driver at the river bank. Camera pans across the bridge.
American military mission, to Turkey and Armenia, visits Erzincan, Turkey.
Members of the U.S. Military Mission to Turkey and Armenia, following World War 1, climb the steps of the Courthouse in Erzinjan (Erzincan) Turkey (the Provincial Capital). Next, an honor guard of Turkish infantry are seen marching along the street. Local people stand at the side of the road, across from the government building, where two Turkish soldiers stretch a banner across the steps reading (in French) "Long live the 12th principle of Wilson." (This alludes to the 12th point in a speech by U.S. President Wilson in January, 1918, that set the stage for ending World War 1. It stated, in essence, that The Turkish part of the Ottoman Empire should remain sovereign, while other nationalities under Turkish rule should be free to develop autonomously.) The film ends showing members of the Mission visiting a Red Cross Orphanage, where a group of little girls walk past them.
American military mission to Turkey and Armenia is welcomed by Turkish military in Erzurum, Turkey.
Camera pans across Turkish officers of the 14th Army Corps assembled in Erzurum,to receive American Army Major General James G. Harbord, Head of a U.S. post-war Military Mission to Turkey and Armenia. The camera pan ends with members of a brass band and their instruments. Next, General Harbord is seen saluting as he walks past the assembled officers. He is accompanied by his staff officers and escorted by Turkish General Kazim Karabekir Pasha.
