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U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson delivers a speech in Paris during his visit to France.

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.

Date: 1917
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070592
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, an American fighter pilot, gets into a cockpit and takes off from Paris, France.

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.

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070593
U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson talks to a pilot about the U.S. Air Mail Service in Paris, France.

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.

Date: 1917
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070594
New U.S. infantrymen learn to fire rifles, make trenches and advance on a battlefield, in preparation for going to war in France

Training of U.S. Army infantrymen in the United States. A newspaper headline reads ' infantrymen arrive in France'. The infantrymen are taught to advance on a battlefield. Recruits in New York's Rainbow Division are seen marching in the mud, at Camp Mills, Long Island, They undergo physical training at the camp. They learn to fire rifles and dig trenches. They inhabit a tent city at the camp. Scenes of Rainbow Division soldiers on a chow line at Camp Mills. After basic training, the soldiers board ships and trains for France. Loved ones give them a sendoff. Upon arrival in France, they are given a warm welcome.They resume training in France, until they are ordered to the Front. Scenes of U.S. infantry in trenches wearing gas masks and firing rifles. Tanks advancing across the trenches. View of the 7th Regiment World War I memorial statue in Central Park, New York City.

Date: 1917
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073596
People gather in a large number to greet Prime Minister Clemenceau in Alsace-Lorraine, France.

French Prime Minister Clemenceau visits Alsace-Lorraine, France, during World War 1. People gather in a large number to greet the Prime Minister. A sign at the top of building reads : 'Depart'. Children wave hands. A car passes on a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. People walk along the street. Cars arrive at a building. Dignitaries stand outside the building.

Date: 1917
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045989
U.S. President Wilson declares war against Germany and U.S. General Pershing arrives in France during World War I.

America declares war against Germany during World War I. A report in ' New York Tribune ' is pictured. President Woodrow Wilson at his desk in his office in Washington D.C., United States as he declares war against Germany. A copy of Joint Resolution declaring war against Germany. General Pershing reaches England and then France where he visits Napoleon's tomb, Les Invalides along with other French officers. United States Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels and Assistant Secretary of Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt as America joins the war. Allied ships underway at sea. United States battleship New York at sea. Sailors aboard a ship. Admiral Rodman addresses the crew aboard a ship.

Date: 1917, April
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042413