Prime Minister of France Aristide Briand and another officer pose in a lawn outside a building. They are chatting and looking down at a small dog standing with them.
Tribute paid to an American soldier in Chalons-en-Champagne, France. People gathered in the city hall (Pl. du Maréchal Foch, 51000 Châlons-en-Champagne, France). The American flag on the building. Officers salute as soldiers carry the coffin of the American soldier who is the selected unknown American soldier, chosen to be represent all such soldiers in the tomb of the unknown soldier in the United States. Officers on horses in the background. The soldiers place the coffin of the unknown soldier on a horse driven caisson. The coffin is carried on the cart. The soldiers and the officers march in the background. An officer addresses people. The soldiers carry the coffin on a dock followed by the officers. People place wreaths on the coffin. The French and the American flag on the ship USS Olympia. The ship leaves the dock. People stand and watch from the dock, bound for the United States and final burial ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.
UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George comes out of a building, followed by Prime Minister of France Aristide Briand. They get into the car.
General John Joseph Pershing in Paris, France. He lays a Congressional Medal of Honor on grave of the Unknown Soldier of France at the Arc de Trimophe. Men lined up in the background. Close view of Medal of Honor on grave of French unknown soldier. American soldiers march through Paris in tribute. Crowd lined up on roadside.
Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Ship Quest underway at sea after stopping at Lisbon, Portugal. The Quest underway in the Atlantic Ocean. View from Quest as it passes the five masted sailing ship "France II" (stated as"La France" in the film slates), the largest sailing ship in the world, as it approaches St. Paul Rocks off the coast of Brazil. (France II was built by Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde in Bordeaux, and was launched November 9, 1911.)
A French Char 2C Heavy Tank being tested in France following World War I. The tank moves out of a pond and rolls across a field. Soldiers lying on the ground behind the tank. The tank moves into the pond.