Still photo taken at an unidentified airfield, presumably in Italy. An Italian bomber aircraft parked on the airfield. Some hangar buildings in the distant background.
Gabriele D'Annunzio and his contingent of Italian military volunteers occupy Fiume, Croatia, in the name of Italy, as the Austro-Hungarian empire ends following World War I. D'Annunzio speaks to the troops. Soldiers gather on a street near dock. Crowd on the street raises hats and carry officers on their shoulders. D'Annunzio shakes hand with soldiers, as he makes his way through the crowd, and sits with a group of volunteers..
Arrival of dignitaries at Quai D'Orsay (37, Quai d'Orsay - 75007 Paris), the French ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, for the Paris Peace Conference. The dignitaries include Vittorio Emanuele Orlando- prime minister of Italy, Italian Foreign Minister Baron Sidney Sonnino, British prime minister David Lloyd George, United States advisor of the supreme war council General Tasker Bliss, Secretary of State Robert Lansing, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, French Prime Minister Georges Benjamin Clemenceau, French President Raymond Poincare, French statesman Stephen Pichon, British politician and statesman Lord Arthur James Balfour.
Arrival of United States President Woodrow Wilson and Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Physician to President Wilson. They arrive at Quai d' Orsay (37, Quai d'Orsay - 75007 Paris) - French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs to attend a preliminary conference. President Woodrow Wilson bows his hat to greet the dignitaries. Other dignitaries arriving include Prime Minister of Italy Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Italian Foreign Minister Baron Sonnino, Secretary of United States Robert Lansing, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, British statesman Lord Arthur J. Balfour, American advisor of the supreme war council General Tasker H. Bliss, Prime Minister of France Georges B. Clemenceau, French Minister of Construction M. Loucher. View of Salle d' Horloge- the interior of the Quai d'Orsay where the conference was arranged. Cameramen with their camera mounted on stands seen standing. Reporters and guards can be seen. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Events during the Paris Peace Conference after World War I. The Big Four- Prime Minister of United Kingdom David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of Italy Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, President of United States Woodrow Wilson, and Prime Minister of France Georges Benjamin Clemenceau are seen. They were the dominant diplomatic figures in the Paris Peace Conference and played a major role in designing The Treaty of Versailles.
Final throes of World War I and postwar situation. German submarines sinking allied ships. American workers work in war plants. U.S. Army General John Joseph Pershing visits France. American soldiers disembark from a ship in France. Germans defeat Russians on Eastern front and divert troops to the Western front. German soldiers on horse drawn wagons and others walk carrying guns as they move. Riots in Russia after it collapses in war. American soldiers fire field artillery. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson writes letters to countries at war like Germany. Papers with the 14 points to maintain peace. The soldiers of Germany and America on battle field. Dead soldiers on ground. Soldiers carry another injured soldier on a stretcher. The people protest during a rebellion in Germany. Soldiers of America cheer signing of Armistice. Cemetery. .Americans on streets in the U.S. after the war. President Woodrow Wilson goes on a tour of Europe. He sails to different places. Prime Minister David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France, and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States in France during the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Map shows the different nations formed after the war. The president returns after his visit. Henry Cabot Lodge, a U.S. senator. President visits different places to explain the peace treaty. Sketches show the President suffering a paralytic stroke and his wife takes his important decisions. Sketch depict the opponents of the peace treaty and the defeat of the league of nations. Warren Gamaliel Harding elected as the new President Harbinger of the future: views of Adolf Hitler on the rise in postwar Germany.