View of the French guards standing. United States President Woodrow Wilson leave the French Academy after inspection. He is on his visit to France for the Paris Peace Conference. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Mr. Floyd Gibbons, war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during World War I, standing in uniform and talking. He is seen following his wounding at the front. He is passing through Paris enroute to the United States. Gibbons is seen with a patch over his injured eye (permanently lost) and his hand fractured. He had been hit by German gunfire while attempting to rescue an American soldier during the Battle of Belleau Wood.
Marshal Joffre presides at a celebration in honor of Mr Edward Shearson, American philanthropist and Chairman of the American Committee of the Fatherless Children of France. Marshal Joffre is seen at a party held by the committee of Fraternite Franco-Americaine, where he was present to thank the children of America for aiding orphan children of France in World War I. Joffre stands with William Graves Sharp, American Ambassador to France, who holds a glass in hand. Joffre talks to the people in the party. Also present at the party: Captain Charles Carroll of Carrollton Maryland, from the American Red Cross; Admiral Fournier, Andre Tardieu, French High Commissioner to the United States; Louis LaFerre, French Minister of Public Instruction.
A large cheering crowd spread across the streets of Paris on the day of Armistice which marks the end of World War I. Crowd has a large number of women as well. The celebrating crowd cheers for the motorcade of delegates going for the peace talks.
World War 1 Captured German equipment displayed in Hotel des Invalides. Crowds and traffic at Concorde square. German tanks, cannons, field guns, railroad guns, and gun carriages displayed in Hotel des Invalides.
A World War 1 captured German railroad gun in midst of crowd in Paris. Closeup views of captured German artillery shells and other German equipment can be seen in area near Hotel des Invalides. Eiffel Tower rising high in background with rail gun barrel pointed in its direction. Large crowd of people aboard a captured German submarine at dock. View of French sailors, some American Army officers, and citizens walking up dock to shore after inspecting the submarine.