Charles Evans Hughes (Supreme Court Justice, Republican presidential candidate, Secretary of State) poses for camera after arriving at a building by car. Doorman opens the car door for him. Next scene: In his office, President Woodrow Wilson writes at his desk.
World War 1 American military ambulance railroad train in the United States. Lettering "Medical Department U.S. Army" written on the train. Emblem painted on the train.
Unidentified man at New York harbor pier. The occasion is the departure of Ambassador to the United States Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff to Germany.
Aviation cadets of U.S. Army Air Service or Aviation Section of U.S. Signal Corps undergo aviation training in the United States before wartime deployment during World War 1. Cadets march in uniforms. They examine a biplane and work on it. They observe an airplane engine running and learn about it. They sit perched over a painted mock aerial landscape and take notes or a test noting features of the landscape.
U.S. Army Air Service or Aviation Section of U.S. Signal Corps cadets undergo aviation training in United States. Buildings in the background. They stand near tables and make gun barrels. They make dummy bombs from plaster of Paris. They also make shells and other World War 1 era armaments.
U.S. Army Air Service or Aviation Section of U.S. Signal Corps Cadets seated at desks look at airplanes on projector in United States and learn about dogfight scenarios. They write down their observations in their notebooks. They fire rifles and machine guns at a range, the latter as practice for aerial machine gun use. Instructors guide them. They fire at target boards painted with target World War 1 enemy aircraft.