Major Brown Scott - American Authority on International Law, and Dr. Sidney Edward Mezes - an American philosopher, appointed as the Director of THE INQUIRY,a think tank set up by Woodrow Wilson to study the diplomatic positions. Dr. Mezes was a part of the American Commission to negotiate Peace at the treaty of Versailles in 1919.They are accompanied with their wives on the USS George Washington ship sailing to Europe for the Paris Peace Conference. View of life boat on the side of the ship. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
President Franklin D.Roosevelt (FDR) sitting at a desk, reading congratulatory letters and telegrams from supporters. He is surrounded by grandchildren: Curtis Dall,Jr.; Sara Roosevelt; and Anna Eleanor Dall. Next is a closeup of FDR signing a letter thanking Dan V. Stephens for his telegram. (Stephens was Democratic Congressman from Nebraska's 3rd District, 1911-1919. He died in January, 1939.) Scene changes to the lawn at "Springwood," the Roosevelt family estate in Hyde Park, New York, where President and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt are sitting in wicker lawn chairs. She is knitting, and FDR is paying attention to the grandchildren, Sara and Curtis, who are riding horses,and granddaughter, Sara, on a pony. He talks with Sara. Closeup of Sara. The President is next seen relaxing with his stamp collection. Finally, he is seen sitting by the fireplace, with his mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt.
Henry Ford, John Burroughs and Harvey Firestone (Senior) wash faces at a table from basins outdoors while camping. A mirror is hanged on a pole nearby the table. After washing faces, the men wipe it with towels kept under the table. Henry Ford looks into mirror. Thomas Edison also arrives there and washes his face. The men eat at a table. Waiters serve food and beverages.
Men eat on a table outdoors. Waiters serve them. Henry Ford steps down from a cab of a railroad locomotive. Harvey Firestone (Senior) also steps down from the cab. The two along with Thomas Edison and John Burroughs converse out side the cab. Men stand and attend the parked and touring automobiles. Tents in a row.
Workers bring and dump wheelbarrows at a construction site. Men constructing a frame house. Trucks are parked in the construction site. Two men take measurements and mark the ground. A worker carries a load on his shoulder. Workers with timber and Power shovel dig a wide ditch.
A Ford Eagle boat in dock. A flag on its bow side. Men on deck lower down the ropes. Men on ground fasten these ropes to a block.