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Robert Lansing welcomes British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour and other British Commissioners in Washington DC.
Arrival of British Commissioners to the War Council in Washington DC. Union Station decorated with Allies colors in honor of their arrival. United States Secretary of States Robert Lansing welcomes British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour and other British Commissioners. The party accompanied by military escort proceeds to Breckenridge Long's home which will be occupied by Arthur Balfour. British Commissioners leave the State Department building to meet U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.
Presidents Woodrow Wilson and William Howard Taft with other officials dedicate the Red Cross Headquarters in Washington DC
Dedication ceremonies for the new American Red Cross Headquarters building in Washington DC. The President of United States Woodrow Wilson and the former President William Howard Taft with other officials, including Jean Jules Jusserand (French Ambassador to the United States during World War I) dedicate the new Red Cross Headquarters building. Scenes from a parade of uniformed Red Cross women and vehicles. Officials stand and greet each other at the end of cermonies at 17th and D Street, NW, Washington DC.
Second inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson
Second inauguration of President Thomas Woodrow Wilson at the United States Capitol in Washington DC. President Wilson with First Lady of the United States Edith Bolling Galt Wilson in carriage. Carriages carrying the President and party leaving the White House on their way to the Capitol for the inauguration. Views of the crowd gathered at the United States Capitol. Officials arriving and being seated for the ceremony. Intermittent views of the Inaugural parade. President Wilson taking the oath of office for his second term, during World War I.
Ship building derricks and structures. Flag raising ceremony at the U.S. Shipping Board Building in Washington DC.
Mass of ship building derricks and structures, at waters edge, viewed from boat entering channel. Members of the U.S. Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation preparing to implement orders to commandeer all U.S. shipyards and hulls, under construction therein, for the U.S. war effort. Shipping Board Chairman, Edward N. Hurley, is at corner leaning toward the man at head of table (Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps, General Manager of Emergency Fleet Corporation ?), U.S. Shipping Board flag is raised at a shipyard building, where it flutters in wind. A number of Army soldiers present in uniform. Official addresses gathering of shipyard workers and explains the takeover and has them pledge, with hands raised, to work for the success of the war effort. Other officials speak, as well. The shipyard workers wave their hats in sign of approval. Everyone leaves to get back to building ships.
Countess Von Bernstorff, with her husband after arriving on the S.S. Frederik VIII .
Countess Von Bernstorff, wife of the German Ambassador to the United States USA Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff, is seen with her husband after arriving on the ocean liner ship S.S. Frederik VIII . Two other unidentified men are also seen. They are departing from the USA for Germany during WWI as diplomatic relations between the two countries are severed.