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.
Herbert Hoover, Head of American Food Administration, together with another man seated in a flatbed truck, arrives to inspect the first corn of the new harvest in Washington during World War 1. They see sacks full of corns on the truck bed. The man takes out an ear of corn.
Red Cross nurses make cloth masks to wear while caring for thousands of Spanish Flu patients in Boston, Massachusetts during epidemic outbreak. A nurse demonstrates how to wear a mask over the mouth and nose. Red Cross caps on the heads of the nurses. Brief slate at end of clips reads, "To avoid influenza: Cough or sneeze in a handkerchief. Keep your mouth, nose, and skin clean!"
Women wearing swim suits at a queue in Venice, California. A man paints mark on the leg of a woman as all bathers required to have identification marks painted on them before entering the water. Other women wait. Opening slate describes the practice as a "French fad."
Newsreel entitled "Babe Ruth Breaks All Home Run Records." Title screen notes Ruth has hit 26 home runs to this point in 1919 season, a major league baseball record at the time. Shots of Ruth warming up pitching arm before game at Boston's Fenway Park, with park's famed "Green Monster" wall in background. Shots of Ruth pitching. Shots of Ruth swatting a long hit, running to first base and rounding the base toward second. Shots of crowd waving hats and cheering. Shot of Ruth rounding third, heading for home.
Older men and women dance at a garden in Oakland, California. The dancers from the "class of '61" (1861 - Civil War era) square dance in pairs. They dance to the tune of "Johnny in the low ground" and "Turkey in the Straw".
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