Ellis Loring Dresel, U.S. Charge' d'affaires stands on sidewalk in Berlin, Germany, with other diplomats, following the signing of Peace Treaty between the United States and Germany, after World War I. He enters a car along with other officials. View of signed Treaty of Peace, signed by Mr. Dresel and also by German Foreign Minister, Dr. Friedrich Rosen.
German crowd assembles in Lustgarten during World War 1 period. Scene shifts to Deutsches Stadion or "German Stadium" (Deutsches Stadion, Olympischer Platz 3, 14053 Berlin) in Berlin, where marchers in traditional uniforms, carry flags of various German constituent territories, around the perimeter of the field. They pause to lower the flags in salute. Next, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, Chief of the German General Staff, and his deputy, General Erich Ludendorff, lead a procession of German officers and officials, from near the main building in the stands. One of their group carries a sign reading: "1.G.I.D."
Enrico Caruso with his wife arrive in a boat. Caruso and other debark. Caruso and his wife at the dock. Stationary boats in the background.Caruso plays a hand-clapping game with several women. His wife goes into the water to swim. He teases her. Caruso picks up a chair and approaches the cinematographer threatening, playfully, then sets chair down and sits on it, backwards. He engages in fun, joke boxing with a young man. Caruso hold his daughter and his wife stands next to him. [Note: These are last known surviving moving images of Enrico Caruso, taken in Italy 1921, only a few weeks before his untimely death. His daughter Gloria (seen in the film) was born in December 1919, and was a year and a half. Enrico Caruso died from pleurisy in Sorrento on August 2nd, 1921, aged 48.]
Poster of French actress Sarah Bernhardt as Queen Elizabeth in motion picture. Views of the running film. Fragments of other films. Cowboy movie star William S. Hart.
Austro-Hungarian archduke Franz Ferdinand meets and enjoys animated conversation with his friend Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, in a park in Vienna, Austria. Both are dressed in similar outfits and carry canes. (Note: opening slate refers to Wilhelm I. It should read Wilhelm II.)
King Edward VII, of England, with Queen Alexandra and daughters, Victoria and Maud, arriving quayside at Swansea Harbor in Glamorgan, Wales to participate in ceremonial cutting of first sod for new dock to be named "Kings Dock" in honor of Edward VII. The royal party is formally greeted by Viscount Windsor, Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, and Griffith Thomas, Mayor of Swansea.
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