Law enforcement officials leaving a building. Wholesale arrests of gangsters. Police load them into police vans. A Police van drives out onto the street. Al Capone arrives by car and ascends steps of courthouse to appear before Federal Grand Jury. Large number of people mill about on sidewalk outside the building. Capone exits the building, descends steps, enters a car and drives away. Mayor William "Big Bill" Thompson exits the building with a woman. He reaches out to another woman who joins them at the top step by the doorway.
The flags of United States and United Kingdom fly from a launch. The British Battleship Cruiser ship, Renown, carrying Edward VIII, Prince of Wales, on his second Empire Cruise, is anchored nearby. The Prince of Wales, in military uniform, arrives by launch. He is accompanied by officials. As he steps from the dock, he is saluted by an American soldier. Accompanying him are British military and naval officers and U.S.civilian officials (in top hats). Lord Louis Mountbatten is a member of the Prince's party. Officials in the group include Air Commodore L.E.O. Charlton, the British Air Attache in the United States and Robert Wood Bliss, Chief of Western European Affairs in the U.S. State Department. Both were dispatched by the British and American governments, respectively, from Washington, DC. The Prince is greeted enthusiastically by a welcoming crowd. The Prince of Wales acknowledges the crowd. He enters an open car and is joined by U.S. State Department representative, Robert Wood Bliss.
Marie of Edinburg, Queen of Romania, chats with ship's officer, as he pets her dog, aboard the deck of the United States Lines flagship, SS Leviathan, as it arrives in New York harbor. A welcoming party, including children dressed in Romanian traditional costumes, carrying welcome signs, and including a brass band, awaits Queen Marie's arrival. The band begins to play as Queen Marie comes down the gangplank to the pier.
Passengers embark an ocean liner at a pier in New York City. Friends and family wave from the pier as tug boats guide the ship away from the dock. View of the New York skyline as the ship heads out to sea. View of 4-stacker ocean liner at sea (the Cunard Line's SS Aquitania). Ship's officers seen in the wheelhouse. Passengers stroll the decks; play deck games (shuffleboard); rest on deck chairs; and have drinks at the bar. Scenes of fancy food displays and chefs at work. One chef pours wine into food being cooked, and then takes a swig from the bottle, himself.
A steamship carrying tourists arrives at port in France. Tourists board a steam locomotive passenger train from the port to Paris. View of railroad train at station, passengers on platform, and train departing. Locomotive engineer's point of view (POV) from moving train of the track ahead and surrounding scenery as the train speeds toward Paris. Point of view (POV) through open window in moving train car. A man and woman relaxing in their passenger compartment on the train. Paris street scenes. Street vendors. Luggage handlers. Luggage being loaded into taxicab. Paris policeman directing traffic on the streets. A nun in habit wearing a large white hat. Pedestrians on sidewalks. Dog in a car. Traffic in downtown Paris and many Paris landmarks as seen from point of view of a moving car. Car approaching Arc de Triomphe. Guests arriving at a hotel. Woman and man exit car and step into hotel.
Wealthy women and Haute Couture in Paris, France. The Place Vendôme. Hotel Ritz with taxis parked in front. Views of designer shops. Jewelry on display in the storefront of Cartier. Worth and Coty and Guerlain storefronts. A woman goes on a shopping spree, pointing and buying bags, shoes, jewelry, and dresses that catches her eye. Private fashion shows for wealthy women clients. Models show fashionable flapper dresses inside salons.
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