The city of Madrid in Spain after the Spanish Civil War comes to an end. Views of bomb damaged and ruined buildings in Madrid. Captured rifles piled up. Two women carry away bricks in a basket during clean-up work. Civilians having their food. Spanish Head of State, Regent of the Kingdom Francisco Franco waves to crowd. Scene changes completely to Dolores Ibárruri , known more famously as "La Pasionaria" (passion flower) arriving in France,on her way to Russia. She walks with companions after arriving at a train station. Photographers take pictures of her and her companions. They exit the station to the street, where she and some of her companions enter an automobile.
The functions of United States Trade Center trade shows organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. manufacturers at a international trade show in Paris France talk to prospective international buyers. A man talks on phone. People inside the trade center. Woman explains about a product. Motor bikes or motorcycles displayed at the trade center. People look at various products. A man holds up a tank top with "USA" written on it. Women seated at a desk and working. One of the woman talks on telephone. View at an airport of a worker loading products into cargo bay of a SAS airplane for their transportation. Woman work for the promotion and marketing of the products. Vice President of the Sherry Manufacturing Company talks about the benefits of the international trade show programs. Scene changes to Washington DC and the sign reading 'Department of Commerce' outside the Department of Commerce building.
American President Woodrow Wilson heads for France to negotiate peace between Germany and Allies. Sailors abandon a ship drill. The sailors stand next to life boats on the ship. Officials stand with their wives on the ship deck.
American President Woodrow Wilson heads for France to negotiate peace between Germany and Allies. U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain John W. Davis and his wife on a ship deck. John W. Davis looks through binoculars. Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss, Mrs. David H. Miller and Arthur Bullitt converse with each other standing on the deck. French Ambassador to the U.S. Jules Jusserand with his wife, G. F. Close and R. C. Sween, confidential secretaries to President Wilson aboard USS George Washington.
A large group of French women stand on a pier, waving American flags, as a troop ship arrives at a port in France, during World War 1. American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), soldiers of the U.S.1st Infantry Division, crowd her deck. The troops are seen leaving the ship by gangplank, and crowding the pier. They then assemble and march off. They proceed through dense crowds on both sides of their line of march. U.S. troops marching along a French city street are approached by French women expressing their appreciation. A French policeman walks with a bicycle, alongside the troops. French policemen march along, behind the Americans. Scene shifts to American soldiers playing musical instruments as others dance with women at an outdoor waterfront cafe, as they wait for transport. Allied officers are seen standing in front of a collection of canvas covered shelters, with a sign above, reading: "Camp Franco-Americain." (This is where arriving American troops undergo training by the French.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) soldiers of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, in camp, after arrival in France, in World War 1. The troops, wearing campaign hats (M1912 Service hats) are seen going through a mess line, with cooks dispensing food into their individual mess kits. One soldier clowns around with a large loaf of bread. He bites a piece from it and offers the loaf to other who do likewise. American soldiers sitting on the ground, appear to be enjoying themselves as they drink from small bottles.
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