United States President Woodrow Wilson with General Leorat of France. President Wilson gets out of the car. French guards help him to get out of the car. The President had arrived for lunch at Salle des Conference of Luxemburg Palace. Prime minister of France Georges Clemenceau also arrives at Salle des Conference. The lunch had been arranged by the French Senate in honor of President Wilson.
German prisoners of war (POWs) held in an outdoor wire enclosure, by U.S. First Division troops behind the lines near Catigny, France, during World War 1. Closeups of two German prisoners, each with a U.S. Army interrogator. The second one is being spoken to by a U.S. Army lieutenant. View of several prisoners, including a German medical corpsman, attending a wounded on a litter. German prisoners being searched and processed by two French soldiers under supervision of a U.S. Army officer. U.S. troops in the background. U.S. General John J. Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) steps from a headquarters building, behind the lines near Catigny, France, accompanied by Major General Robert L. Bullard, Commander of the U.S. First Division, and staff. They proceed along pavement in front of several buildings. Next scene shows Pershing and Major General Bullard entering a wooded area, where U.S. troops line a path and several German prisoners are faced away from the path. The American generals look over some German officer prisoners drawn up in a small group on one side of the path. They continue past a wire enclosure containing German prisoners, on the other side of the path.
People of Paris celebrate the 100th death anniversary of Louis Braille. Braille's remains are being transferred from Coupvray to the Panthéon in Paris. Thousands of blind people follow the funeral car transporting Braille’s remains. A man accompanies a group of blind boys. Blind French men, women, and children enter the Panthéon (Pl. du Panthéon, 75005 Paris, France). Interiors of the Pantheon. President of France Vincent Auriol and other dignitaries pay their tribute to Louis Braille.
Charles A Lindbergh as an honored guest at the Aero Club of France. Lindbergh and U.S. Ambassador to France Myron T Herrick greeted by Raymond Orteig in Paris. New York City hotel owner Raymond Orteig offered the Orteig prize of $25000 for the first non-stop trans-atlantic flight. The three of them in a balcony. Lindbergh waves to the crowd below and waves the U.S. and French flags.
Charles A Lindbergh receives the French 'Cross of Legion of Honor' at the Élysée Palace (55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France). Lindbergh with French President Gaston Doumergue and U.S. Ambassador to France Myron Herrick. Lindbergh wears the Cross as people surround him.
French officials and citizens gather outside Hotel de Ville in Paris to welcome aviator Charles A Lindbergh after his trans-Atlantic flight. Policemen on horses and on foot control the crowd. Cars arrive at the venue. Lindbergh waves to the crowd from the Hotel balcony. The French tricolor and the U.S. flag. Lindbergh and U.S. Ambassador to France Myron Herrick greeted by the crowd. They get into cars and leave. Ferdinand Foch, a French soldier, Aristide Briand, 73rd Prime Minister of France with other officials arrives at the Hotel. They greet the crowd and leave.
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