Scenes after the meeting of Preparatory Commission for Disarmament Conference at the League of Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates leaving the assembly hall pose outside for cameras.. The posing delegates possibly include Von Bernstroff, Germany; Henri De Jouvenal and Aristide Briand, France; Sir Alexander George Cadogen and Robert Anthony Eden, Great Britain; Japanese Delegation; Ethiopian Delegation; Maharajah of Kapurthala, India; Turkish Delegation; Egyptian Delegation. Some delegates wear bowler hats as they pose for the cameras. One delegate wears a Fez.
The founders of the League of Nations. Shows Woodrow Wilson reading newspaper.; Lord Arthur Balfour; M. Branting, Sweden; Gustav Stresemann, Germany; Fridtjof Nansen, Norway; Aristide Briand, France; Count Albert Apponyi, Hungary; Vittorio Scialoja, Italy; and Ignaz Seipel, Austria.
Shows Press operations and journalists in committee rooms with notice board at the League of Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland. Reporters talk to Pierre Laval of France. Shows telephone booths, bar, journalists drinking, International newspaper stall and waitresses at a restaurant.
View of League of Nations Assembly in session to discuss the Italian and Ethiopian problem in Geneva, Switzerland. Baron Aloisi of Italy makes speech in French. M. Laval of France makes statement. Anthony Eden of Britain makes statement regarding maintenance of peace. M Tecle taklu Hawariate of Ethiopia makes his speech. Shows graphic detailing of the Cost of last war, Cost of world armaments and the Cost of League of Nations in comparison.
Opening scene shows a man being roughed up by a group of men in an alleyway. A slate comments (in French) that when nations are bellicose, an assassination can cause a world war. Next, a slate shows picture of the world and states (in English) "One murder may start a world war." Another slate (in French) states that In 1914, while Europe's armies and fleets were more powerful than they had ever been, the nephew of the Emperor of Austria (Archduke Ferdinand) was assassinated. A front page is shown of newspaper, "Journal De Geneve" carrying the story. Next scene is a view of the city of Sarajevo. The ancient Emperor's Mosque dominates the scene. A slate appears asking Where is Sarajevo? It is followed by a map of Europe in 1914, which zooms in on Austria and Serbia and identifies and labels Sarajevo,in Austria, close to the Serbian border. Slates (in French) says Austria accused Serbia of War and other nations enter the melee. Animated World map shows the nations getting involved, starting with the German Empire in 1914, including its African colonies, and then successively showing Russia, France, Belgium,Great Britain, Japan, and the Ottoman Empire. Map advances to 1915, showing the Italian empire, Bulgaria,and Central Arabia. In 1916 it adds Portugal, Roumania. Next, the U.S.A. is added in, 1917, along with Central and South America, Greece, Siam, and China. Finally, the slate shows the war ending in 1918. Slate shows Armistice Day, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th Month (November), with time shown on hands of Big Ben in London.
Documentary on World War I, titled 'Flashes of Action - Actualities of the World War'. Commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Forces, General John J. Pershing poses at Lucey in France during World War I. U.S. troops embark upon the U.S. Army transport ship' Leviathan' at Hoboken in New Jersey. Distant ships underway in sea. Troops dance and stage friendly boxing bouts aboard USS Wilhelmina and transport ship Tendores.
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