Christopher "Christy" Mathewson, famous baseball pitcher for New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds, who later managed the Cincinnati Reds. He voluntarily enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1918, as a Captain in the U.S. Army Chemical Service, during World War 1. This brief scene shows Matthewson in uniform, as a Captain in the U.S. Army.
Aftermath of German artillery attack on a French town in World War 1. Rubble litters town street. Spectators watch as firefighters spray water on smoldering fire at site of a destroyed building. Men with bicycle talking, women looking at the ruins of houses. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Chairman of the committee receives Blue Riband Trophy from representative of Italian line and member of the committee. Chairman of the committee presents the Blue Riband Trophy to Captain Rene Pugnet as the trophy is won by SS Normandie for French Line. Dignitaries surround the trophy. Captain Rene Pugnet gives a short thanksgiving address.
World War I battlefield scene filmed from camera in British trench. Line of British soldiers returning across battlefield, back to British trench. Several German Army soldiers are in front of the line, being marched forward under British guard. The German soldier prisoners enter the British trench, one holding his hands up as he enters. Close-up view of German prisoners in British trench, under British guard.
Passengers on deck wearing life vests during emergency drill aboard the USS George Washington en route to the Paris peace conference at end of World War 1. Sailors seen moving to their emergency stations at lifeboats, during the drill. Nautical flags raised aloft from the ship. Ship's occupants, in life vests, fill the USS George Washington's deck during the emergency drill. President Woodrow Wilson with his personal physician, Navy Rear Admiral Admiral, Dr. Cary Travers Grayson, stands on deck with several members of the press, some of his staff, and other passengers aboard the ship. He carries on extended conversations with his companions. Many closeups of the President in conversation. Dr. Grayson conversing with Army and Navy officers in background at end of sequence. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Brief scene from a prison camp in World War I, with German and Austro-Hungarian soldiers under guard by Scottish and other British troops. Scene changes to American and British soldiers examining a wrecked German biplane in a field. Many soldiers gather around the plane. A Scottish Highlander soldier wearing a kilt examines the cockpit. A British soldier cuts away the German cross symbol from the left wing of the airplane as British and United States soldiers watch.
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