French Marshal Joseph Joffre and associate, at the Compiègne train station, in France, awaiting arrival of French War Minister Millerand and British War Minister, Lord Herbert Kitchener (1st Earl Kitchener). General Joffre and his deputy General Casteinau, meet and escort them upon arrival. Minister Millerand, Joffre and Lord Kitchener review a French guard of honor.They are followed by Sir John French, Commander in Chief of British Forces and a French General. The party enters a trench and observe the battlefield through binoculars. they then proceed across an open field.
Newsreel 'France torn by strikes'. Army guards and Police keeps vigil on labor strike in Lyon. Communists inspired striking workers at the Great Rail Center of Lyon. A train has been seen leaving. Empty trucks seen standing. Snowfall in Paris.
Grand Prize Fair officially opened by President Doumergue at Versailles in France. The President surrounded by national officials, agriculture and breeding experts. President Doumergue displays interest in the exhibits. Cattle and swine also exhibited. Farm stock pass in review before notables at the exposition grounds.
Early flight airshow dare devil Clem Sohn in his wingsuit at Vincennes in France. He was known as 'Batman'. Planes in the background. He demonstrates flying with his ornithopter like wing suit. Clem Sohn then jumps in front of 55,000 spectators from 650 feet high in the sky. He plunges to death as his parachute fails to open.
Ceremonies to honor the King Leopold III of Belgium in Paris, France. French President Albert Lebrun and King Leopold III officiate and unveiled the memorial in the Cours-la-Reine, near the Place de la Concorde, Paris, to his father, the late King Albert I. The ceremony is climaxed by a military parade. A huge crowd gathers. Other members of the Belgian Monarchy are present.
Several people seated in a nightclub in Paris France. Bottles of alcoholic beverages are kept on the tables. American fan dancer, Joan Warner, appears to run from the room, naked. Joan Warner, sitting in her dressing room, receives a summons from French authorities. She sorts through a number of newspaper clippings about herself. She comes down the steps of Court Building accompanied by her lawyer and reporters. Judges of French 10th Correctional Chamber. Joan Warner emerges from offices of the Commissariat de Police, holding a slip of paper. Joan Warner and another woman enter a taxicab at a French train station, and drive away.
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