Events during World War I. United States General of Armies, John Joseph Pershing after World War I. Pershing in his uniform wearing spectacles.
An animated cartoon shows Uncle Sam and Liberty Loans near a United States War chest as they open it. Highlights how the various Liberty Loans helped American forces to equip, transport men and fight World War 1. Uncle Sam throws his socks, purse, coat, shirt and hat into the chest. The last bond message is after victory:"To pay back our debts and bring back our boys." Final message is "Sure we'll get the job done." Then animated hand writes: "Animation by Ford."
Air mail service in United States. A cab with a sign on it that reads 'United States Air mail service'. Men with mail bags at Bolling field in Washington DC, United States. President Woodrow Wilson's car arrives. President Woodrow Wilson and his wife Edith Wilson. An envelope symbolizes the starting of air mail service in United States. Men seal the mail bags and load them onto the plane, pilots write on a piece of paper. President Wilson greets the pilots and talks to them. Pilots get into the plane to carry the mail by air for the first time.
Britain's Bulwarks - film of the "policemen of the allies" on the North Sea.View of a British Monitor war ship underway in the North Sea. Sailors march along a road in queues. Naval band plays as the sailors march past. British transport ship at dock. Sailors and officers board the ship. Canons loaded on the ship through cranes. Men and horse disembark ship. Loading operations at dock.
A British Lion-Class Battle Cruiser (either HMS Lion or her sister ship, HMS Princess Royal) at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands with several utility boats along her port side. Smoke issuing from one of her stacks. Several views of her 13.5-inch forward guns in twin turrets. The guns are maneuvered in various ways. (Momentary view of a sailor straddling one of the barrels.) view from an aircraft, of the Battle Cruiser underway. Scene shifts to anchored ship with torpedo nets deployed and tended by two motor launches. (Guns are visible on the ship.) Scene shifts back to closeups of 13.5-inch guns on battle cruiser. Next, several minesweepers are seen moving in parallel courses across the water. Final scene shows what might be the USS Arkansas (BB-33) which was part of American Battleship Division Nine with the British Grand Fleet in World War 1. Other warships of the Grand Fleet in background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
King George V's Royal launch docks with the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, in World War 1. The King ascends steps to the ship's deck and exchanges salutes with the Captain and officers. An Antiaircraft guns can be seen in the foreground,on deck. The King greets several other officers. Sailors march along the deck to enter a formation for the decoration ceremony. Next, a number of sailors sailors are decorated by the King, as officers, who have already been decorated, stand behind, wearing their respective awards around their necks. The king then climbs stairs to an upper deck, where he steps on a stand and addresses the ship's company, who stand in formation. Afterwards, the crew members leave the formation in single file, saluting as they pass the King on the stand. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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