Events during the Paris Peace Conference. Outer view of Chateau Siant Germain-en-Laye, The French Royal Palace. People standing on the ramp of the Palace. The Austrian delegates coming out and walking through the ramp. Huge crowd is gathered outside the Palace. People climbed over the platforms to get a glimpse of the delegates. View of motor-cars and people. The Austrain delegates leave after receiving the terms of Peace Treaty from the Allied representatives. View of motor-cars and people.
The D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. U.S. flag on an LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry). Two columns of LCIs underway. LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) underway at the sea. Barrage balloons airborne. Ships in a harbor. Soldiers sit along the railing of an LCI in the foreground. A column of LCIs underway. The starboard side of an LCI underway. A barge carrying trucks and bulldozers moves towards the beach. LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) anchored in the background.
The D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. Columns of LCIs (Landing Crafts, Infantry) underway. American flag on an LCI in the foreground. A gun crew mans a 20 mm gun. USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) and DD (destroyer) underway.
The D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. Ships head for a beach. An AK (cargo ship) underway. A small boat in the foreground. The sun breaks through the clouds. Two columns of LCIs (Landing Crafts Infantry) underway.
In World War I, As part of the opening of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, William Gibbs McAdoo, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, raises the French flag over the treasury building in Washington DC. He is honoring the First Regiment of the French Foreign Legion and shakes hand with members. Soldiers marching. Secretary shows flag.
Hollywood celebrities Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, and Marie Dressler ride in horse-drawn carriages in a military parade to launch the Third Liberty Loan Drive, in Washington DC. United States Army troops parade behind them. Policemen on bicycles, accompany them. Crowds of spectators line the sidewalks of Pennsylvania Avenue to watch. The U.S. Capitol can be seen in the far background. The parade turns left on 14th Street. Change of scene shows the four celebrities mobbed by fans, on the street. Fairbanks and Chaplin wave their hats. All shake hands with enthusiastic spectators. Next, Douglas Fairbanks is seen standing above the crowd encouraging them to buy Liberty Bonds. Closeup of Mary Pickford in the crowd. Marie Dressler is seen above the crowd adding her encouragement for Liberty Bond sales. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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