U.S. Admiral Mark L. Bristol arrives in Constantinople, Turkey by train. Admiral Bristol, the U.S. High Commissioner in Turkey during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, talks to Turkish officials at the train station. Officials approach a parked car.
U.S. Navy Admiral Mark L. Bristol in Constantinople, Turkey (officially referred to as Istanbul since 1930), during the occupation of Istanbul, under his role as High Commissioner from the U.S. Admiral Bristol, in mufti, poses with members of the U.S. staff and Turkish officials and several ladies, near the U.S. Embassy. Admiral Bristol poses with unidentified official.
U.S. Admiral Mark L. Bristol and two other officials climb up a hill in Constantinople, Turkey. Officials examine a chart in the field. Officials look down from the side of the hill. Horse on the field.
American sailors in Constantinople, Turkey. They buy goods from a Turkish vendor. Turkish people smiling in the background. Sailors buy fruits at a marketplace.
Scenes in Constantinople, Turkey . Tenders from U.S. Navy ships shuttling civilian refugee passengers, mostly Greek and Armenian, including many children, to safety during the Greco-Turkish War and unrest during the post-World War 1 partitioning of the Ottoman Empire. Refugees gathered around a cut tree trunk. Construction of small buildings underway in a port area. Refugees with lots of smiling children waving white flags aboard a U.S. Navy tender in a port. Refugees and children on a dock smiling, with some holding an Armenian flag.
Sulimanie or Suleymaniye (Süleymaniye, Prof. Sıddık Sami Onar Cd. No:1, 34116 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey) Mosque, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), Turkey, as seen from a British ship in the Bosphorus strait as British commence occupation of Constantinople at end of World War 1. Crew lining railings of a Turkish warship, flying the Ottoman Empire flag, underway in the Bosporus Strait. Scene shifts to a British two-stack battleship bristling with heavy guns, moving amongst several other warships in Turkish waters.