President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, on the deck of the USS George Washington, nearing France, en route to the Paris Peace Conference, at the end of World War 1. The President looks through binoculars, briefly. A U.S. battleshipis seen steaming ahead to port. The President motions with his hand towards another battleship,while speaking to Mrs. Wilson. (U.S. battleships and destroyers deployed in European waters joined the Presidential convoy as it approached Brest, France.) The camera pans across U.S. warships in the convoy. A dirigible is seen several hundred feet above the convoy. Closeup of the battleship, USS Oklahoma (BB-37). Camera shows French coast and flotilla moving toward Brest. President Wilson, dressed in overcoat and top hat, is seen on deck of the USS George Washington. He stands with Naval officers looking at the flotilla of U.S. warships.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in France. President Eisenhower arrives in France and is welcomed by NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization ) commander General Lauris Norstad. American flag hoisted. Eisenhower and General Norstad pose as cameramen record the event.
The United States declares war against Germany during World War I. On May 28, 1917 Major General John J. Pershing, Chief of American Expeditionary Forces aboard the S.S. Baltic on its way to France during World War I. Nearly 2,000,000 American soldiers disembark at a port in France. The troops disembark from the ship. A ship at the harbor. Ships underway at sea. Sailors on the deck of a ship. A German U boat underway. Naval gun being fired at the U boat. Explosion occurs at sea. A man waves signal flags from a ship. The troops disembark from the ship. Soldiers at a rail road station and a train pulls up to carry them to the war front. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Allied soldiers in France during World War I. A rail road train pulls up at a station in France. Allied soldiers on the platform. They move across a rail road track. They enter a building at the station. Nurses cook food inside the building. A nurse at the entrance distributes packets to the soldiers. A General stands next to the nurse.
U.S. Marines in France during World War I. An officer wearing a winter overcoat with fur collar, decorates U.S. Marines with Distinguished Service Medals, on a parade ground in France. Afterwards, a contingent of Marines parades, as part of the award ceremony. They carry an American flag, and salute as they pass the reviewing officers. A military marching brass band parades with the Marines. (Several scenes are repeated in the clip).
Allied soldiers in France during World War I. The soldiers march down a street during a parade in France as other soldiers look on. The troops march past the soldiers along the side walk. A soldier carries an American flag during the parade.
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