San Francisco Peace Treaty conference with Japan, in San Francisco, California. Beginning shows the War Memorial Opera House and Van Ness Avenue. U.S. President Harry S Truman steps to a podium, at the Opera House, to address delegates at the conference. With him on the stage are Dr. Warren Kelchner, Temporary Chairperson of the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference, Governor Earl Warren of California, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Next, Dean Acheson is seen seated at the center of a table with Dr. Kelchner, at his right, as Soviet representative Andrei A. Gromyko steps to the microphone and speaks. (Narrator says he raises complaint about rules of procedure.) Dean Acheson removes his translating headset in frustration. Next, a representative of Poland comes to the microphone, and calls for delays. View of delegates in the audience. New Zealand representative, Sir Carl August Berendsen, takes the stand to renounce delaying tactics. Audience members applaud. Carlos P. RĂ³mulo, of the Philippines, speaks in support of the treaty. John foster Dulles, of the United States, steps to the podium to speak for the treaty. Next, Japanese Premier, Shigeru Yoshida, referring to notes in a roll of paper, endorses the treaty. Audience applauds. Secretary of State Acheson is seen signing the treaty for the United States, followed by representatives of: Australia; Cambodia; Great Britain; Ceylon; France; Indonesia; Philippines; and Pakistan. Next, the Japanese delegation comes forward, and Prime Minster Shingera Yoshida, signs the historic document. Closeups of ordinary Japanese from all walks of life. Japanese people commuting to work.
French ambassador and diplomat Jean Adrien Antoine Jules Jusserand with former ambassador to Italy and France, Henry White seen talking to each other. They are leaving for the Paris Peace Conference. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The USS George Washington with officers and crew members assembled on deck and many. sailors aloft in the ship's superstructure and other lofty perches. President Woodrow Wilson and members of the U.S. delegation to the peace talks, are seen sitting on the bridge of the ship leaving for France to attend the Paris Peace Conference. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
United States President Woodrow Wilson and Admiral Cary T. Grayson (physician to president Wilson) standing on the bridge of USS George Washington . View of the sea in the back. They are on their trip to France for the Paris Peace Conference. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
United States President Woodrow Wilson arrives back home to United States after returning from France. He is accompanied by Mrs. Edith Wilson. A huge procession gathered to mark the welcome of the President. U.S. flags decorated all over. Crowd gathered to greet him. President and his wife sitting in the motor car and greeting the people.
Sultan Yusef (Proposed Caliph during unrealized Morrocan Caliphate supported by France in WWI and Arab Revolt period) is seen astride a horse and surrounded by attendants. Sultan Yusef is greeted by a large group of men who bow to him and then sit on the ground in front of him. A simple mosque tower seen in background. Several musicians play instruments in one section of the gathering. Camera pans across the attendees, Next sequence shows a series of Moroccan cavalry charges in which Moroccan soldiers fire rifles, in demonstrations for the gathering. Some of the spectators (including camera) are shaded under a tent.
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