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U.S. Secret Service Operators on the ship USS George Washington, bound for the Paris Peace Conference following World War I.
The U.S. Secret Service Operators on the USS George Washington ship leaving for Europe for the Paris Peace Conference. These include Joseph E. Murphy, John J. Fitzgerald, Edmund W. Starling, Walter G. Ferguson, John D. Syle, John L. Sullivan, W. A. Landvoight. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Major James Brown Scott and Dr. Sidney Mezes with their wives aboard USS George Washington bound for Peace Conference
Major Brown Scott - American Authority on International Law, and Dr. Sidney Edward Mezes - an American philosopher, appointed as the Director of THE INQUIRY,a think tank set up by Woodrow Wilson to study the diplomatic positions. Dr. Mezes was a part of the American Commission to negotiate Peace at the treaty of Versailles in 1919.They are accompanied with their wives on the USS George Washington ship sailing to Europe for the Paris Peace Conference. View of life boat on the side of the ship. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, William Gibbs McAdoo launches Fourth Liberty Loan Drive in Washington DC.
Launch of the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive in Washington, DC. U.S. Navy Brass band entertains crowd of thousands gathered around the William Tecumseh Sherman Monument and equestrian statue in Sherman Square near the Treasury Department at E and 15th Streets. The Washington Monument can be seen in the distance. John Phillip Sousa, in uniform of Navy Lieutenant Commander, conducts the band in front of the Treasury Building. Secretary of the Treasury, William Gibbs McAdoo and his wife, Eleanor Randolph Wilson McAdoo, stand with John Poole, Treasurer of the Washington District Council of Defense, at a bunting-covered step at the front of the Treasury building. McAdoo gestures with his hat as he speaks, encouraging the crowd to buy Liberty Bonds. He is joined by Sousa, who points a few times at elements of the band (unseen) below. The camera pans across the crowd. Sousa is seen below the steps, again, conducting the band. Scene shifts to McAdoo on the Treasury Building steps. He pulls his hat down on his head. Sousa, again, stands beside him. They shake hands. Scene shifts to side view of the Treasury Building steps, where Vice Admiral William Sowden Sims, Commander of U.S. naval forces in Europe, is seen speaking to the assemblage, which includes a number of U.S. Army soldiers in uniform. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Soldiers march on streets holding rifles during World War I and veterans return to farming and dairying in United States.
A United States troop transport ship at sea during the first World War. U.S. Army troops (aka dough boys) aboard the ship. U.S. Army soldiers march in formation in a large city square area in Europe (likely France) holding rifles during World War 1. United States troop ships being loaded with American soldiers for World War I, and scenes of U.S. troops in WWI marching in the streets of a European city. Scenes from earlier during combat in the war. World War I allied soldiers on battle front in France. Soldiers run to a bomb crater area for shelter when crossing no man's land. Soldiers fire artillery. Artillery shells explode. Allied soldiers running across a battlefield as tanks run beside them toward the German enemy. People wave U.S. flags as First World War war ends with Armistice. Large crowd gathers in New York celebrating WWI armistice. Newspaper held high by a man with headline "Germany Surrenders". Views in the United States of hard times in American towns after World War I ended and war industries were no longer providing money. View of forests. Girl draws water from a well. Man and a boy operate a grindstone sharpening a saw. Farmers plowing fields with horse drawn plows during great depression era. People do agricultural works at fields. White farmer tilling a field. African American farmers working in fields and harvesting hay with help of a horse. African American farmers at cotton office. Cattle in field. Man and a woman milk cows with hands. Man pours milk in vessels. Milk processing before bottling including pouring milk through a cooling device. Men on tractor at fields. A board reads 'For the common defense'. Views of a factory. A man operates a switch on a switchboard for generating electricity. Views of a power generation plant. Narrator describes how America will prevent a slide into hard financial times again after World War 2 ends. From a 1942 production with footage from 1917 through 1942.
America enters World War I against Germany
A ship blows up at sea (presumably torpedoed by a German submarine). Newspaper of April 2, 1917 announces the United States and Germany at War. U.S. Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, speaking on a public platform, outdoors.. General John J. Pershing, Commander of American Expeditionary Forces in World War 1, is seen seated behind Secretary Newton. Scene shifts to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signing papers his his desk at the White House, Washington, DC. Next, Red Cross women are seen serving coffee into the mess of American soldiers about to embark for Europe. Another Red Cross woman carries a basket of baked goods. The soldiers are checked off by officers at the pier, and then embark on a troop ship. View of the troop ship in camouflage paint, moving away from the pier Scene shifts to glimpse of a town in France, where an American officer and some soldiers are seen walking past French inhabitants on a street corner Other American soldiers stand near a large canvas covered army truck. They salute as the American officer passes them.
World War I comes to an end after armistice.
Events and end of World War 1. A newspaper headline about the end of World War I after the armistice. Cheering masses of people gather on streets in Europe and in the United States in New York City and other cities to celebrate the end of World War I. French and American soldiers celebrate at the war front in France. Two soldiers exchange their hats.
