Large group of newly recruited French soldiers pose for the camera as they all peel potatoes, at the same time, during World War 1. View of dining hall filled with new recruits, eating. (WWI. WW1)
Unidentified man at New York harbor pier. The occasion is the departure of Ambassador to the United States Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff to Germany.
Red Cross women present food to engineer and firemen of a steam locomotive parked at a station in Potsdam, Germany, during World War 1. Next, they are seen giving food to new soldier recruits in the box cars of a train behind the locomotive. The train is then seen moving with the men inside the box cars waving as they proceed to begin military service for World War I.
Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia welcomes French General Pau at a ship in Serbia. They shake hands. They talk amongst themselves. General Pau meets officials on a railway station in Bucharest. He salutes the officials. Next scene is in the United States two months later: Boys and young men march in a crowded Lewisohn Stadium, at the College of the City of New York (CCNY) on June 23, 1917, during a ceremony to honor Prince Ferdinando of Udine, head of the Italian War Commission to the United States.
Apollo 204 review board at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in United States. Astronaut Frank Borman, member of the Apollo 204 Review Board, enters new Apollo command module. Technicians fit an outer door in place on the capsule and then remove it. Astronaut Michael Collins, who is also inside the capsule, then places an inner seal door in place and it is removed, again. Officials consult. Frank Borman exits the module. Collins discusses the outer door with technicians at the top of the stairs, emphasizing the need to be able to push the door open readily. Borman talks with group at bottom of stairs. All gather around and discuss inner seal door that is laid out on floor. Borman chews gum, in background. Group gathers around the capsule again and then disperses.
The launch of the new Brazilian crude oil tanker ship "Presidente Juscelino", occuring in Holland. People gather to watch the event. The wife of the Ambassador christens and launches the tanker ship, but the bottle tossed against the ship hull fails to break. It is recalled by an attached rope and, on the second try, the bottle breaks and the super tanker ship is launched. People cheer. The tanker sliding down the ways into the nearby harbor, with only 100 feet extra to spare in crossing the narrow harbor during launch. The tanker moving in the nearby harbor. Smaller boats in the harbor.
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