Three officers of the 112th Infantry Regiment (Sixteenth Pennsylvania) American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) pose for the camera at Port of Calais, France, upon arrival there in May, 1918,during World War 1. Two wear campaign hats and one wears a service cap with chin strap fastened. Troops offload duffle bags from trucks onto a railroad station platform, and sort them by units. The troops enter a warehouse where they are issued Enfield rifles and bayonets. Soldiers standing in a group familiarizing themselves with their new weapons and cleaning them. A locomotive pulling troops in rail freight cars with open side doors. The soldiers wave as their train passes the camera. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British Army Engineer troops are seen laying and setting sections of railroad track in the desert, during the Palestine campaign of World War 1. The materials needed are carried by a flatcar which moves along the new track as it is installed. Several of the troops rest momentarily, next to a steam locomotive that has been backing the supply train along the track.
Brief scene shows former President of Mexico, General Victoriano Huerta (entitled "Dictator of Mexico" on film slate) looking through binoculars with other officers in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. Scene shifts to the new President of Mexico, General Venustiano Carranza, seen walking with several other men along a railroad track on a harbor pier.
Shows scientist working on the 'Transit' satellite (new navigational system for airmen and mariners of the World) in orbit at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Thor-Able-Star rocket launched to place the satellite in orbit.
Shows registration of a treaty at the League of Nations 1st Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Protocol to the treaty is being signed by the representatives of Siam, Japan, Portugal, New Zealand and Uruguay. Sir James Eric Drummond, the Secretary General, at his desk in his office.
Shows assembly of the League of Nations holding a plenary meeting at the Salle de la Reformation or Calvinium (Rue du Rhône 65, 1204 Genève, Switzerland) in Geneva, Switzerland. President of Assembly Edvard Beneš opens the 7th Assembly of the League. New President of the 7th Assembly Mr. Ninchich addresses the assembly.
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