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Dredging operation at channel in Brest.
President Woodrow Wilson seated. General Pershing speaks with troops. Workers at work. Dredging activities at channel in Brest. Boat in harbor loaded with troops. Troops boarding ship from gangplank.
Canonization Mass of Saint Joan of Arc in Rome, Italy
Crowd gather at Saint Peter’s Square in Rome, Italy. Crowds climb stairs leading to Saint Peter’s Basilica. Horse carts and crowds are seen near the fountain in Saint Peter’s Square. Canonization Mass of Joan of Arc in Saint Peter's Basilica. Pope Benedict XV leads the canonization of Saint Joan of Arc. A banner of Saint Joan of Arc is unveiled in front of the Saint Peter’s Basilica after her canonization.
Disarmament of Heligoland (Helgoland) Fortress after World War I.
Disarmament of Heligoland (Helgoland) following World War 1. Fortress and harbor seen from a high point on the island. Obstacles at the shoreline to inhibit invasion. Views across the fortress from above showing control tower, ventilation ducts on roof, and pair of 30.5cm SK L/50 (12-inch) guns in a turret. A man sits on one of the gun barrels. Their muzzles are covered. In later view, the man sits near end of gun barrel. Scene shifts to men working to dismantle a gun turret. One is using an acetylene torch. Group of men loading small rail cars with shells and dismantled parts.
American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) provide children daily food rations in Post War Germany
Scene in Germany during period of starvation hunger following World War 1. German children stand in a queue to receive their daily food rations at a feeding center established by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), in a large German Grammar School. The program was known in Germany as "Quäkerspeisung". Three women serve food to the needy German girls and boys during difficult economic times in post-war Germany. Four hungry boys seen eating their food and sitting together on a bench. An undernourished and permanently disabled boy holds up his admission card. He attempts to walk but must be carried by his friend as his rachitis (rickets) has caused him permanent disability.
Programs of assistance established by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) in postwar Germany
American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) relief efforts in Germany following World War 1 during a time of food shortages and economic devastation. Virchow hospital building seen. Children form a ring and sing in garden. Lyrics to the song they sing are shown on a printed page. It is a song of thanks to the Quaker people who provide them assistance. Two children seen sitting on a bed. Nursing and expectant mothers are seen sewing to earn income. Children sit on a table to eat, in a Kindergarten school.
Relief activities of the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) in Dresden Germany, after World War I
River front and the Royal Castle of Saxony seen in Dresden. The offices of 'American Friends Service Committee' (Quakers) located in Royal Castle of Saxony. American staff seen entering past barbed wire entanglements which are for protection of the castle. Physicians examine hungry, undernourished and malnourished German children during time of economic calamity and food shortages in Germany following World War 1. Several children sit on benches. A doctor examines a girl using a stethoscope. Boys file into a room for weight and height examination, confirming undernourished children.