An American sailor buys flowers from a woman in a flower market operated by widows from World War I, at Place Charles Rogier in front of the Grand Hotel Cosmopolite, in Brussels, Belgium. Men lined up in background. Because of the devastating loss of men during the World War, Belgian women perform many tasks themselves. One woman shines shoes.
U.S. destroyers carry Greek and Armenian refugees from Turkey to temporary refuge camp at Athens orphanage in Greece, during the period of the Greco-Turkish War and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. Sailors carry a sick refugee on a stretcher. More refugees arrive on the ship. Refugees with belongings embark the ship.
Red Cross and League of Nation camps in Turkey as part of actions of the American Committee for Relief in the Near East (ACRNE), giving aid to Armenians, Greeks, and other refugees. Men pose with children. Signs of 'League of Nations Feeding Station' in background. Men and women walk along a muddy road. People arrive at a Red Cross camp. Tents set up in the camp. Oxen drawn carts loaded with supplies move towards a rail track. Supplies are unloaded at a feeding station. Men outside a Red Cross tent. All during period of the Greco-Turkish War and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after WWI.
Scenes in Constantinople, Turkey . Tenders from U.S. Navy ships shuttling civilian refugee passengers, mostly Greek and Armenian, including many children, to safety during the Greco-Turkish War and unrest during the post-World War 1 partitioning of the Ottoman Empire. Refugees gathered around a cut tree trunk. Construction of small buildings underway in a port area. Refugees with lots of smiling children waving white flags aboard a U.S. Navy tender in a port. Refugees and children on a dock smiling, with some holding an Armenian flag.
U.S. Admiral Mark L. Bristol arrives in Constantinople, Turkey by train. Admiral Bristol, the U.S. High Commissioner in Turkey during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, talks to Turkish officials at the train station. Officials approach a parked car.
U.S. Navy Admiral Mark L. Bristol in Constantinople, Turkey (officially referred to as Istanbul since 1930), during the occupation of Istanbul, under his role as High Commissioner from the U.S. Admiral Bristol, in mufti, poses with members of the U.S. staff and Turkish officials and several ladies, near the U.S. Embassy. Admiral Bristol poses with unidentified official.