American President Woodrow Wilson heads for France to negotiate peace between Germany and Allies. Sailors abandon a ship drill. The sailors stand next to life boats on the ship. Officials stand with their wives on the ship deck.
American President Woodrow Wilson heads for France to negotiate peace between Germany and Allies. U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain John W. Davis and his wife on a ship deck. John W. Davis looks through binoculars. Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss, Mrs. David H. Miller and Arthur Bullitt converse with each other standing on the deck. French Ambassador to the U.S. Jules Jusserand with his wife, G. F. Close and R. C. Sween, confidential secretaries to President Wilson aboard USS George Washington.
A curtis JN-4 "Jenny" airplane lands on a field in the United States, during World War 1. It taxis in after landing, and parks beside a hangar designated 11B. "The Air Service Needs You" is painted on the airplane fuselage . The pilot climbs out of the cockpit and walks towards the camera, taking off his flight gear.
Troops of the U.S. 92nd and 5th Infantry Divisions celebrate the Armistice in France at the end of World War 1. Several look at their wrist watches awaiting the stroke of 11AM when the Armistice is to go into effect. An army officer unfurls the United States flag as African American U.S. Army troops stand by. An African American soldier sits at a keyboard musical instrument. A close view of a field wrist watch shows time as quarter to eleven. The soldiers gather and read time on their wrist watches. At 11:00 O'Clock, the troops cheer and raise hands in celebration. Four army officers in a discussion. Troops of the 340th Field Artillery Regiment (89th Division) prepare to fire celebratory last round, from their French 75 field artillery piece.
U.S. Army troops celebrate Armistice in France at the end of World War I. Group of soldiers gathers for a mock funeral. A soldier digs a shallow grave, while another provides a wooden grave marker. Two soldiers carry a German shell. The grave markeer reads 'Burial of last Boche shell, A Dud'. The soldiers bury the German shell. A soldier covers the buried shell with earth.
American artillerymen of 102nd U.S. Field Artillery unit cover the barrel of their French 75 field piece and come out of their positions cheering and waving their hats to celebrate the Armistice ending World War 1. American troops, of the 6th Infantry Division, stand around as an American military band plays. Some French soldiers holding French flags share in the celebrations. Two American soldiers start to dance and are soon surrounded by others dancing in a circle around them. Many soldiers and some civilians are seen in the gathering near Remoiville, France.
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