Views from side and partial rear of a Caprioni heavy bomber, showing its three engines driving two tractor and one pusher propellers. Other features are twin fuselage and triple tail. Number SC 40070 painted on fuselage. Crowd watches as the Caprioni takes off in a cloud of dust. Among the spectators is U.S. Army Air Services Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, who mingles with the crowd and poses for pictures with a boy and a U.S. Navy Lieutenant. Rickenbacker shakes hands with the Navy Lieutenant and the boy.
American soldiers returning home after end of World War 1. A railroad passenger train carrying them pulls into a train station. Among those waiting on the station platform are a police officer and a physician, carrying his medical bag. They and others wave to arriving soldiers. A woman in red cross nurses uniform hands out pamphlets to the soldiers as they step from the train. Soldiers form up loosely, holding their mess kit cups. A military band plays in welcome. Soldiers mingle with family and friends who greet them.
Well-dressed men five a demonstration by driving a formation of Fordson tractors to plow a field. The second tractor in the formation is driven by Henry Ford, himself.
A woman office clerk employed in a U.S. Victory Loan Drive during World War 1. She smiles and picks up a Victory loan bond and shows it. She thumbs through a large stack of bonds on her desk. More are on desk behind her. Another clerk works in back ground. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Men outside building. One gentleman is signing up to buy Victory Loan bonds soon after World War I. A boy scout who is working in the Victory Loan drive presents a lapel pin to the man.
Crowd celebrating Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, in New York City. Many wave American flags. Dense crowd traps several vehicles. Different sequence shows the U.S. State funeral procession for the American Unknown Soldier of World War I, on November 21, 1921. Teams of white horses pull artillery caissons. Team of dark horses pull caisson bearing the coffin of the Unknown Soldier. It is covered with bunting and dark wreath. General of the Armies, John J. Pershing leads the Military officers who accompany the coffin. Following them is seen a large group of civilian officials, all in top hats.
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