LL D awarded to U.S. General John J. Pershing and General Crowder at the University of Missouri, United States. During 1920 commencement exercises at the University of Missouri, U.S. Army officer General John J. Perishing receives an honorary degree. President Hill of the University of Missouri awards LLD degree to General Pershing and also to U.S. Military officer Enoch Herbert Crowder who had been instrumental in the draft for World War I. General Pershing wears a cap and gown after receiving his degree. A finger points to Pershing's name on diploma.
View from a high point, possibly a building, of sailors in training at Great Lakes Naval Station, near North Chicago, in Lake County, Illinois, in World War 1. They march from closed three column abreast formation into a spread formation for calisthenics. They follow a leader in performing exercises. Closeup of the exercise leader in action on a platform. About 20 sailors running a race, as others watch from sidelines. Teams of sailors playing a type of race passing a basketball under their legs. Large group of sailors boxing in pairs. Two sailors in a boxing match, encircled by other sailors, and refereed by a Marine officer in shirtsleeves. Change of location to Key West, Florida. Brief glimpse of U.S. marines in military combat maneuvers at a sandy area. As they move forward, an explosive charge ignites nearby.
A freighter in foreground,and a troop transport ship, docked at a U.S.Army Transport Service Terminal during World War 1. (A large oceanliner seen berthed on opposite side of the terminal.) U.S. Army troops jam the lower decks of the troop ship as she prepares to get underway to France. Three twenty-man life rafts hang on the side of the troop ship and an American flag flies at her stern. Scene shifts to American Expeditionary Forces boarding a very large Navy transport ship at Hoboken, New Jersey. Some troops with all their gear, climb a steep gangway to an upper deck, while others, below, walk a level gangway to a lower deck.
A Chinese caravan sponsored by Wally Byam Caravan Club visits the United States for the purpose of understanding and goodwill between the people of the U.S. and China. Animated map of the United States. A view of a city. A man gives a signal. An airstream trailer parked. A band plays music. People crowd in large numbers. A Chinese man arrives in a trailer. People on a road click pictures. He gets off from the trailer. The Chinese man speaks. The Americans shake hands with the Chinese people who arrive in the trailer. The Americans crowd and take pictures. An American man talks. Another Chinese man speaks. The trailers parked in the background. The Chinese flag and the American flag on a trailer. Two men talk. Chinese men seated in chairs. A man clicks a picture of a Chinese family. A Chinese woman. The Chinese people look at Mount Rushmore. People take pictures. A Chinese man speaks and a trailer in the background.
United States Army Air Corps Keystone LB-5A drop bombs on a concrete bridge over the Pee Dee River in Albemarle, North Carolina. A bomb strikes a concrete bridge. Water splashes due to the bombing. LB-5A bomber aircraft drop bombs. An explosion on the bridge. Smoke rises due to the explosion. A hit on the bridge. The wrecked bridge.
Parachutist jump and set a new record at Chanute Field in Illinois, United States. Ten parachutists board a transport aircraft. A close up of heads and faces of the men framed in the circular doorway of the aircraft. The C-3 transport aircraft in flight. The parachutists jump one after the other. They descend towards the earth. Eight parachutes descend. The airmen who made to jump.
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