Shows U.S. Army 1st Division, 6th Field Artillery guns bombarding a hill near Exermont in France during Meuse-Argonne offensive of World War I. Smoke rising from distant hills. Dead soldier lying on town's street. American Army troops occupy the city and are seen running quickly on the streets. American artillery forces fire artillery guns during battle.
A caravan of British troops on camels, proceeds from the captured city of Jerusalem, to engage Ottoman forces in Palestine. They are seen moving across the desert in a line that appears to stretch for a mile. Scene changes to remains of a well and its apparatus that has been destroyed by retreating Ottoman forces.
Views from a moving boat on the Northern Dvina river. Port facilities, cranes, some ships anchored and others underway in the harbor. City can be seen in the backdrop. [Note: Footage from the United States Army 85th Division, 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force North Russia, participating as part of the Triple Entente forces, in the so-called "Polar Bear Expedition." ] (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Arrival of United States Army 85th Division, 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force North Russia, participating as part of the Triple Entente forces, in the so-called "Polar Bear Expedition." Two thirds of the soldiers were from Michigan. City officials greet the arriving forces. Officials from all of the Entente forces are seen (British, French, Russia) along with Colonel George E. Stewart, the commander of all U.S. Forces. The procession of civilian and military officials emerge from a doorway and are greeted by local officials. Children and townspeople look on. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Thanassis Aghnides speaks on disarmament policies at League of Nations meeting in Geneva, Switzerland before outbreak of World War 2. Montage short shows military action (cavalry charge, biplane aircraft overhead, and aerial bombs-away view of bombing of a city) and civilian deaths of woman and child as casualties in World War I. British politician Arthur Henderson speaks at the opening of the 1932 World disarmament conference. League's Year books which give details about world's arms and trade in arms. Shows factories and industrial landscape with smoke pouring from chimney stacks, and loading operations at a dock for the ship named Baradine.
Shows the 55th Independence Day celebration in Bucharest, Rumania (Romania). Military forces exhibit a parade at Calle Victoria. Ex-Queen Elizabeth of Greece, sister of King Carol, with his son Prince Michael heads the colorful column through the streets of the city. Shows a delegation of the hierarchy of the Greek Orthodox Church led by the Patriarch Miron Christea.
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