An audience of well-dressed people at railroad construction site watch as an old man drives the final spike to complete a section of railroad in a rugged part of the Western United States. The scene shifts to views from a train inaugurating travel over the new rail line. It passes between rocky walls and through a short tunnel. View from locomotive as it proceeds around a curve, revealing a long line of passenger cars comprising the train.
Several barges up on blocks at a boatyard near a river. Viewed from downhill, openings are visible between ribs in their lower hulls. Scene shifts to viewpoint above the barges. A river; a church; smoke stacks; and steel bridges are seen in background. The prow of one barge contains letters "USS." The American flag flies from mast of a boat docked in the river.
Colonel Edward Mandell House in the United States. He is the foreign policy advisor of President Woodrow Wilson. The colonel aboard a ship during World War I.
A crowd arrives at the Capitol building in Washington DC, on the occasion of President Wilson's address to the Senate regarding the Treaty of Versailles. Exterior of the building. Cars arrive towards the building. People gather in a large number outside the building. Cars parked along a side of the street. The President's 1919 Pierce-Arrrow limousine is seen leaving the area at the conclusion of his address.
Two officials in President Wilson's Administration, seated at a table, conversing. Joshua W. Alexander, Secretary of Commerce holds a lighted cigar. The other answers a telephone call.
Opening scene shows some some people gathered near pieces of debris on the sidewalk outside the Roderick Hotel and a 1-cent to 1 dollar store in Centralia, Washington. This is in the wake of the Armistice Day riot in that city that took place in that city, on November 11, 1919. It involved clashes between members of the The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union and members of the American Legion. A man steps out of a shattered and empty store front on the street. The Washington National Guard was called up by Governor Hart to restore order. Company F of the 3rd Infantry, was sent to Centralia by train on the evening of the 11th from Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington. Soldiers of that Company are seen assembling and receiving orders from their officer in Centralia. Next, the soldiers begin marching as guards, on the street in front of the local police station. Some pedestrians watch from a sidewalk. A group of local people crowd together to watch something of interest in a building
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