Question Answer period during the debate on 'Role of Congress in Foreign Policies' among John C Stennis, Chairman, Armed Service Committee and William J Fulbright Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee in United States organized by American Enterprise Institute. William Fulbright denies blames put on him by Stennis and questions the decisions taken by the President on the issue of Gulf of Tonkin with out his concern. He said that the attack was made without provocation and it is a disgrace to Government. He says that government should give reasons for their act. Fulbright states that necessary action should have been made to prevent war and do the necessary adjustments.
Release of United States prisoners from Cebu in Philippines Islands. United States soldiers of 6th Rangers cross stream. A group of Filipino Guerrillas accompanies them. They proceed through high grass. Released prisoner. Prisoners in truck. They walk along road. Prisoners sit besides road. (World War II period).
United States soldiers entering Koblenz, Germany (sometimes spelled Coblenz) from the Coln-Dusseldorfer riverboat at the dock on River Rhine during World War 1. Views from aboard the steamship and from aboard other boats on the Rhine, looking at the steamship and beyond toward a castle overlooking the River Rhine and homes and buildings on the edge of the river. Soldiers seen having food and on duty after their arrival at German Rhineland on Occupation duties. United States flag is also seen.
Picture of Johann Heinrich Graf Von Bernstorff and his wife. He was the German ambassador to the United Nations and Mexico from 1908 -1917. Huge crowd gathered on the road. Two officers talking amongst themselves. United States soldiers stand holding a banner that states 'The stars and the Stripes forever'.
Arrival of dignitaries at Quai D'Orsay (37, Quai d'Orsay - 75007 Paris), the French ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, for the Paris Peace Conference. The dignitaries include Vittorio Emanuele Orlando- prime minister of Italy, Italian Foreign Minister Baron Sidney Sonnino, British prime minister David Lloyd George, United States advisor of the supreme war council General Tasker Bliss, Secretary of State Robert Lansing, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, French Prime Minister Georges Benjamin Clemenceau, French President Raymond Poincare, French statesman Stephen Pichon, British politician and statesman Lord Arthur James Balfour.
Following the preliminary session of the Paris Peace Conference, United States President Woodrow Wilson sets out for his return trip to United States. President Wilson is seen standing on a lighter (boat) taking him and his party out to the USS George Washington, in Brest Harbor, for their trip home. The boat's French flag flutters next to him as he waves his hat in gesture of farewell to the people of France. Large number of people standing on the shore to say goodbye to the President . Other boats also seen around him.
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