Newsreel 'Haitian crisis, Americans leave as war threatens'. Marshal law imposed in Port-au-Prince capital of Haiti as President Duvalier faces threat of invasion from the Dominic Republic. Americans are evacuated after warning from the U.S. State Department. Air crafts arranged for evacuates to fly to Miami. People hug and kiss each other as they part. Passengers seated in the planes. Several women and children are seen at the airport.
Piloted by the tug boat 'Thomas F. Timmins' the first German cargo submarine 'Deutschland', a blockade buster of the Entente Powers naval blockade, arrives in Baltimore Harbor. An animated map shows the movement of the submarine from Germany. Captain of the German submarine 'Deutschland', Paul König, with other men (Konig's name is listed in the slate as Koenig). German sailors on the submarine as it is escorted in port by the tug Timmins. Last part of clip switches to the Atlantic waters off of Provincetown, Massachusetts, where the latest United States Navy submarine, the USS M-1 (SS-47) is seen during its test trials. It was the world's first doubled-hulled submarine.
Treasury Secretary William McAdoo speaks at rally. A huge United States flag in the background. Surrounded by crowds, on Fifth Avenue, New York, First Lady, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, steps from vehicle to sidewalk. High-ranking Police Officers seen in uniform in the crowd.
United States President Woodrow Wilson makes his way, with difficulty, through an overwhelming crowd while campaigning for a second term in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mounted police strive to control the crowds around the President's car..
United States Ambassador to Great Britain Charles Dawes visits Old Home Town of his Ancestors. He is given a great welcome by City Fathers in Sudbury in England. Mayor Fitzgerald declares General Dawes a Freeman of Sudbury at the Town Hall.
A bathing beauty contest held at Steeplechase Amusement Park (1739 Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn, NY 11224, United States) in Coney Island in New York. Contestants dressed in swimsuits walk near the swimming pool for the contest. The trophies seen at a table. The contestants in the swimming pool. Levenoria Sabalis, the winner of the contest with trophy.
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