Two farmers are operating an early model Fordson tractor pulling a binder across a field. They stop to allow a well-dressed Ford tractor salesman and a third farmer to examine their tractor. Scene shifts to street in front of a Fordson Tractor dealer's showroom. The "third farmer" from earlier scene examines a new tractor parked at the curb.Two salesmen are with him, and one cranks the tractor to start it. The shop next to the Fordson dealer, has Jones Motor Company logos in its windows and signs,above,reading:"Thomas & Johnson Motor Company" and advertising the "Jones Six" automobile. Another sign at this shop reads: "Luthy Battery Station."
A farm in the United States. Workers around a tractor powered, belt-driven hay baling machine in operation. Tractor in operation and men feeding hay into baling area. Women feed pigs and chickens, scattering seed in a barnyard.
The Versailles Treaty is signed in Paris, France. The gate of the Palace of Versailles opens. Sculptures, columns and fountains in the palace. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando get off cars and enter the Palace of Versailles. All dignitaries sit in the Hall of Mirrors at the palace. President Wilson, Prime Minister Clemenceau, Prime Minister Lloyd George and Prime Minister Orlando pose after signing the treaty. Seals in the book of the treaty.
Exterior view of U.S. Capitol building. Senator William Edgar Borah and Senator Hiram Johnson, both of whom oppose the Versailles Treaty, standing outside the Capitol Building. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, including Henry Cabot Lodge, seated around a table.
U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson in the United States. View of White House. President Wilson gets onto a train. People stand around him. The train moves. People gather to greet their President. Wilson bends and shakes hand with people standing beside the train. The President and Mrs. Wilson sit in a car and wave to the people. He tips his hat. Children sitting at the side of the road with the flag of the United States. The train moves. Wilson in the car.
The Palmer Raids in the United States during the so-called "Red Scare" period. Police in New York City arrest men and women, suspected of being anarchists and radicals. Police wielding clubs raid their homes, arrest them and place them in police vans. The arrested suspects are taken to Ellis Island by ferry for deportation.