New York Harbor in New York, United States. Buildings at the harbor. A lamp in the foreground. Skyscrapers of the city. Aerial view of the Statue of Liberty standing on Liberty Island. A boat moves in the foreground.
German President Paul Von Hindenburg and Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia in Germany. Paul Von Hindenburg visits wounded veterans. Old 1871 veterans stand in a line as the President shakes hands with them. German President Paul Von Hindenburg, dressed in a uniform, celebrates his birthday.
A squadron of U.S. Army Air Service Keystone B-3 bombers in formation. Interior view of a compartment. Pilots seen from behind as they sit side-by-side in open cockpit. Corrugated panels on upper fuselage behind them. Pilot manipulates controls to release a bomb. View of bomb falling and striking target ship.
Brief glimpse of a U.S. Navy staff car parked in front of a Federal Government building entrance, where several naval officers and at least one army officer prepare to board the car. Attending the car are two sailors wearing dark watch caps. Next, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Chief of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, is seen leaving the building on crutches. His right foot is heavily bandaged. A sign in the window of the building reads: "U.S. Navy Aviation." A cadre of naval officers follows the Admiral to the sidewalk, where he cheerfully engages in conversation with several. To his left is a Captain. The other officers are of lessor rank. They appear to be awaiting a car to pick up the admiral. Following a break, two of the naval officers are seen conversing alone at the building entrance. The admiral has left. Change of scene shows a man in military uniform seated at a desk in what appears to be a law office. He is making notes on a pad. The room is filled with shelves full of books. Abrupt change of time and place shows Vice Admiral William S.Sims, Commander of all U.S. Naval forces in Europe, at a railroad train station in London, England, at the end of World War 1. People around him show him some papers and converse with him. A British Bobbie stands nearby. Sims shakes hands with a British official. School boys in the background watch the goings on with interest.
American warships in Shanghai, China. An Italian cruiser of the Pisa Class. USS Edsall (DD-219) and USS Bainbridge (DD-246). A light Cruiser with single stack is anchored in the harbor. Numerous U.S. sailors embark on a large motor launch from the U.S. Transport ship, Chaumont. A Chinese Junk sails amidst the clutter of warships. U.S. Sailor at tiller of the motor launch, American flag fluttering in the breeze. Numerous warships in the harbor. Several Chinese Junks sailing in the harbor. The motor launch filled with U.S. sailors, underway.
The funeral procession of a senior military official of the U.S. Army passes along the streets of Washington DC and reaches Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Soldiers on horse back followed by a horse-drawn caisson with a casket along a street. The casket is carried to the grave site at Arlington National Cemetery by pallbearers. Funeral participants follow the pallbearers. The casket is placed in the grave. A clergyman conducts the funeral ceremony. Troops give a 3-volley salute.
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