Shows American 70th and 71st Coast Artillery troops of World War 1 at Saint Nazaire (France) embarking on the transport vessel SS Manchuria following end of World War I. The troops are leaving for United States soon after the armistice. Troops armed with rifles and loaded with supplies board the ship via retractable boarding stairs
View of a United States military tank crossing a pontoon bridge from Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry, to Seine Port, France, during World War 2. . An American Sherman tank equipped with hedge cutter front attachment. Closeup of the attachment and of the tank rolling on its tread while crossing over steel panels on the bridge. Closeup of another Sherman crossing. Soldiers have chalked their names on the side of this one. Another hedge cutter-equipped Sherman crosses the bridge followed by a jeep with red crosses on it. Closeup of gunner in open turret of a Sherman tank, manning a Browning M2HB heavy machine gun. A tank arriving on the muddy opposite shore, and passing other parked military vehicles. Soldiers work with driver of small closed cab artillery tractor pulling a heavy two-wheeled caisson across the bridge. French farmers watch as more tanks cross from Saint-Fargeau.
French President Albert Lebrun's son, Jean Lebrun, marries a tennis player in Rambouillet, France. People gather outside the Rambouillet City Hall (2 Pl. de la Libération, 78120 Rambouillet, France). A man greets a woman. Photographers take pictures of the bride and groom. President Lebrun with his son and the bride. Guards and minister walk out of the Église Saint-Lubin-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church (Pl. Jeanne d'Arc, 78120 Rambouillet, France) after the wedding ceremony. The newlywed couple poses. President Lebrun with his wife, Marguerite Lebrun.
Shows American General Blakely aboard the transport ship, SS Kroonland at Saint Nazaire in France during World War I. American 42nd Coast Artillery troops have food on the deck. Boarding stairs are retracted. The ship prepares to leave for United States following Armistice and end of World War 1.
Events during the Paris Peace Conference. Dignitaries seen waiting outside Trianon Palace Hotel (1 Bd de la Reine, 78000 Versailles, France). United States President Woodrow Wilson arrives in a motor car. He is greeted by the American Advisor of the Supreme War Council General Tasker Bliss and United States Diplomat Henry White. People standing outside Trianon Place Hotel. German diplomats arrive at the Hotel. French guards and motor cars seen.
Voyage of President Woodrow Wilson and Paris Peace Conference delegation en route from France back to the United States in June 1919. Delegation poses together on the deck in three rows. View of one of the ship officers of the USS George Washington leaning on a railing and talking. Another of the ship's officers smiling and talking. Various civilian delegation members standing in a group talking. In an elaborately posed scene, ship's Officers and Crew pose with President Woodrow Wilson. Sailors are positioned across the ship's superstructure, like circus performers. Seated in the center of the photograph (from left to right, just to left of the line running from the mast to the deck) are: Rear Admiral Cary Grayson, USN (MC), the President's physician; Captain Edward McCauley, ship's Commanding Officer; and President Woodrow Wilson.
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