Clip shows a merchant ship at dock in New York. It is idle, awaiting resolution from United States legislators, as the U.S. Senate filibusters President Wilson's call to arm merchant ships (against the U-boat threat from Germany in World War I, before America entered the war).
During World War 1, two men in suits are seen escorting a suspected German spy in the United States. They pose with the suspected spy (who is smiling) in front of a building. They take him into the building.
SS Adriatic, the largest passenger liner in Trans-Atlantic service, arrives safely in New York City., from the Atlantic U-Boat war zone during World War 1. Irene Castle currently starring in the serial film "Patria" is seated on deck. She wears a fur coat and is holding a pet monkey. (Her husband, and professional dance partner, Vernon Castle, was away, flying as a pilot with the British Royal Flying Corps.)
Women at tea gown party wearing long gowns in a garden to raise money for war needs in Hingham, Massachusetts, during World War 1. Women sit on chairs. More women come and join them. Women talk.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy reviews American and Italian troops at an aircraft air field in Italy during World War I. King Victor Emmanuel III shakes hand with officers present. Officer salutes him. He turns to review the World War 1 troops assembled.
French President Raymond Poincaré and his wife inspect St Mihiel France a few hours after its liberation from the Germans. President Poincare with his wife comes out of a building. She meets a child. World War 1 French Army officers and other officials talk with the president and his wife.
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