Group of farmer girls who are helping with farm tasks and farm production on the American home front during World War I. The girls meet Governor Lowden in Libertyville, Illinois. Illinois Governor Lowden sits on a tractor. He milks a cow. Farmer girls pose for a photo.
Herbert Hoover, Head of American Food Administration, together with another man seated in a flatbed truck, arrives to inspect the first corn of the new harvest in Washington during World War 1. They see sacks full of corns on the truck bed. The man takes out an ear of corn.
Women wearing swim suits at a queue in Venice, California. A man paints mark on the leg of a woman as all bathers required to have identification marks painted on them before entering the water. Other women wait. Opening slate describes the practice as a "French fad."
American ships at sea as the Navy makes preparations for participation in the first World War. Smoke rises from the smokestack of a ship. Sailors on a ship.
The Golden Gates Naval guards of the U.S. Navy march in San Francisco, California during World War I. A board over the passing guards reads "Headquarters Naval Port Guard". Slate indicates that these U.S. Navy Golden Gate Naval guards' surveillance prevails over all arrivals and departures at the port.
Members of the Foreign Press section of the Creel Publicity Bureau (formed by George Creel) prepare to depart for Europe from New York City. Members pose for the pictures. The members aim to show American propaganda abroad during World War I. Charles S. Hart, Director of the Division of Films for the Committee on Public Information (CPI), and former Hearst employee, is seen close-up posing for the camera.
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