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Wrestling matches on the USS George Washington to mark its birthday while returning from France to United States.

American delegation returning back from the Paris Peace Conference. View of wrestling bouts on USS George Washington. The matches being organized to mark the birthday of the ship. The ship is on its return trip to United States from France. Wrestlers seen wrestling and the referee giving instructions. Huge crowd including soldiers,sailors and others gathered around the wrestling ring. The crowd goes crazy to see the matches.

Date: 1919, February 22
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026962
President Woodrow Wilson playing the shuffle board game on the ship while going to France to sign the Peace Treaty.

United States President Woodrow Wilson playing the shuffle board game on USS George Washington. He is accompanied by other members of the American delegation. The players forcing the pucks with the shovels. President Wilson is returning to France to sign the Peace Treaty between germany and the Allies.

Date: 1919, March 11
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026968
Ruins of the Canal du Nord in France. French and British officials and Generals visit war torn sites

Opens with camera panning over debris filled Canal du Nord and then continuing along and up its concrete sides to the top. British troops walk along the high ground above the opposite side of the damaged canal. Next, Commander of British forces, Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, and French Premier, Georges Clemenceau, step from their respective automobiles, and walk together in a war torn area in France, during World War 1. Other officials and military officers join them. Closeup of British Field Marshal Sir Julian Byng, Commander of the Third Army, conversing with another General officer and then with a French priest Other officers stand behind him and a dog sits on the ground, nearby. Premier Clemenceau with a French General speaking to French women in a city. A civilian official (wearing a black mourning armband) joins them. Next, Haig and Clemenceau are seen walking together toward an honor guard of French soldiers, drawn up in formation along the roadside. The proceed to a contingent of British troops, including a military band, standing in formation. Haig and Clemenceau walk through the ranks inspecting the troops. They are next seen as Marshal Haig introduces British General Sir Herbert Plumer to Premier Clemenceau. French soldiers stand at attention in the background. Views of different officers and officials conversing, including Field Marshal Sir Julian Byng speaking with General Plumer. The statesmen and Generals then visit the damaged former German headquarters. Sign above the building reads:”Kommandantur.” The building is pockmarked by shell and bullet holes. Clemenceau leads the party exiting the building. Debris covers the front steps. Clemenceau and Haig return to the same car, saying farewell to others in the party. An officer places a carriage robe over the French Premier’s legs, and they drive away. Next scene is on the outskirts of Ypres, as the remains of a damaged hospital are demolished by British Forces after it was deemed dangerous and unusable due to German shelling.

Date: 1918
Duration: 4 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028106
U.S. troops celebrate Armistice Day on November 11th, 1918 in France and Germany marking the end of World War I.

U.S. 105th Field Artillery troops at Etraye (France), celebrate Armistice Day on November 11th, 1918 marking the end of World War I. U.S. flag is raised. U.S. 4th Infantry, 3rd division troops march through Bacharach, Germany. The troops march through the center of town in formation. An armed U.S. Army guard patrols on the edge of the Rhine River in Bacharach as a boat towing wood passes down the river.

Date: 1918, November 11
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029610
A French dignitary addresses a crowd and boards an Air France aircraft.

Two officials talk to a French dignitary (possibly French Prime Minister Leon Blum) at an airport in Europe. A crowd looks on. Policemen escort the dignitary towards an Air France plane parked on an airstrip. Photographers take pictures. The dignitary addresses the crowd in French, waves and boards the plane. The aircraft taxis and takes off.

Date: 1936
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: French
Clip: 65675031212
Convoys of Allied ships en route to France with supplies for Alllied Forces, are attacked by German submarines and bombers, in World War II

Ships carrying supplies to Allied forces in France, during World War 2. The deck of one is filled with Lockheed Hudson light bombers displaying British markings. Views of ships in the convoy. Change of scene to Adolf Hitler looking over maps with General Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of the German Army and other Generals of the high command. German submarine (U-boat) being launched. German U-boat crews being instructed in hit and run tactics in a classroom. Brief view of map showing disposition of Nazi U-boats to attack allied shipping. Allied convoy seen in aerial view from aircraft overhead. A formation of German Heinkel He 111 bombers seeking Allied convoys to attack. View of crew member at his station inside a bomber. View from a bomber descending to examine an Allied ship, making a low pass over several in the convoy, and ostensibly radioing U-boats to attack with torpedoes. Glimpse of a Heinkel He 111 climbing and a flight of them in formation.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032049