The dispatch boat seen with the French flags. The boat was employed to bring United States President Woodrow Wilson and the American delegation ashore at the Brest Harbour in France for the Paris Peace Conference. A delegate from the French Chamber of Deputies goes aboard to welcome President Wilson and his party. President Wilson and his party leave the USS George Washington ship. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
People gather in the grandstand of the Hunaudieres horse racing track near Le Mans, France, in 1908, to watch Wilbur Wright's demonstration of the Wright Flyer airplane. It is a major social event. An article about Wright in the newspaper. They take a passenger with them for 36 miles. An airplane in the field. Men work on the plane. Views of the Wright Flyer aloft, with a passenger.
French Army trucks pass by in a line in Maurepas, Yvelines, France during World War 1. Artillery pieces are seen in the bed of the vehicles. Men standing by on the roadway.
View of a passenger ship SS Heredia docked at port in Saint Nazaire, France. Red Cross nurses dressed in coats and hats aboard steam ship bound for United States following World War 1. Nurses bid farewell by waving their hands.
Shows American casual troops and U.S. 64th Coast Artillery troops at Saint Nazaire (France) embarking the transport vessel SS Huron shortly after conclusion of World War I. The American troops are returning to the United States. Troops armed with rifles and loaded with supplies board the ship via the boarding stairs
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
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