Attendants spread a cover across a balcony above the main entrance of the Quirinal Palace (Palazzo del Quirinale) in Rome, Italy, during World War 1. Then, King Peter I, of Serbia, King Victor Emmanuel III, of Italy and his Queen (Elena of Montenegro) appear on the balcony. A huge crowd of people cheer them from the plaza below (Piazza del Quirinale),
United States Navy bathyscaphe "Trieste", which is a sumbersible deep diving research boat, seen underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Guam. It reaches a record breaking depth of about 37,000 feet in the Mariana Trench, which is the deepest location on the surface of the Earth's crust.
Italian cavalry enter Fiume, after Austro-Hungarian troops abandon it during World War 1. Mounted cavalry sound bugles as they proceed into the city. Local people seem excited. Kingdom of Italy flags are displayed. Many women carry flowers, and the scene is celebratory. Still images of Italian General Armando Diaz and King Vittorio Emanuele III, of Italy, are shown at end of film.
Italian workers manufacture and assemble army trucks at a war plant in Italy. Heavy mechanical parts are moved with hoists in the assembly area. Women at sewing machines make canvas covers for army trucks Finished trucks line up and drive away from the plant. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American troops in Italy during World War I. American troops walk past a building. Medical jeeps being driven off. A ambulance parked. Officer directs the jeeps. Soldiers on jeeps.
Clip includes scenes from two different events, one week apart. First scenes are from October 5, 1918. Large crowd gathered in Los Angeles California a stage with a mock tank in Central Park, during the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive in World War I. A banner reads "Buy bonds from Sessue Hayakawa" on a podium. Two little girls dressed in traditional Japanese attire kimono, seen on the podium. Japanese American movie star Sessue Hayakawa speaks through a megaphone to sell Liberty bonds during World War I. The next scene, from one week earlier on September 29, 1918, shows Hollywood actress Mary Pickford working the crowd and selling war bonds as she addresses the large gathering through a megaphone during the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign opening event in Los Angeles. Next Mary Pickford is seen seated on the stage. Shots of the crowd are seen. Next scene returns to the event on October 5, 1918. Sessue Hayakawa is speaking to the crowd, and the two Japanese girls on the stage are joined by another little girl, Hollywood child actor Mary Jane Irving. A man asks Mary Jane Irving to speak to the crowd, and she does. Sessue Hayakawa speaks again. Hollywood star Louise Fazenda stands in front a sales report board with a note pad writing down pledges. (Additional information from the Los Angeles Times, October 6, 1918: "Yesterday afternoon a big crowd turned out to greet Sessue Hayakawa and members of his company, including two bright little Japanese girls who shouted through megaphones, "Please buy a bond." Mary Jane Irving, an American sister in art, was on deck with the same message, which appealed mightily to the folks on the ground. Hayakawa made a stirring appeal for the sale of bonds. He said that although his color is different, and his features not the same as ours, he was 100 per cent American and then to prove it he bought $10,000 worth of bonds.")
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