City of Adana in Turkey. Houses and buildings in Adana. Pedestrians along street. A vendors dispenses drinks. Horse-drawn and cattle-drawn carts pass on a rock road. Natives wash cloths in the Seyhan River.
The local populace and Armenian officials line a mountain road to greet members of the U.S. Military Mission to Turkey and Armenia, as they approach Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Mayor of the city, Mkrtich Mousinyants (Mkrtich Mussinyants) poses with military officers and other officials, as they are filmed by the Mission's cameraman. U.S. Major General James G. Harbord, Head of the Military Mission, and his staff, are seen walking along the mountain road, past spectators. (Some spectators stand on ramparts of Imposing old forts in the background.) Mayor Mousinyants, followed by military officers, walks up to meet Harbord and mission members. He converses with General Harbord. The scene changes to Harbord and staff in their car, driving along the mountain road, with spectators looking down from above. Several mounted cavalrymen carrying the Armenian and American flags escort General Harbord's car as it drives into Yerevan.
The post-war American Military Mission to Turkey and Armenia arriving in the Armenian capital city of Yerevan. The Mission head, Major General James G. Harbord, and members of his staff, walk down a main street, into the city, accompanied by the Mayor of Yerevan, Mkrtich Mousinyants (Mkrtich Mussinyants) and other dignitaries. Armenian soldiers line the side of the roadway. Scene shifts to the Mayor, standing with General Harbord and staff, as they review a contingent of Armenian soldiers marching past in close order formation.
Greco-Turkish War of 1919 to 1922. Turkish irregulars armed with rifles are seen taking cover in fields. A uniformed Turkish soldier with his rifle in a hollow in the field. A man and woman firing their rifles from prone position. Change of scene shows uniformed Turkish soldiers charging near damaged buildings. One is felled by an exploding grenade. Comrades stop to help him. Turks firing their rifles from behind the cover of rubble.
Camera pans across welcoming delegation of local officials lined up in front of the railroad train of the so-called American Military Mission to Armenia, aka the Harbord Commission. (Some U.S. soldiers can be seen in and near the train.) It was arriving in Mardin, by rail, from Adana and Allepo. (Reportedly, the gentleman in black, standing to the right hand side of the lady, in the welcoming delegation, is Abdurrahman Kavvas, a descendant of the Ortoqid family that ruled Eastern Anatolia, Northern Syria and Northern Iraq in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.) In a change of scene, the camera pans over a large group of local people who pose standing side-by-side. A contingent of Turkish cavalry ride past, followed by a squad of marching Turkish infantry.
Armenian soldiers parading on a street in Kars, Armenia. They carry shouldered rifles with fixed bayonets. Local spectators watch from the roadside. The troops appear to be headed toward a large fortress seen on a hill in the background.