The USS George Washington with officers and crew members assembled on deck and many. sailors aloft in the ship's superstructure and other lofty perches. President Woodrow Wilson and members of the U.S. delegation to the peace talks, are seen sitting on the bridge of the ship leaving for France to attend the Paris Peace Conference. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Arrival of the American delegation at the Brest Harbour in France for the Paris Peace Conference. Commander of the Atlantic fleet, United States, Admiral Henry Braid Wilson , and other members seen on the ship. Chief of U.S. Naval Operations Admiral William S. Benson seen with French minister of Marine George Leygues and his wife. President Woodrow Wilson acknowledging the salute of the convoy of warships employed to escort the USS George Washington at the Brest Harour in France. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
United States President Woodrow Wilson arrives back home to United States after returning from France. He is accompanied by Mrs. Edith Wilson. A huge procession gathered to mark the welcome of the President. U.S. flags decorated all over. Crowd gathered to greet him. President and his wife sitting in the motor car and greeting the people.
United States soldiers on horses. March parade organized in honor of President Wilson's return from the Paris Peace Conference. United States President Woodrow Wilson marching up Pennsylvania Avenue towards White House in the parade. United States soldiers seen marching and carrying the U.S. flags.
Film opens with view from a high point of the city of Rome, Italy. St. Peter's Basilica is seen in the background. Camera focuses on a group of men crowded together in a fenced area atop a construction project. Closer view reveals Benito Mussolini wielding a pick alongside other workers. After a moment, he puts the pick down and goes to the end of the area where he stands on something to make him visible above the others, and gives a fascist salute. View of St. Peter's from the elevated work site. Closeup of ordinary workers clearing rubble from the construction site. Film goes black momentarily and then shows the crowded work site seen in the earlier footage. Mussolini is handed the pick and uses it for a longer time than previously shown. He and others leave the work site. More views of St. Peter's Basilica. Views of trams and light traffic on a street below. More views of apartment houses and St. Peter's. Film interrupted and then shows closeup of men working on the construction site.
Survey and clearing of farm land in Calabria. Farming vehicles including tractors are brought into Calabria by train. People on tractors in the field. People using modern technology adopted by the government to make the land fit for farming. Farmers with a diagram. Farmers discuss among themselves and working in the field. Families walk towards a farm. The men and a boy dig while the women dispose of the mud. A man smoking cigar in front of a house. Farmers with a sack of wheat as they take the grains in their palms. Men load logs into horse cart. A horse man supervises work in a field. Men peeling the bark of a tree trunk. Men shear sheep for wool.
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