United States President Woodrow Wilson in Paris, France. Horse-drawn carriage passes by road and crowd lined up walks along side. President Wilson, Robert Lansing, General Pershing, and Henry White on horse-drawn carriages pass on the streets of Paris. Troops on horseback and Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in background. A large crowd gathered at the Avenue Champs-Élysées. American flags on some of the buildings. Aerial views of early 20th century Paris from aircraft overhead during the parade, showing parade moving by on parade route, and some buildings of Paris. Ground level views of troops on horseback followed by horse-drawn carriages and procession of cars. American Red Cross men saluting.
French troops lined up and army officers marching followed by United States President Woodrow Wilson, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, and Marshal Ferdinand Foch. President Wilson addresses the troops in a cemetery at Suresnes. Wilson, Admiral Grayson, and Marshal Foch lay wreathes as tribute to fallen soldiers in World War I.
Brief scene from a prison camp in World War I, with German and Austro-Hungarian soldiers under guard by Scottish and other British troops. Scene changes to American and British soldiers examining a wrecked German biplane in a field. Many soldiers gather around the plane. A Scottish Highlander soldier wearing a kilt examines the cockpit. A British soldier cuts away the German cross symbol from the left wing of the airplane as British and United States soldiers watch.
Doughnut shaped piece of cloth suspended by wire. United States Air Force Chief General John Samford discusses the 'flying saucer' UFO because he says it is an obligation of the USAF to investigate anything in the air that might prove a threat to the nation. He credits others as the result of aircraft or meteorological and astronomical phenomena. He reveals that there is not a pattern or measurement for analysis. His conclusions are that they represent no threat to us. He adds that flying saucers are not the result of a secret development by U.S. agency.
Several u.S. Army soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) stand near three French children, outside a church building in France, during World War 1. A large relief of Christ on crucifix is displayed on the wall behind them. One soldier kneels down next to the children and gives them some chocolates. He talks with them. Closeup of the children eating their candy. A boy wipes his hands on his sweater. The children make circles on their tummies, indicating that the food tasted good. New sequence shows American Army of occupation troops celebrating Christmas, 1918, at Montabaur, Germany. They are assembled at a hillside, around a platform holding a monument and statue. A large decorated Christmas tree is set up on one side of the monument, and an Army brass band stands on the other side. Captain William A. Turner, of the Salvation Army, dressed as Santa Claus, hands out gifts to some of the soldiers, assembled in the foreground. There also appear to be some local German people gathered to the far right, of the brass band. Next, "Santa Claus" is seen throwing gifts out to the gathered soldiers. Scene shifts, again, this time to several U.S. Navy dreadnought battleships that might be returning troops from Europe back to the United States. The first seen is a two-stacker, Florida-class; the second is the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and the third is the two-stacker USS New York (BB-34). Final sequence shows U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, and Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, in top hats, stand on deck of a ship with with its Captain (a U.S. Navy Commander) to review U.S. Battleships returning from service with the British fleet in World War 1. The dim image of a battleship is seen in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A New York Port Authority helicopter with pontoons is seen as it takes off. Aerial views of the New York City skyline in the late 1950s, the Statue of Liberty, the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River, tugboats in the water, the ocean liner SS United States, and view approaching the Greek freighter Isbrandtsen on a small boat, with a uniformed port worker or officer preparing a docking throw rope.
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