The funeral of American industrialist and business magnate Henry Ford. Crowd gathers around Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral (4800 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, United States) in Detroit, Michigan. Funeral procession moves down the street and stops in front of the church. People enter the church. Ford family gets out of car and enters the church. Spectators, policemen and photographers on top of cars in front of the church. Policemen hold back the spectators. Mounted policemen hold back spectators along edge of street. Billboard in background for "Carlings Ale" located in front of a tall building with lettering on top identifying it as the "Maccabees Bldg." Crowd gathered in front of shops including "Auto Seat Covers" and "Perfect Cleaners. Cash and Carry" and "Business Sales" and "Rheaume's Lunch." Also "Commonwealth Bank" and "Miles Fox Co."
In Detroit Financial District, people in front of First State Bank Building at 751 Griswold at Lafayette in Detroit, Michigan. (The building was designed by Albert Kahn and Corrado Parducci, and later housed the Olde Discount Corporation). Interior of First State Bank Building, Detroit. Street view of First National Building under construction at 660 Woodward Avenue in Detroit (for First National Bank and other tenants). Automobile traffic on streets of Detroit. People leave Sweetest Heart of Mary, Roman Catholic Church, located on Russell Street at the corner of East Canfield avenue, in a historic Polish parish. (The neighborhood at the time was predominantely Polish.) In the distance is another Polish parish and Saint Josaphat Church located on East Canfield at the corner of Hastings Street (which is now the I 75 freeway). Heavy traffic on a main boulevard. Children play in playground on swings and slides. People and pigeons in a park. Heavy traffic on a street. Large crowd on shore and others in canoes in water at Belle Isle. Crowd streams through gate at dock to board the steamship ferry "Columbia" of the Detroit, Belle Isle and Windsor Ferry Company, with sign "Bob-Lo Route" on the side. Boblo Steamship SS Columbia (designed by Frank Kirby) filled with passengers underway on the Detroit River bound for Bob-Lo Island in Ontario Canada.
Barracks and tents of the American expeditionary Forces (AEF) in Trinidad. Two U.S. soldiers walk up the steps of a barracks building. Sign overhead reads "Saint Clair Cantonment Branch No 3, Trinidad Base Post Exchange". Planes on runway. Tents and barracks in the background. (World War II period).
Scenes in Paris soon after the end of World War I. Exteriors of Napoleon's Tomb at Les Invalides (129 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France) in Paris, France. Pedestrian and light vehicular traffic outside the building. The U.S. labor Commission delegates pose in courtyard of Les Invalides where they observe military armament. View of 7th arrondissement street intersection of Rue du Bac, Boulevard Raspail and Saint Germain. Wide and close views of monument to French Engineer Claude Chappe (Inventor of telegraphy) sculpted by Emile Louis Macé. (This monument was removed by order of the Vichy government in World War 2 and melted down). Workers at the Place de la Nation remove sandbags from Dalou’s sculpture “Triumph of the Republic”. Two other monuments are seen, including one carved like a mural in white stone.
Italian and Spanish officials gathered on the athletic field of the Italian School in Tangier, Morocco. In celebration by Italy of "Spanish Day", and of the Patron Saint Ferdinand by the right-wing nationalist Spaniards, an assembly is held. School boys march, some in a uniform of white short sleeve shirts and dark shorts; others in an all blue paramilitary uniform. Some of the boys carry rifles or drums. The students stand at attention with hands waved in a fascist salute while the Italian Minister and Dr. Avierno inspect. Then the boys march by the dignitaries. Festive streamer flags and flags of several nations wave. An audience of citizens is in the background in a grandstand. On behalf of Franco, Dr. Avierno is present and addresses those gathered. The other primary dignitary with him is the Italian Minister, in military uniform. He is joined by an honor guard of Italian Navy sailors. Palm trees visible behind Avierno speaking.
General Hugh L. Scott seated on a chair demonstrates Indian sign language. General Scott demonstrates a sign for Saint Mary's Lake.