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On World War I activities. Worn Army clothing is sorted, cleaned, and pressed at Camp Humphries, Va. Lumber is sorted. Clothes are sorted, pressed, and sized in a Q.M. center in New York City. Hats are steamed and blocked. Shoes are disinfected, softened, and repaired.

Reel 1 shows the Gatun Locks, tugs in Gatun Lake, aerial views of Culebra Cut and jungle areas, and a freighter passing through locks. Reel 2, dams are opened and water rushes through. Locks are filled and emptied. The freighter City of Lordsburg passes through. Natives hack through jungle vegetation, dam creeks, and spray marshes with oil. Engineers test stagnant pools. Shows native settlements in Panama City. A navy tug passes through Miraflores Locks.

Part 1, William Howard Taft reviews parading troops at Camp Jackson, S.C., on Jan. 31, 1918. Part 2 shows the funeral of Taft on March 11, 1930. A caisson carries Taft's body from his Washington, D. C., home to the Capitol. Citizens view the body in the Capitol Rotunda. The body is borne by caisson to All Souls Unitarian Church. Shows Taft's grave in Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

Orville Wright takes off, flies a short distance, and lands in an early airplane. The Wright plane takes off accompanied by a De Haviland plane. Shows an early blimp in flight.

Reel 1, Pres. and Mrs. Wilson greet air mail pilots at Bolling Field (D.C.) in 1918. Douglas Cruisers land and Army pilots Smith, Nelson, Arnold, Wade, Ogden, and Harding are greeted by Mayor Curley in Boston in 1924. The pilots are greeted at Mitchel Field, N.Y.C. by the Prince of Wales; at Bolling Field by Pres. Coolidge, Sec. Weeks, and Gen. Mitchell; at Chicago by Mayor Dever and Gen. Hale; and at Columbus, Ohio. The Berlinger helicopter is tested at Bolling Field in 1925. Lts. Maitland and Hegenberger return from a 1929 trans-Pacific trip and are greeted at Bolling Field by Secs. Kellogg and Wilbur; Gens. Pershing, Fechet, and Patrick; Anthony Fokker; C.L. Lawrence; Lindbergh; and Eddie Rickenbacker. Reel 2, the Memphis docks at Wash., D.C, in 1927; Lindbergh debarks and rides to the Washington Monument with his mother and Postmaster Gen. New. The airship Los Angeles circles overhead. Coolidge and C.E. Hughes give Lindbergh medals. He lands the Spirit of St. Louis at Chicago and speaks at Soldiers Field. Shows Gen. Lassiter and Mayor Thompson. The Spirit of St. Louis departs from Bolling Field for Mexico. Lindbergh and Gens. Graves, Craig, and Cruikshank review troops at Ft. Amador, C.Z. Reel 3, Gens. Summerall and Fechet greet Mexican flyer Carranza at Bolling Field in 1928. Sec. Davis and Fr. Gen. Thenauld greet French pilots Costes and Lebrix at Bolling Field in 1928. Kellogg, Lindbergh, and Rickenbacker greet the crew of the airplane Bremen at Bolling Field in 1928. Coolidge greets fliers Fitzmaurice, Koehl, and von Huenefeld at the White House. The fliers visit the Capitol and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Reel 4, Gov. Small officiates as the pilots are honored by a Chicago parade. Sec. Davis presents the D.F.C. to Orville Wright. Pres. and Mrs. Hoover, Rickenbacker, and Fechet attend an air show. Rickenbacker poses with members of the 94th Aero Squadron.

Gen. Pershing and the 1st Division are welcomed in New York City, Philadelphia, Wilmington (Dela.), and Washington. Reel 1, Gen. Pershing, Gen. March, and Sec. of War Baker arrive by ferry at a New York pier. Pershing rides to City Hall where Gov. Al Smith greets him. Crowds cheer Pershing in Central Park. Pershing leads the 1st Div. down 5th Avenue. Baker, March, Smith, Mayor Hylan, John Wanamaker, and Sec. of the Treasury McAdoo review the 1st Div. In Philadelphia, Pershing is greeted by Gov. Sproul and Mayor Smith, plants a tree at Independence 1124 Hall, inspects cadets at Wanamaker's store, and arrives at the Union League. Gen. Pershing speaks to crowds from a train platform in Wilmington. Reel 2, Vice Pres. Marshall, Baker, and March meet Pershing at Union Station in Washington. Marshall and Pershing motor to the Shoreham Hotel. Pershing attends a track meet at Central High School and a baseball game at Griffith Stadium with Clark Griffith. Marshall, Baker, and Pershing review a 1st Division parade.

Cadets are inspected at West Point. Troops fire rifles on a range and scale a wall in skirmish formation. Artillery pieces are drawn into parade and drill formations. Cavalry units ride over hurdles and through wooded areas. Artillery pieces are advanced, loaded, and fired during a sham battle. Cavalry troopers pack their horses, are inspected, and, led by Gen. Funston, depart from Galveston, Tex., to occupy parts of Mexico.

hows Roosevelt seated in a lawn chair, standing on a porch, seated at a desk, and addressing & crowd in front of the Old Post Office Bldg. in Washington, D.C. Quentin Roosevelt poses in his Cavalry uniform. William H. Taft, Charles E. Hughes, and Gen. Leonard Wood walk in the funeral procession as Roosevelt is buried at Oyster Bay, New York, in 1919.

eel 1, spillways are erected, concrete poured, lock gates constructed, and emergency dams erected and swung across locks at Gatun, Miraflores, and Pedro Miguel. A dike is dynamited. Reel 2, rock is dynamited and removed by steam shovel and railroad crane. Reel 3, Culebra Cut is excavated and railroad track is taken up. The lower chamber of Gatun Locks is filled and a tug enters. Gamboa Dike is dynamited. Reel 4, the Cucuaracha slide is dynamited. Shows the dredging fleet. Reel 5, mud and rock are cleared from cuts. Sec. of War Garrison views operations.

Reel 1, spillways are erected, concrete poured, lock gates constructed, and emergency dams erected and swung across locks at Gatun, Miraflores, and Pedro Miguel. A dike is dynamited. Reel 2, rock is dynamited and removed by steam shovel and railroad crane. Reel 3, Culebra Cut is excavated and railroad track is taken up. The lower chamber of Gatun Locks is filled and a tug enters. Gamboa Dike is dynamited. Reel 4, the Cucuaracha slide is dynamited. Shows the dredging fleet. Reel 5, mud and rock are cleared from cuts. Sec. of War Garrison views operations.

On border patrol activities against Mexican bandits in 1916. Reel 1, inf. and art. unit, including the 4th F.A., pack mules and set up a camp near the border. Gen. Hoyt visits the camp. Reel 2, inf. units entrain and arrive at Columbus, N.M. Mountain artillery units at Ft. Bliss, Tex., load mules, enter the Sierra Madre Mts., practice range finding, treat wounded at a field hospital, and set up a portable radio station. A pontoon bridge is built and crossed by mules and vehicles. Mortars and artillery are positioned.

The body of the Unknown Soldier is returned from France and interred in Arlington National Cemetery in 1921. Reel 1, the casket is removed from a train at Le Havre, borne through the city, and placed aboard the Olympia. Reel 2, the coffin is removed at the Wash. (D.C.) Navy Yard. Woodrow Wilson and large crowds view the coffin in the Capitol Rotunda. Shows the procession to the cemetery. Shows Gen. Pershing. Reel 3 shows the procession; the coffin being placed on a stand at the cemetery; crowds; soldiers; and the tomb.

On airships, 1917-32. Reel 1, the British R-34 is prepared for flight at Roosevelt Field, N. Y. (1919). The Roma lands at Bolling Field (Wash., D.C.) in 1921, is christened, and presented to Sec. of War Weeks by the Italian Ambassador. The Army blimp C-2 lands at Crissy Field, San Francisco (1923). Reel 2, the Shenandoah circles D. C. (1923). Shows the Los Angeles being berthed at Bolling Field (Pres. and Mrs. Coolidge watching) In 1924 and flying ,over the Panama Canal (1928). The Los Angeles and the Akron are berthed at the Army War College (D. C.) in 1932. Lost German zeppelins land near Bourbonne Les Bains, France (1917).

Reel 1, U.S. troops debark at Manila; fishing boats dock in the harbor; children attend school and make rope; women weave hats; coconuts and sugar cane are harvested; troops drill at Camp John Hay; Igorots dance; Ateneo cadets drill. Reel 2, the Pacific fleet lies in Manila Bay. Gov. Gen. Stimson and Gen. MacArthur review a military parade. The 23rd Wagon Co. (Philippine Scouts) loads mules into boxcars; 45th Inf. (P.S.) troops detrain. The 45th Inf., 24th F.A., and 26th Cavalry make a forced march. The 45th and 57th Infs. (P.S.) parade at Camp John Hay in 1929.

Reel 1, Gen. James G. Harbord views Constantinople from the liner Martha Washington, inspects Turkish wheat fields, greets Armenian priests, and visits a mosque. Vendors dispense goods in Andana, Turkey. Natives wash clothes in the Sihon River. Mission members are greeted by city officials and Arab leaders, and review parading Turkish cavalry and infantry at Mardin. Shows the mission camp and native caravans near the Devegechid River. The mission leaves the Kharput town hall, pushes cars and trucks from sand near the Euphrates River, watches Khurdish natives build a bridge, reviews Turkish troops in Sivas, and visits a Red Cross orphanage, in Erzinjan. Reel 2, mission members arrive in Ezeroum and view football games, Turkish wrestling, and native dances. Armenian soldiers parade in Kars. Harbord meets Prime Minister Khatassian and reviews troops at Erivan. The Armenian cabinet poses. Shows Erivan street scenes with Mt. Ararat in the background. Mission members board the Martha Washington at Trebizond, Turkey. The ship sails through the Bosphorus Strait.

Presentation of Tentative Treaty Terms to Austrian Delegates: St. Germain, France

July 27, 1909. Orville Wright and Lt. Frank P. Lahm, the first Army passenger, test the "Wright Flyer" during trials at Fort Myer. Notable dignitaries present include President and Mrs. Taft, Major Squier, Major Saltzman. Wright and Lahm set the world's endurance record of one hour 12 minutes and 40 seconds. Shot list included. MS of small group standing at door of hangar. Crowds around hangar. Opening doors of hangar. Dignitaries greeting each other. MS of soldiers removing doors from hangar. Pushing plane sideways out of hangar. Soldiers turning plane around. LS of pulling plane out to field. MS preperation of aircraft for take off. Lt. Lahm sitting at controls, Wright standing in front and releasing ropes. Lt. Lahm and Orville Wright take seats in plane. LS of men standing beside catapult and in front of buildings. Men pulling up weight of catapult. LS of catapult from front of plane. MS of catapult from behind plane. LS of taking off. MS of plane taking off. Plane in flight. Plane circles around field, over buildings. LS headquarters building in background. LS of flying field. Plane in flight. Plane landing. LS of plane on field after flight. Moving plane off field. Army personnel grouped around the Wright aircraft. CU of plane. Wright getting out of plane.

On tests conducted by the Air Service. Reel 1, Gen. Mitchell poses aboard the mine planter Schofield. Phosphorus and explosive bombs hit the Alabama. Adm. R. B. Coontz confers with officers aboard the transport Henderson. Shows the Pennsylvania and the cruiser Olympia. The German battleship Ostfrlesland is sunk by various types of bombs. Reel 2, planes lay smoke around the New Jersey; it is bombed and sunk. The battleship Virginia is bombed and sinks.

On the Army transcontinental trip In 1919. Reel 1, Sec. of War Baker and Rep. Julius Kahn dedicate the Zero Milestone In Washington, D.C. Trucks leave Camp Meigs, Md.; cross the Juniata River at Chambersburg, Pa.; climb the Blue Ridge Mts.; pass through East Palestine, Ohio; and traverse the Lincoln Highway in Ill. and Ind. An overturned truck is righted near Fulton, Ill. The Mississippi is crossed at Clinton, Iowa. Trucks are pulled from mud in Nebraska. Reel 2, trucks are winched from quicksand near North Platte, Neb. The Continental Divide Is crossed In Wyoming. Trucks pass through alkali dust in Wyo. A truck breaks through a wooden bridge and is extricated. The convoy departs from Fort Bridger, Wyo., and halts for a meal in Utah. Sagebrush is chopped and used to fill wheel ruts in the alkali road bed. Reel 3, the Great Salt Lake Desert is entered at Granite Point, Utah. A meal is prepared in the trailmobile kitchen. Trucks are pulled through wet sand in Nevada, climb the Sierra Nevadas, stop in Kybury, Calif., for dinner, parade through Sacramento, and ride from Oakland to San Francisco on ferries. Mayor Rolph greets Army officials.

Shows flooded farm areas, breaks in levees, derailed boxcars, rescues by rowboat and motorboat, partially destroyed buildings, flooded streets, and debris and dead animals in city streets after flood waters had receded. Ohio National Guard troops detrain at Dayton and establish martial law, guarding post offices and the city morgue where bodies of flood victims are brought.

This silent film includes footage from several different sources. It shows trench warfare on Germany's two fronts, and artillery, tanks, airplanes, and cavalry in action. Notable scenes include the Kaiser inspecting German troops and Gen. von Hindenburg reviewing a parade in Berlin, Red Cross personnel treating Germans wounded in France, German submarines battling British Q-boats, Emperor Francis Joseph reviewing a parade in Vienna, Archduke Francis Ferdinand's funeral, and the Lusitania leaving a New York port, as well as its wreckage on the Irish coast. Note: Titles in film copy are shortened.

Reel 1 shows ground and aerial views of Archangel and Backoritza; city officials; U.S. troops debarking; unloading and carrying flour from the Gorfe-Castle; children delivering milk; market scenes; ceremonies at a Red Cross hospital; Bolshevik prisoners working on a road; 310th Engrs. operating a sawmill; Russians clearing farm land; and troops operating street cars. Reel 2, Armenian Gen. Torcum presents colors to Brit. Gen. Poole. Brit. Gen. Ironside reviews U.S. troops. 310th Engrs. construct a barracks. The Brit. hospital ship Kalyan docks. Gen. W.P. Richardson leaves the Canada and is greeted by Col. G.E. Stewart. Gens. Richardson and Ironside inspect civilian guards. Soldiers leave a hospital. Troops attend Thanksgiving (1918) services. Reel 3 shows a religious procession; the Canada breaking ice on the Divina River; troops skating and tobogganing; and Gen. Richardson and troops in reindeer sleighs. Gen. Ironside and Col. Stewart review 339th Inf. troops. Russians mount a 6-inch gun on a railroad car. U.S. troops drill, skirmish, and practice football. Russian artillery maneuvers on the frozen river. Reel 4, Engrs. strengthen blockhouses; telegraph lines are strung; Allied troops man trenches and patrol woods; and Russians drill with railroad guns. Gens. Ironside and Richardson decorate 339th Inf. troops. Reel 5, Polish troops are inspected. Troops, including the 310th Engrs., pass in review and embark for the U. S. Shows a funeral procession and Memorial Day (1919) parade in Archangel. Gens. Ironside and Richardson speak at services in an Allied cemetery. Gen. Richardson attends a picnic.

Scope & Content: Reel 1, Gen. Pershing poses at Lucey, France. The liner Leviathan leaves Hoboken, N.J. Troops dance and stage boxing matches aboard the freighter Wilhelmina and the transport Tenadores. Guns aboard the destroyer Little are fired and depth charges are dropped from the destroyer Whipple. The Leviathan enters the harbor at Brest. 306th F.A. troops entrain for the front. 39th and 58th Inf. troops advance under artillery support near Montfaucon. 308th Inf. troops run through maneuvers at Gondrecourt. 16th Inf. troops advance behind tanks near Seicheprey. 110th Engrs. blow up barbed wire at Aux Bois. 35th Div. troops cross the destroyed defenses. Reel 2, 18th Inf. troops receive aid at Exermont. 139th Inf. troops man trenches near Verdun. 128th inf. snipers man posts at Michelbach, Germany. Troops throw hand grenades in training. 7th F.A. units fire gas shells into the enemy lines. Thiaucourt and Rambucourt are shelled by the Germans. A German observation plane crashes and the pilot is captured. 5th, 21st, and 130th F.A. guns are fired. Reel 3, the 103rd inf. "goes over the top" near Torcy. 305th and 306th Inf. units march toward Longueval. Pershing decorates 42nd Div. troops at Bagneux. A German plane is shot down by antiaircraft fire after setting an observation balloon afire. 6th F.A. batteries lay down a barrage near Exermont. 168th Inf. troops crawl into "no man's land." 7th F.A. guns fire near Beaumont. Reel 4, railroad and naval guns are fired behind the lines. 128th F.A. units fire French 75's. British tanks maneuver at Langres. 103rd F.A. guns shell an ammunition dump at Ostel. DH-4 airplanes are prepared for flights at Bergues and Clermont. 148th Aero Squadron planes fly in formation and bomb German lines at Essoudon. 5th, 149th, and 150th F.A. guns fire at German trenches illuminated by searchlights. Shows dead Germans and captured positions. 4th Inf. troops enter Bacharach, Germany. 105th F.A. troopsrejoice at Etraye, France, after receiving news of the Armistice.

Reel 1 shows freighters sinking after a U-boat attack; Pres. Wilson at his desk and in the U.S. Congress declaring war on Germany; recruits arriving at a reception center and drilling; 29th Div. maneuvers and a review at Camp McClellan; Gen. Pershing aboard the transport Baltic; 1st Div. troops boarding the liner Leviathan at Newport News, Va.; depth charges being dropped from a destroyer in a convoy; Pershing conferring with Gen. Joffre; Fr. refugees clogging roads; 2nd Div. troops entering trenches and firing railroad guns; and 103rd Inf. troops attacking. Reel 2, a Ger. airplane crashes after setting an observation balloon afire 35th Div. artillery shells Sultzeren. Pershing views the battlefield. An artillery barrage is laid down and troops begin the St. Mihiel Offensive. Civilians welcome troops at Mont Sec. Troops advance under artillery support in the Meuse. Argonne sector. Eddie Rickenbacker enters an airplane and flies over Ger. lines. An ammunition dump explodes. Buzancy is shelled. Shows Armistice celebrations in New York and Paris; Pershing decorating troops; and the 42nd Div. passing in review.

FILM REPORT: Mall parking lot, Washington Memorial and U.S. Capitol. Crowd gathers, people are seated. William H. Taft, Robert Moten and Warren Harding address crowd. Harding is escorted out.