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Go to HomepageReel Number: 300344
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1919,1910s
Country: France,USA
Location: Boston,Brest,Massachusetts
TC Begins: 01:00:11
TC Ends: 01:07:19
Duration: 00:07:08
Post-WWI - 1919, France: Return Of President Wilson From First Trip To France. 15-24Feb19 MLS 15Feb18 VIPs on Brest, France railroad platform as train arrives & President & Mrs. Woodrow Wilson detrain & greeted by Charles M. Schwab, French Admiral Moreau, General Helmick & US General Smedley Butler; handshakes & walking past camera. 01:01:38 Large group follow the Wilsons down seawall steps & aboard lighter. 01:02:08 Lighter w/ US sailors away, MS Wilson standing, waves hat toward shore while passing harbor buildings & ships. 01:02:50 Wilson signing papers for Admiral . 01:03:09 MS approaching two-stack ocean liner SS George Washington in the harbor, MS Wilson & Admiral. 01:03:46 Boarding liner. 01:03:56 Returning military / soldiers watching shipboard contests: rope climbing, greased pole climbing,boxing in ring & on pole. Slapstick gag w/ oversize boxing gloves. 01:04:58 24Feb19 Passing navy ships & followed by overloaded excursion boat as liner enters Boston harbor. 01:05:34 The Presidential party leads Wilson down gangway w/ Mrs Wilson following to transfer to a lighter in Boston harbor. 01:06:02 Approaching dock w/ Welcome sign on building, Boston behind. VIPs on board lighter. 01:06:22 Catholic priest leading Wilson’s party past rows of saluting police officers. 01:06:44 Wilsons into car & along dock. Army cavalry leading car flanked by motorcycle police out of terminal building. Post-WW1; 1910s; Presidential Travels;