| AMERICA'S ILLUSTRIOUS GUESTS British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour and French General Joseph Joffre on official visit to United States. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5115 | |
| Catalog #: | 365795 | |
| Clip Number: | 365795-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 47 M | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:07 - 01:01:03 | |
| Location: | Washington, DC United States of America | |
| Year Shot: | 1917 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FLAGS AND EMBLEMS: National, United States of America INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: State Visits LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. PERSONALITIES: Balfour, Arthur J. PERSONALITIES: Joffre, Joseph Jacques | |
| Description: | International diplomacy. British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour and French General Joseph Joffre on official visit to United States. Shot of 6 men getting into car; parked in front of pillared building with crowd of uniformed guards etc. Car drives off to right. Tracking shot going past mass of young girls; most with dark complexions; who are waving American flags of all sizes; one girl in front row waves a large Union Jack. All the girls wear white blouses and dark wide ties. (One possibility is that these girls are members of a Jewish girls' organization and are cheering Balfour's recent {1917} pledge of British support for a Jewish nation state in Palestine.) Next; shot of the visiting contingent walking toward camera across huge lawn; with Joffre in middle of front row. Masses of soldiers stand at attention on right. shot of the soldiers marching; in long lines with big spaces between; Washington monument behind trees in BG. State visit; military; youth organizations | |
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