| Clemenceau Visits US | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5181 |
| Catalog #: | 367990 | |
| Clip Number: | 367990-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON251M | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Various; USA | |
| Year Shot: | 1921 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: State Visits | |
| Description: | Former French premier Georges Clemenceau visits various sites in the U.S. on a trip in 1921; shortly after his retirement. Clemenceau; called "Le Tigre"- -the tiger- -is a charming elderly (age 81) pudgy Frenchman with famous big white drooping moustache; the symbol of France to French & non-French alike. Clemenceau & party at rail of ship. CU Clemenceau & Colonel E.M. House. C. & party walk toward camera. C. waving from car. Arriving somewhere & walking past line of military & government VIPs. C. meeting soldiers. Climbing hill; to visit grave of ex-president Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.. Laying wreath; w/ elderly woman. Stands by grave for some time. 01.33.14.26 Great Pathe News promo/advertisement: w/ drawings of roosters; words "Sees All- -Knows All. Issued Twice a Week for Twenty Million Readers." 01.22.15.08 C. visits ex-President Abraham Lincoln's grave- - nice shot panning down monument at grave. CU C. speaking at grave. Parade in St. Louis; MO. C. riding in car through street. C. speaking from back of observation car on train to large crowd in Dayton; OH. 01.34.36.24 Nice tracking shot of cheering crowd; shot from train as it pulls away. Cute shot of C. riding on back of the train car as train travels through rural area; CU C. on train. Arriving at White House to see President Warren Harding. Visiting Lincoln Memorial (very new at this time; temporary railings etc.). At tomb of American Unknown Soldier. See also 6264 at 01.45.40. | |
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