| UNKNOWN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN GATHERING British and US Leaders Meet | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6261 |
| Catalog #: | 369497 | |
| Clip Number: | 369497-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 455 A | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1919 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Misc. | |
| Description: | UNKNOWN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN GATHERING A meeting of English and American dignitaries and military officers. British & US military & governmental leaders (incl. President Warren Harding?) meet - probably soon after World War One. It seems to be social occasion with wives present. Brief opening shot, men & women descend from coach. Cut to shot of British Army officers (inc. Gen's French; Rawlinson Byng (?) etc. approach on paved walk across wooded yard, large building in BG. More shots of both Army men & civilians, including some government types & 1 US Army officer walking around. MS newsreel camera. Pan on group of cameamen with equipment next to base of large monument with Latin name of William III on its side. Next, people coming out door of cottage pausing in doorway to talk. British & American army men, civilian men & women. Crowd of these stand socializing under arbor. Another doorway with USA & British flags hanging in front pulled back like curtains. More VIPs coming out. Group of women, probably some sort of war workers, in light-coloured long dresses with scarves over their heads tied in back. International relations; conference; summit meeting; motion pictures; journalism; party | |
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