Armistice Celebrations in Washington, DC, New York and Paris

Identifier
irn1000777
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.0933
Dates
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1918
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • Hearst Metrotone (Producer)
  • Pathe News (Producer)

Scope and Content

Armistice Celebrations in Washington, DC, New York, Paris, and London, 1918. Revised version, 1936. Summary: Reel 1: President Wilson leaves the White House and rides down Pennsylvania Avenue. Shows parade units and crowds in Washington, DC. The Kaiser is hanged in effigy in New York City. Jewish man with Hebrew paper blowing horn. British Gen. Haig, French Gen. Petain, Italian Gen. Diaz and King Albert of Belgium review troops outside Paris. President Wilson reads a Washington newspaper.

Note(s)

  • Script available at NARA.

Subjects

  • WHITE HOUSE
  • UNITED STATES
  • PARADES
  • NEWSPAPERS

Places

  • Paris, France
  • London, England
  • Washington, DC, United States
  • New York, NY, United States

Genre

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