Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) (Most Recent)
Series : Historical Films, compiled ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985
Production Date: 1936
Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1131
Use Restriction(s): Undetermined
Sound Type: Silent
Scope & Content: On visits to New York City and Washington, D.C. Reel 1 (Signal Corps), Marshal Joffre is greeted by city officials at the Battery, rides to City Hall, meets Mayor Hylan, receives a model of the Statue of Liberty, and reviews a parade. Pres. Butler of Columbia Univ. presents an honorary degree to Archbishop Cosmo Lang. Sec. Lansing greets Prince Axel of Denmark at the Old State Bldg. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium arrive at the Capitol, are greeted by Pershing and Sec. Baker at the Belgian Embassy, and, with Prince Leopold, leave the embassy. Lloyd George leaves the White House. Czechoslovak troops parade in Washington. Clemenceau departs from the Army War College. Reel 2 (signal Corps) Gen. Diaz and other Italian officers review troops at Fort Myer, Va., Oct. 26, 1921. Shows Gen. Gouraud at the White House and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in 1929. Shows Lord Northcliffe, Arthur Balfour, and Lansing at the White House in 1920. Reel 3 (Mutual Weekly), Joffre is greeted at the Battery, driven to the City Hall, and met by Mayor Hylan. Joffre unveils a Lafayette Memorial in Brooklyn and arrives at Columbia Univ.
Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@nara.gov
National Archives Identifier: 24635
Local Identifier: 111-H-1131
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