Country: United States
Reel 1 shows E.M. House and aides at his Paris office. Premier
Clemenceau and Marshal Foch leave No. 10 Downing Street. Shows views of
the hotels Elysees-Palace, Crillon, and Ritz in Paris. Admiral Benson
and Henry White leave the Crillon. Premier Orlando and Baron Sonnino of
Italy, Lloyd George and David Balfour, Gen. Tasker Bliss, Robert
Lansing, President and Mrs. Wilson, Adm. Grayson, Clemenceau, Pres.
Poincare, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pichon, and Arthur J. Balfour
arrive at the Quai d'Orsay, Paris, to open the peace conference. Reel 2
shows Japanese Ambassador Matsui; Henry White, Foch, Lansing, Arthur
Balfour, Adm. Benson, Gen. Bliss, and others at the Quai d'Orsay.
Poincare departs. President and Mrs. Wilson arrive. Clemenceau leaves.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Admiral Benson arrive at the Ritz.
President Wilson, Dr. Wellington Koo, Ignace Paderewski, and the Greek
delegate Venizelos arrive at the Crillon. King George V is greeted at a
Paris station by President Poincare and rides through the streets.
Poincare greets King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium at the
station. The royalty ride in a procession. Victor Emmanuel III arrives
by train. Scope notes and description by National Archives and Records
Administration.
