Footage of battles of WWI. The narrator tells how America initially did not want to enter the war, but then tells how and why they did eventually get involved. Shots of German submarines and the British ship Lusitania, and how Americans were killed. Shots of President Woodrow Wilson’s campaign for reelection. Shots of a speech of his where he tells his intentions of staying out, but the narrator describes how that proved to be impossible.
1910s
A troop buries dead soldiers. The narrator: "Thousands of our gallant...
1910s
Footage of a large military parade, with hundreds of soldiers marching...
1910s
Great cruise ship coming in to port in New York. Woodrow Wilson walking...
1910s
"April 2nd, 1917. The United States entered the first World War." Various...