VISIT OF PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON TO BELGIUM, JUNE 18, 1919 — Reel 2, Part 1 | The Archive Project

Video Parts (5 across 2 reels)

This clip is Reel 2, Part 1 of a 5-part film. Watch from the beginning

Description

Reel 1, King Albert and Queen Elizabeth greet the Wilsons at Andenkerque. They inspect rubble in Nieuport, landmarks in Ypres (with Amb. Whitlock), and shattered breakwaters of the Zeebrugge Canal; eat a picnic lunch; and greet villagers in Thourout and Blankenberghe. Reel 2, the party inspects German-stripped factories in Charleroi; meets Herbert Hoover, Bernard Baruch, Norman Davis, and Vance McCormick in Brussels; and drives through Malines. Wilson is given a degree at the Univ. of Louvain.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films

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Date

1936-01-01

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TRT

2:07

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