Military Leaders (1921)

Military Leaders - attend an Arms Limitation Conference in Washington DC, United States of America, 1921. Arrival of British Royal Navy Admiral David Beatty; First Sea Lord of the Admiralty. Opens w/ shot of Admiral Beatty with wife and child; a young boy whose eyes are rolling around (seems to be doing it for a laugh! SL). CU Beatty & wife (wearing a fascinating veil which looks like squiggles all over her face!). Shots looking down at motorcade procession accompanied by US Army soldiers on foot & on horseback; large crowds line the street. Beatty & others walk toward City Hall entrance. MS group posing on steps. Big flag display; with both Stars & Stripes and Union Jacks covering front of building; pan down to crowd on steps. CU Lieutenant-General Baron Jules Jacques of Belgium; another distinguished guest; w/ other men on either side. Pan along group of men. CU Jacques salutes; man on right holds hat over his breast. Military leaders walk past row of US marines? General Armando Diaz of Italy and
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