Seal Beach, Cal: Motorcycle corps practices daring stunts. Modern dispatch-bearers train for war conditions. New York City: Army ordered to France. General John J. Pershing, who will lead the first American army into France. New York City:...See moreSeal Beach, Cal: Motorcycle corps practices daring stunts. Modern dispatch-bearers train for war conditions. New York City: Army ordered to France. General John J. Pershing, who will lead the first American army into France. New York City: Old-Fashioned garden party in quaint Washington Square. Society women raise funds to equip and feed a regiment of soldiers. Tacoma, Wash: City's new combination fire fighter has test. New York City: New styles in milady's footwear. (Courtesy of I. Miller.) Subtitles: Parisian boot for evening wear; Roman white kid evening slipper, gold cloth inlay; Novelty green kid slipper, silver cloth inlay; Patriotic black kid slippers, red white and blue buckle. Rochester, N.Y: $100,000 blaze brings out city's entire fire-fighting apparatus. Washington, D.C: Italian envoys come here to discuss war problems. Lansing and other State officials greet party at Union Station. Brooklyn, N.Y: Two monster chimneys are destroyed. New York City: Good teeth mean good health. School children have public drill in Central Park. The Recaptured Cities of France: Roye. Subtitles: Under pressure, the German army has abandoned the lines which they have held for two years, destroying everything in their retreat. The French general who first penetrate into Roye. The railroad station is a mass of wreckage. The French troops cross the abyss dug through the town. The Germans used the town hall for a moving picture theater; note also the street signs in German. The town square was blown up by the Germans. Taking the census of the wrecked city. In the middle of a street French soldiers are sleeping their last sleep on liberated soil. In spite of bad roads and sunken squares the French artillery is advancing in hot pursuit of the fleeing Teutons. Atlanta, Ga: Conflagration sweeps this city. Thousands homeless, and $3,000,000 property loss. Written by
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