Fort Sam Houston, Texas: The first armored car belonging to the United States Army arrives for service along the border. Subtitle: 1. The car has a complement of seven men and is equipped with machine guns. Buffalo, N.Y: An impressive ...See moreFort Sam Houston, Texas: The first armored car belonging to the United States Army arrives for service along the border. Subtitle: 1. The car has a complement of seven men and is equipped with machine guns. Buffalo, N.Y: An impressive costume parade marks the opening of the Forty-second Annual Session of the Shriners. Subtitle: 1. At the same time the Elks in convention at Baltimore parade in spite of a temperature of 90 degrees. New York City: Five hundred schoolboy members of the Junior Defense League camp at Fort Hamilton and receive military instructions from army officers. Subtitles: 1. Operating the wireless; 2. The older boys gather around the real guns and learn how to handle big mortars. Washington, D.C: Escorted by a military guard of honor, the body of Captain C.T. Boyd, hero of Carrizal, is taken across the Potomac for interment in Arlington Cemetery. Montreux, Switzerland: Wounded English prisoners are bedecked with flowers as they return from Germany to be exchanged for German wounded. Subtitle: 1. A batch of returned French wounded is received by a guard of honor at Lyons. Paris, France: The corps of American aviators fighting in the French army who have won fame for their many unprecedented exploits. San Francisco, Cal: Miss Olga Dorfner of Philadelphia captures the 100-yard Woman's National Swimming Championship in the fast time of one minute and eight seconds. Buffalo, N.Y: Many pretty dances characterize the summer festival of the Buffalo school playgrounds. Baltimore, Md: The unloading of the valuable cargo of dyestuffs from the German merchant submarine "Deutschland" is strictly guarded by fences and boats. Detroit, Mich: The President, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, arrives to address the World's Salesmanship Congress on the need for mutual understanding between nations. New York City: Children should avoid crowded places, says the Health Department in its efforts to check the spread of infantile paralysis. Subtitles: 1. Don't let children play near the garbage cans; 2. Don't leave the baby uncovered in its carriage; 3. Don't leave the refuse cans uncovered. El Paso, Tex: Pittsburgh's boys, the Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry, arrive for border duty. Subtitles: 1. Notwithstanding the terrific heat, everyone works with a will. Written by
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