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LOVERS TAKE SEATS FACING CAMERA, HE HELPS HER SLIP OFF COAT. OTHERS IN SEATS IN BKGD. DRAMATIC MOVIE WESTERN IN PROGRESS. POSSE CHASING HERO ON HORSEBACK.
GUN BATTLE ENSUES.

COUPLE GET ENTRANCED BY MOVIE DRAMA. HERO IS WOUNDED, CAPTURED. MOB STARTS TO LYNCH HERO, HEROINE RIDES TO RESCUE, SHOOTS BRANCH OFF TREE, HERO JUMPS ON BACK OF HORSE WITH HEROINE, THEY GALLOP OFF.

PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON, BACK TO CAMERA, STANDING BY WINDOW LOOKING OUT. TWO WHITE HOUSE POLICEMEN WATCH SHEEP ON LAWN.

MAN ESCORTS WOMAN HOME (FROM MOVIES) CHAT ON PORCH.
SHE POINTS TO WRISTWATCH, THEY SHAKE HANDS TO SAY GOODBYE. REFUSE TO LET GO. SHE PULLS HIM CLOSER ALMOST OUT OF CAMERA VIEW. KISSING IS IMPLIED, NOT SHOWN. CENSORSHIP (?)

TITLE: "PRESIDENT WILSON HAS ASKED AMERICANS TO PRESERVE ABSOLUTE NEUTRALITY DURING THE WAR ABROAD.
PLEASE REFRAIN FROM PARTISAN APPLAUSE IN VIEWING THIS PICTURE. THEREBY COMPLYING WITH THE PRESIDENT'S REQUEST".

FRENCH GENERAL COMES DOWN ON EACH SHOULDER OF FRENCH OFFICER WITH FLAT PART OF SWORD BEFORE BESTOWING ANOTHER MEDAL ON HIS ALREADY FULL CHEST OF MEDALS, FOLLOWED BY KISS ON CHEEK. CROWD OF SOLDIERS WATCH IN BKGD. WAR HERO

BATTLE SCENE RE-ENACTMENTS SHOWING HAND TO HAND COMBAT, WITH RIFLES, BAYONETS, MEN FALLING DEAD, REFUGEES BRUTALLY BEING MOVED ALONG UNDER BAYONET POINT, THROUGH BOMBED OUT CITIES, VILLAGES BY SOLDIERS. TRANSPARENT (SPIRIT) FIGURE OF JESUS CHRIST WATCHING THE CARNAGE. RELIGION

MONTAGE MORE OF SPIRIT OF CHRIST SADLY WATCHING GORY BATTLE SCENES. DOG PULLING ON SHIRT OF DEAD MAN.

MOTHER WITH CHILD IN ARMS REACHING OUT WITH HAND AS IN PLEADING FOR HELP. TWO SOLDIERS SIT, EAT, IN BKGD.

ALL DROP THEIR WEAPONS AS SKY FILLS WITH ANGELS.

PASSENGERS ON LINER DECK ENJOYING THEIR VOYAGE, SUDDENLY REACT TO IMPACT OF TORPEDO HITTING THEIR SHIP.

UNDERWATER SHOT OF LINER SINKING TO OCEAN FLOOR.
HIGH ANGLE DEBRIS, PEOPLE IN WATER.

SUBMARINE CONNING TOWER LOWERS INTO SEA AS SUB SINKS.
SCENES OF MEN DYING IN FLOODED SUB. RE-ENACTMENT

CREW OF SUBMARINE DECK TYING SUBMARINE TO PIER.

GERMAN SUBMARINE TIED UP TO DOCK IN VIRGINIA (?)

ELDERLY WOMAN ON DECK OF LINER, TOY POODLE IN EACH ARM SHOWS ALARM WHEN SHE SPOTS CONNING TOWER OF SUBMARINE IN DISTANT. SHE RUNS DOWN STEPS TO DINING AREA YELLS "SUBMARINE!, SUBMARINE!"

CAPTAIN OF SHIP PEERS THROUGH BINOCULARS, SPOTS SUBMARINE, WHICH FLIES U.S. FLAG. HE REACTS IN SHEER JOY.

MONTAGE SCENES OF GERMAN SUBMARINE U-35 SINKING SHIPS ARE SHOWN HERE.

FOUR-MAST SCHOONER QUICKLY SINKING BELOW THE SEA.

LARGE NUMBERS OF CREWMEN RUSH TO OPPOSITE SIDE AS SHIP BEGINS TO ROLL OVER. SHIP ROLLS OVER, CREW SCRAMBLES TO THE SIDE OF SHIP WHICH IS NOW FACING UPWARD. SHIP TURNS COMPLETELY OVER WITH BOTTOM OF HULL, CROWDED WITH CREWMEN, FACING SKYWARD, HUNDREDS SWIMMING IN WATER AROUND SHIP AS OTHERS SLIDE INTO WATER OFF HULL.

SEVERAL TUGBOATS, STACKS STEAMING, BACK AWAY HUGE LINER "LUSITANIA" (?) DECKS CROWDED WITH PASSENGERS.

CAMOUFLAGED FOUR STACKER, S.S. "LUSITANIA" (?) BEING GUIDED OUT OF HARBOR BY TUG BOATS.

VIEW OF PRESIDENT TEDDYU ROOSEVELT WATCHING PARADE, CHATTING WITH GENERAL, USING HANDS TO MAKE A POINT.

RE-ENACTMENT GERMAN INFANTRY CHARGE THROUGH FOREST, ALLIED MACHINE GUNNERS MOWING THEM DOWN. BODIES FALL TO GROUND. DRAMATIC DEATH SCENES, BOTH GERMAN, AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

GROUP OF GERMAN MEN, WOMEN SEATED AT KITCHEN TABLE, EATING, DRINKING BEER, TOASTING THEIR BEER MUGS TO PICTURE KAISER WILHELM. (PROPAGANDA FILM COMEDY).

CU MAN GRABS THE BOY, GETS HIS FACE SPLATTERED WITH PIE BY GIRL. TWO CHILDREN RUN OUT OF KITCHEN AS ADULT GROUP CAREFULLY CLEAN PIE OFF KAISER'S FACE.

WOODROW WILSON AT HIS DESK READING DOCUMENT.

MIDDLE-AGED FAT WOMAN SHOWS EXPRESSION OF ANGER AND DISBELIEF AS YOUNG MAN INSISTS ON SPEAKING BEFORE PEACE ORGANIZATION. INTERIOR. WOMAN CHANGES EXPRESSION TO RELIEF AND ADMIRATION WHEN HE SPEAKS OF PEACE.

YOUNG MAN PASSES OUT COINS TO GROUP OF CHILDREN, WHO MARCH INTO THE PEACE MEETING CHANTING, "WE WANT WAR".
OUTRAGED GROUP STORMS OUT OF MEETING.

YOUNG RICH MAMMA'S BOY IN LIVING ROOM WITH MOTHER, SHOWS STATE OF DEPRESSION, VISUALIZES SOLDIERS MARCHING. HE JUMPS UP, ASKS MOTHER PERMISSION TO ENLIST, KISSES HER HAND.

CARTOON SHOWS RECRUITS ENTERING BOOTH, AS UNCLE SAM TURNS LEVER, CRANKS OUT TRAINED SOLDIER ON OTHER SIDE.

TROOPS MARCHING. WEAR SPANISH-AMERICAN UNIFORMS. NAVY BAND, MARCHING TOWARDS CAMERA, LEAD NAVY TROOPS IN PARADE.

ARMY SOLDIER SETS UP HIS FILM CAMERA ON TRIPOD IN TRENCH, ROLLS FILM WITH CRANK.

AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS TAP DANCE ON DECK OF TROOP SHIP DURING WWI. RACIAL STEREOTYPES. BLACK SOLDIERS, BLACK GI. AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.

SOLDIERS DO FOX TROT DANCE WITH EACH OTHER ON DECK AS OTHERS WATCH. ENTERTAINMENT.

SOLDIER ESCORTS BLIND MAN SOLDIER, HEAD BANDAGED, UP WALK TO HIS HOUSE. CU YOUNG WIFE CRYING, EYES FILLED WITH TEARS.

DOUGHBOY HOLDS PISTOL ON FOUR GERMAN SOLDIERS SEATED IN LARGE SHELL HOLE. GERMANS, BACK TO CAMERA HOLD UP HANDS. GERMAN SOLDIER HOLDS ONE HAND UP, LIGHTS CIGARETTE FOR DOUGHBOY. CU DOUGHBOY, GUN IN HAND, PUFFING ON CIGARETTE.

ANIMATED WWI CARTOON DEPICTING GIRL NAMED MISS AWOL, ENTICING SOLDIER TO GO AWOL. SOLDIER ENDS UP BEHIND BARS WHICH FORM LETTERS, "A-W-O-L"

WWI STAGE PLAY, DRUNKEN SOLDIER HOLDING UP BOTTLE OF WINE, STAGGERING.

WWI OFFICER COMES OUT FOR CURTAIN CALL, AMERICAN FLAG IS LOWERED BEHIND HIM, OFFICER REMOVES PASTE MOUSTACHE, REVEALING ACTOR SESSUE HAYAKAWA WHO GIVES THREE CHEERS IN JAPANESE (SUB-TITLE),"BANZAI!", "BANZAI!", "BANZAI!".

YOUNG ACTRESS (MARY PICKFORD?) BACK TO CAMERA ADDRESS CROWD FROM PLATFORM WITH MEGAPHONE. WWI BONDS.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS GETS MOBBED BY PEOPLE AT RALLY.

CU FAIRBANKS SURROUNDED BY CROWD, SELLING WAR BONDS AT RALLY. ABOVE PAN OF HUGE CROWD AT RALLY IN PARK.
NEW YORK CITY (?)

GERMAN KAISER WILHELM (ACTOR) GIVING SPEECH IS APPROACHED FROM BEHIND BY LITTLE TRAMP (CHARLIE CHAPLIN) WIELDING HUGE MALLET WITH "LIBERTY BONDS"
WRITTEN IN IT. TRAMP POUNDS KAISER OVER HEAD UNTIL HE IS DOWN, THEN STANDS OVER HIM IN TRIUMPH.

RE-ENACTMENT FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION SOLDIERS MARCHING TOWARD CAMERA, WOMAN (PICKFORD) LOVINGLY HANGS ONTO SOLDIER'S ARM, MARCHES WITH HIM.

ANTI-GERMAN PROPAGANDA FILMS.
CROWD OF CRYING, BEGGING, BEDRAGGLED LITTLE CHILDREN BEING HELD AT BAYONET POINT BY SQUAD OF GERMAN SOLDIERS STANDING BETWEEN CHILDREN AND MAN ON WAGON LOAD OF MILK CANS. "JUST ONE DROP OF MILK", THEY BEG.

NURSE WITH DOG WEARING RED CROSS EMBLEM, GIVES DRINK TO FALLEN SOLDIER. GERMAN SOLDIER LYING ON GROUND
NEARBY, DRAMATICALLY BEGS FOR HELP. NURSE, GOES TO HELP. GERMAN ATTACKS HER, DOG COMES TO ASSISTANCE.

ANTI-GERMAN PROPAGANDA FILM.
MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES ERICH VON STROHEIM IN WWI GERMAN OFFICER ROLLS, CONVINCINGLY PORTRAYS BRUTAL, HATEFUL, VILLAIN.

SMILING GERMAN OFFICER (VON STROHEIM) POSES FOR PHOTOGRAPHER AT FRONT. SMILES, GETS SERIOUS.

CU GERMAN OFFICER, REMOVES MONOCLE, LOOK OF LUST ON HIS FACE.

TWO GERMAN SOLDIERS DRINK BEER AT BASE OF STAIRCASE.

GERMAN OFFICER PICKS UP CRYING BABY, THROWS HER OUT WINDOW. NURSE GOES MAD AT THE SIGHT. CU FACIAL EXPRESSIONS OF WOMAN GOING MAD AS SHE PICKS UP BABIES DOLL. MAD WOMAN RUNS INTO ANOTHER ROOM, LOCKS DOOR.
GERMAN OFFICER POUNDS ON DOOR.

COMEDY SKETCH SPOOF ON GERMAN SOLDIERS, KAISER YOUNG DUTCH GIRL PICKING POTATOES IN FIELD LIES ON GROUND HOLDING HER BACK IN PAIN. GERMAN GUARD (PAINTED ON MOUSTACHE) SITTING IN BEACH CHAIR, RUNS OVER, WHIPS HER. GIRL PICKS UP ROCK THROWS IT, GUARD DUCKS, ROCK HITS OFFICER IN FACE, KNOCKS HIM INTO DITCH. OTHERS WOMEN IN WORKING IN FIELD IN BKGD BEING GUARDED BY SOLDIERS

COMICAL GERMAN (FAKE HANDLEBAR MOUSTACHE) SALUTING, LOOKING STUPID.

HUGE GERMAN SOLDIER GRABS ANOTHER SOLDIER, HITS HIM IN FACE WITH BOARD, PICKS HIM UP THROWS HIM DOWN, HITS HIM OVER AND OVER WITH BAT WHILE HE'S DOWN, PICKS HIM UP THROWS HIM ONTO TABLE OF SOLDIERS WHO WERE WATCHING THE EVENT. HE SLAMS VICTIM ON GROUND, ROLLS ON GROUND WITH HIM, PICKS HIM UP BY REAR OF BELT, DRAGS HIM TO OFFICER WHO AWARDS BULLY HIM WITH GERMAN IRON CROSS TAKEN FROM VENDOR SELLING THEM TWO FOR FIVE CENTS.

GERMAN SOLDIER STANDING IN FIELD NEXT TO SCARECROW, LIGHTS CIGARETTE WITH MATCH, THROWS MATCH IN HAY STARTING FIRE IN FRONT OF SCARECROW. SCARECROW (SPY IN INCOGNITO) STAMPS OUT FIRE. SOLDIER TURNS AROUND, SCARECROW STOPS MOVING.

SOLDIERS AT ALLIED WIRELESS STATION. ONE WITH HEAD SET TAPPING OUT MESSAGE, ANOTHER ON TYPEWRITER, HANDS MESSAGE TO MESSENGER. MESSENGER HANDS IT TO OFFICER WHO MAKES PHONE CALL. (RE-ENACTMENTS)

SOLDIERS IN TRENCHES GOING "OVER THE TOP, CHARGING ACROSS THE BARB WIRED FIELD UNDER FIRE.

GERMAN SOLDIERS FIRING FROM PILLBOX. CU HAND PULLING PIN ON HAND GRENADE. SOLDIER DROPS HAND GRENADE IN PILL BOX, RUNS AND DUCKS INTO DITCH. PILL BOX BLOWS UP.

PEOPLE POSING OUTSIDE MOTION PICTURE THEATER, NICKELODEON "THE GEM".

"NEW BROADWAY" MOVIE THEATER-NICKELODEON (?) "TALLYS"
WRITTEN IN LARGE LETTERS ABOVE THEATER.

MONTAGE VICTORIOUS AMERICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS MARCHING AMID AMID CELEBRATING AND FLAG WAVING CIVILIANS. ARMY BAND MARCHING TILT UP PAINTING OF WOODROW WILSON ON WALL.