Clemenceau (1918)

Shots of French Premier Georges Clemenceau during World War One, France.
Ceremony with military leaders and statesmen. French Premier Georges Clemenceau & President Raymond Poincare walk at head of procession. going past French soldiers standing several rows deep. Behind them come French generals including Henri Petain, Ferdinand Foch, Joseph Joffre, Weygandt and Gallieni, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, US army's General Pershing and an unidentified Italian officer.
Clemenceau leading soldiers through a trench, he looks strangely out of place. At flag ceremony, Clemenceau hangs ribbon on some kind of a flag, then shakes hands with flag bearer. Clemenceau inspects troops. MS Clemenceau talking with African colonial troops.
FILM ID:2464.22
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