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Chicago, Ill: A huge municipal Christmas tree arrives to adorn Grant Park and bring good cheer to the inhabitants of Windy City. Subtitle: A detachment of National Guard escorts the tree to... See full summary
Chicago, Ill: A huge municipal Christmas tree arrives to adorn Grant Park and bring good cheer to the inhabitants of Windy City. Subtitle: A detachment of National Guard escorts the tree to the park. Sussex, N.J: Bethlehem Steel employees dynamite the side of a large mountain to obtain additional material. London, England: Princess Henry of Battenberg presents the Union Jack and Silver Shield to the First Newfoundland Regiment of Canadian troops. Paris, France: Although the prosecution of the war is the all-absorbing interest of the nation, the love for sport still survives and 1,000 soldier athletes compete in a cross-country race. Subtitles: This is a real cross-country race and the runners have to ford creeks and hurdle fences. The world-famous Keyser wins the event and the athletes are introduced to General Dubail. Piraeus, Greece: The allied fleet arrives off the port of Athens to enforce its demand that the Greek king yield stores of guns and munitions, which threaten the safety...

Credited cast:
Princess Henry of Battenberg Princess Henry of Battenberg - Herself
Auguste Dubail Auguste Dubail - Himself
Louis de Fournet Louis de Fournet - Himself
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