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THE ALLIED ATHLETIC MEET AT JOINVILLE LE PONT, JULY 4-6, 1919

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Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 24752 / Local Identifier 111-H-1249 1936 THE ALLIED ATHLETIC MEET AT JOINVILLE LE PONT, JULY 4-6, 1919 Reel 1, athletes board the transport Great Northern. Pershing and Pres. Poincare arrive at the stadium in Paris. Pershing inspects and reviews Allied troops. Shows Henry White, Hoover, Robert Lansing, Gen. H.T. Allen, and Adm. H.S. Knapp in the grandstand. Athletes enter the stadium. Pershing dedicates the stadium. Reel 2, Gens. Pershing, Hunter Liggett, and Harbord arrive at Pershing Stadium. Italian aviators fly planes. Shows running and jumping contests. Pershing gives awards to Gen. Paul A. Wolf and other participants. DVD Copied by Tim Vollmer.

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