Military Leaders (1921)

Military Leaders attend an Arms Limitation Conference in Washington DC, United States of America, 1921. Arrival of British Royal Navy Admiral David Beatty; First Sea Lord of the Admiralty. Opens w, shot of Admiral Beatty with wife and child; a young boy whose eyes are rolling around (seems to be doing it for a laugh SL). CU Beatty wife (wearing a fascinating veil which looks like squiggles all over her face ). Shots looking down at motorcade procession accompanied by US Army soldiers on foot on horseback; large crowds line the street. Beatty others walk toward City Hall entrance. MS group posing on steps. Big flag display; with both Stars Stripes and Union Jacks covering front of building; pan down to crowd on steps. CU LieutenantGeneral Baron Jules Jacques of Belgium; another distinguished guest; w, other men on either side. Pan along group of men. CU Jacques salutes; man on right holds hat over his breast. Military leaders walk past row of US marines General Armando Diaz of Italy and