Released commercially by Kodak in 1928, this silent film shows the American Legion Parade in Paris in September, 1927. The film shows some of the 20,000+ Americans who visited France in that year, the 9th anniversary of the end of WWI.Calling themselves the “Second American Expeditionary Force,” they attended the American Legion’s 9th National Convention in the City of Lights.

Gen. John J. Pershing accompanied National Commander Howard P. Savage on the voyage on board the steamship Leviathan. In Paris, both men – along with many other distinguished Legion guests – attended a dinner party hosted by French president Gaston Doumergue.

Scenes include visits to battlefields, the and the American cemetery, with the pastoral image of a sheep herder as the final image.

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