Mr. Lloyd George - Wanted Supreme War Council (1914-1918)

Mr Lloyd George - wanted supreme war council. Rapallo, Italy (?). Meeting of Allies’ Supreme War Council. This may be film from Rapallo; Italy; of the first summit meeting of heads of state and other representatives to co-ordinate Allied military action as the ’Supreme War Council’. Shot of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George talking to a young girl of about 12 on the right; while on left another man arranges chairs and a woman stands watching; the setting is on a sort of garden patio —in BG a row of pillars with ivy climbing up them; alongside a long stretch of grass. Pan on Lloyd George as he walks with cane to left; past pillar & small statue of a lady on a pedestal - wall of ivy in BG. A woman crosses right in FG. Lloyd George stops and talks to a tall man who may be the representative from the USA; ’Colonel’ Edward Mandell House; stand-in for President Wilson. Pan left; showing a 3rd man; elderly; white-haired and bearded - unidentified. International relations; World War One; diplomacy