Gen. John J. Pershing at the destroyed Reims Cathedral during World War I

Pan down damaged facade of Reims Cathedral, cars and residents walking in front / Gen. John Pershing and other officers examining cathedral's statues, child walks into view / group of officers looking, bombed out buildings in bg / cathedral facade / group looking up, street buildings in bg / facade / group walks away / group walking along temporary fence around cathedral, wrecked buildings behind / group walking, ruins in bg / pan destruction and rubble / group walking down path, led by Pershing / Note: exact day not known; documentation incomplete