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Topical Budget 281-1: Mr Gerard Leaves for U.S.A. (1917)
 

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"Mr Gerard, the American Ambassador in Berlin leaves for New York to see President Wilson, in the Scandinavian liner Frederick VII". Gerard embarks, then he and his wife pose for the camera. Liner sails away (and is actually the Frederick VIII).