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Former French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau on the Observation Car of a Train in the United States of America, 1922. 'The United States [turned] out to give a real American welcome to a distinguished visitor...the object of their affections was a Frenchman, 81-year-old Georges Clemenceau...anybody who had had anything to do with winning the [First World] war or carving up Europe at the peace conference was automatically 'tops'. They stood for something solid to cling to in an age of growing uncertainty'. From "Time To Remember - Sitting Still And Going Slowly", 1922 (Reel 3); review of events in 1922 including Irish Troubles, war between Greece and Turkey and developments in aviation and radio.