People in a hospital in Russia during period of the Russian Revolution and World War I. A doctor examines and weighs an infant child in a table top scale. A woman stands nearby. Another woman with her child standing. Many framed pictures on the walls. Other men and women patients, several with eye bandages, wait outside on a porch of the building.
French Prime Minister Clemenceau visits Alsace-Lorraine, France, during World War 1. People gather in a large number to greet the Prime Minister. A sign at the top of building reads : 'Depart'. Children wave hands. A car passes on a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. People walk along the street. Cars arrive at a building. Dignitaries stand outside the building.
Allied troops fire from gun emplacements in the Balkans during World War I. They are positioned in the deep valleys of Serbian mountain ranges. Troops on the battlefield. Soldiers watch German enemy action through binoculars. Bombardment on the battlefield. Smoke from the bombardment. Soldiers (possibly Frencyh) firing artillery from a covered position. A group of German prisoners of war eating food while seated on the ground, as guards watch.
Serbian troops in battle in Monastir, Serbia during World War I. The troops advance towards the battlefield. Soldiers fire rifles from hide outs. Scene shifts to two soldiers in what appear to be American M17 steel helmets, standing at their motorcycles, and viewing a map. Both of the presumably U.S. Army soldiers are wearing gas masks (possibly this shot is from a later period?). Next scene shows Serbian troops firing mortars received from the Allies. View of explosions and smoke rising in mortar target area.
Opening scene shows Russian Medical Corpsmen, dressed in white, at an outdoor rail yard where many trains are parked on many tracks. they remove a wounded soldier from a train on a stretcher. the roll him onto a waist-high table, where regular soldiers pose near him. Another wounded soldier on a litter, on the ground, is attended by two medical corpsmen, who bend down to speak to him. View of one Corpsman squatting down next to him and speaking to him. The wounded man moves his arms while conversing with the Corpsmen. Brief view of workmen at a construction site near a railroad line. Using wheel barrows, The workmen off load building materials from a rail car parked in the background, pushing the wheel barrows over planks laid on the ground. A mixed group of Russian military officers posing on a pier. Heavy timbers crossed by steel railroad rails separate the camera from the group.
View from a wooden fishing boat with a mast (but not showing any sail) on a river in Russia. Camera focuses on a power driven tugboat pulling a barge at speed, in the middle of the river. The tugboat emits black smoke from its single funnel. It is a sidewheeler with a structure covering the upper part of the wheel. It also has several living quarter structures on its deck. It uses a long line to pull the barge, which contains several crewmen and is loaded with a mix of cargo. Momentary glimpse of men building a railroad bridge extended out over the water. A large building with a tall chimney and what appears to be a light house tower. Russian soldiers on a military railroad train.