During World War I: A biplane aircraft parked on an airfield. Ground crew examine the plane. A United States Army officer walks by. Next scene, unrelated, shows columns of German soldiers on parade wearing military backpacks and gear.
A British Royal Navy fleet sails on the Atlantic Ocean in World War 1. A Royal Navy ship sails through rough waters. A British Royal Navy signalman uses his semaphore flags on deck. British Royal Navy warships. A ship’s captain taking notes. A Royal Naval Air Service biplane flies over fleet. A Royal Navy battleship. Naval artillery on deck. A battleship, sailing under the England flag, sails over a bridge. Royal Navy ship sailing through choppy waters.
French soldiers carry bodies of soldiers killed in a bayonet attack during World War 1. Bodies of soldiers are being carried on stretchers and laid down neatly in a pile on a cart by French soldiers. A French soldier turns a corpse over, adjusting the corpse to prevent it from falling. French soldier places a small towel over the corpses as soldiers bring more corpses. Piles of corpses on a cart.
German soldiers, wearing the Pickelhaube helmets, are walking as seen from behind a barbed wire fence in World War 1. German military officials inspect a trench being dug by local men, possibly Belgians or French civilians from German-occupied territories. Men digging during a road repair as a German official orders around. Civilians line up to receive food in a rations line.
Opening scene shows a tramp steamer listing to starboard.during World War 1. She displays "India, Greece" in large letters on her side. Slate indicates that an explosives technician from a U-Boat had climbed aboard and set charges on the Greek Steamer, "India" as she is stopped in the Atlantic during World War 1. The India is carrying a cargo of coal from Cardiff Wales, to Oran. The ship is seen listing. Smoke still rises from her stack. Slate states that the cross on the hull of the sinking "India" is the Greek national emblem. The ship sinks lower and finally slides out of sight, with smoke rising above the water from her exploding boilers. (Note: This German U-boat is the SM U-35, which was operating in the western approaches to the Straits of Gibraltar after leaving the Mediterranean on 11-12 April. It carried a professional cinematographer on board. Two years earlier, on June 12, 1915 , the U-35 also sank the British ship, "Crown of India." ) The next sequence shows an image of the German Daily Express newspaper for Monday May 10, 1915. Dead! it reports in bold print: The world has a duty to conduct a Hunt for turtles. Scene shifts to deck of surfaced German U-boat, showing a dinghy arriving alongside, from which several giant sea turtles are unloaded. Crew members examine the turtles on the deck of the submarine. At least one appears to be dead. Next scene shows lookouts on conning tower of the U-Boat, as they see smoke on the horizon. (The Imperial German Naval war flag is displayed on the conning tower.) The Captain calls for full speed ahead on both engines, and the controls show that being selected. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
AAA-sponsored 500 mile race at Twin City Motor Speedway in Minnesota, on Labor Day, 1915. Scenes of racing cars running and of groups of cars as they begin the race, with racing teams pushing their cars off. Race driver, Dario Resta, who had earned a pole position with a qualifying speed of 102.8 mph, is seen as he pulls off the track in his Mercedes, abandoning the race, after completing 110 miles, because the cap on back of his oil pump had come off, causing pump failure and oil loss. His racing crew surround the car. The next scene shows Resta posing beside his Mercedes, number 24. One of his team playfully pokes him in the ribs. Flagman steps into track and waves as officials in two passenger cars drive past.