Fun and entertainment on USS George Washington for the U.S. delegates leaving for the Paris Peace Conference. Dr. L.H.Gray, in-charge of the entertainment group seen addressing the crowd. Passengers climb onto various parts of the ship to watch the boxing and wrestling bouts. Boxers seen boxing in the ring. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Czech Legion train in Siberia, Russia, during Russian Civil War and World War 1. An armed guard stands in front of a locomotive on a siding, and watches as another locomotive comes past on a parallel main track. Steam from the passing locomotive combines with snow to obscure the scene until the locomotive has past and cars in its train are seen. They consist of an assortment of rail cars, ending with open flat cars holding snow-covered cargoes. Several men stand nearby as the train proceeds. They are dressed in parkas and similar winter clothing. Scene shifts to view from atop rail cars, from where the railroad tracks are seen to be bordered by deep snow berms. Closeup of the locomotive funnel viewed from atop the train. The landscape is barren. But some local people are seen watching the train from near fences along the right of way. View backwards from atop the front of the train, which is very long, showing most its cars as it proceeds around a wide curve. View backwards as the train passes between tall show-covered hills.
Admiral Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak, Leader of the White Russian (anti-Bolshevik) forces during the Russian Civil War that followed the Russian Revolution. He descends steps from palace at Omsk, Russia. He salutes an honor guard and enters an open car accompanied by his aides. Scene shifts to peasant recruits drilling in a field. They stand in formation and practice shouldering arms. Final scenes show White Russian troops assembled and on parade in Barnaul, Altai Krai (Russia). A group of soldiers stand by artillery field pieces. Others parade and include contingents of infantry, mounted cavalry, and horse-drawn artillery units. Troops seated on ground beside heavy machine guns. Troops bringing supplies ashore from a small ship on the Ob River.
A military tracked vehicle pulls heavy guns in the desert. Indian mounted machine gun troops walk alongside their horses. Goods loaded on horses. British General Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby and his officers are formally greeted as they return to Cairo, Egypt to prepare for a desert campaign. British troops interrogate Sultan's spy in Mesopotamia. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Camels caravan in the deserts of Jerusalem. General Allenby's fighters walk along with the caravans to repel the Sultan's forces. Well destroyed by retreating enemy. Mosque and minarets in Jerusalem old city (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British warships near Palestine. Overflights by dirigible. Aerial views from dirigible. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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