25th anniversary celebrations of the revolt of 1914 in Mexico City, Mexico. Mexican troops parade at a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the revolt of 1914. A stone statue of the father of the revolt, Don Venustiano Carrauza. Troops march at the parade.
Brief scene shows former President of Mexico, General Victoriano Huerta (entitled "Dictator of Mexico" on film slate) looking through binoculars with other officers in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. Scene shifts to the new President of Mexico, General Venustiano Carranza, seen walking with several other men along a railroad track on a harbor pier.
U.S. Army Cavalry moving across desert terrain in Mexico, during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa. They proceed single file down a hill followed by pack horses carrying supplies. Closeup of the (only) Jeffery Armored Car Number One. (Built for evaluation, in 1916. It is armed with four .30 cal Benet-Mercie machine rifles and had two fully revolving turrets.) Here it is deployed in the Mexican desert. View of it coming along a dirt road, down a hill. Next, armed cavalrymen are seen running to their horses, mounting up and riding in loose formation. They are then seen in formations making a cavalry charge. A wagon train of covered wagons carries supplies across a bridge. Several views of such supplies in wagon trains raising dust as they proceed along dirt roads.
Shows Mexican Federal Army troops walking along railway tracks outside the city of Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution. Many soldiers are on foot, some guide horsecarts and wagons. Last few frames show troops and some non-uniformed civilians raising rifles and apparently engaged in combat, possibly shooting from a bridge.
A group of Mexican women and children smile and wave from the back of a parked railroad car. Mexican women and children on foot, walking along a railroad track leaving Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution. They are families following behind their men who are serving as Federal Mexican troops.
28th Infantry band and troops parade on a street in Mexico during World War I. People gather in large numbers to watch the Federal troops parade.