Soldiers run in foot race event as a part of army athletic activity. Men on horses along with the running soldiers are also seen. The track is muddy. Buildings and electric wire lines are seen in background.
Famed Evangelist, Billy Sunday before a crowd in New York City. Scottish entertainer, Harry Lauder, raising funds for the Red Cross. French actress, Sarah Bernhardt appealing on behalf of France, during World War 1. Billy Sunday's Tabernacle at Broadway and 106th Street, in Manhattan, New York City, is seen in opening shots of film. Next to it is a YMCA cafeteria, Some cars are parked on the street and some pedestrians stroll along the sidewalk. Scene shifts to inside the Tabernacle, that seems filled to capacity. (It could seat 18 thousand persons.) Camera pans over the crowd. On a stage, Billy Sunday stands next to a desk and removes his tie. Displayed on the wall behind him is a huge patriotic circular bunting. Some men and women also occupy the stage with him. Next, Sunday is seen standing on the desk emotionally haranguing the audience with a fundamentalist Christian sermon. Change of scene to closeup of John Philip Sousa conducting an open air band concert, attended by a vast audience. Closeup of Harry Lauder, famous Scottish singer and comedian. Next, Scottish bandsmen in uniforms, including fur busby hats, crowd onto a raised platform in a park. A sign on the platform refers to B.F. Keith's and the Red Cross. Next, bandsmen are gone and the platform contains seated guests, including a British Army officer and several civilian officials. Harry Lauder is speaking to a crowd of mostly men, from the platform. Scene shifts to closeup of famous French actress, Sarah Bernhardt, seated next to a man in an open car. A huge patriotic bunting is hung in the background. A large crowd fills a park. Some wave American flags. Camera moves back revealing the setting with Bernhardt standing in the car speaking. The bunting is seen to decorate a raised speaker's platform. Her car, which displays the French tricolor flag, is surrounded by spectators. Photographers in foreground stand to take her picture.
A horse-sleigh full of American children moves on snow. Two boys throw snow balls at other children on the sleigh as it passes by them. Students of varying ages sit and smile in a one room school house class room. Most of the desks accommodate two students side by side. Though some of the desks have only one student. Next scene show the students outside the school building on a snowy day, after school or during recess. Some are sledding alone or together on sleds, while others start a snow ball fight and are seen throwing snow on each other. A group of boys use a ladder to help climb a tree trunk. They then climb out far onto smaller branches and hang on as the narrower branches bend downward to where they can jump down onto the ground.
Students outside a one room school house in Old Dobbin, Columbia, Maryland on a snowy day. A small open-bed truck pulls up and school children climb into the back. Children keep trying to climb in even as the truck pulls away. Some children throw snow balls in a snow ball fight. A horse-drawn sleigh pulls up to the school to carry more children after the school day is over. Students run and board the sleigh. Children play in the school yard. Some sled while others climb a tree and jump-off the branches as the branches bend down toward the ground.
Ice boats in full sail in Lake George. A crew of ice boats seen on ice. Men and women pass by as snow falls on them. An automobile runs on ice.
People sled in sledding lanes in Lake George. Toboggans move down lanes. A child is covered by an elder as they board a toboggan for sledding. All around snow is seen.
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