14th Street and Broadway in New York City, New York. A wagon pulled by horses along the streets. A sign on the top of a shop reads 'The Crawford Shoe'. Beer wagons move along the streets. A man on the sidewalk sprinkles items (coins?) from a rolled up paper, as boys stoop to pick them up. Pedestrians on the sidewalk and street cars in the street. (Edison Company, 1898)
Spanish-American War. United States troops including Ninth Cavalry Regiment African American soldiers in Cuba. (Officers and soldiers of the Ninth Cavalry were African Americans, and sometimes referred to as "Buffalo Soldiers".) 9th Cavalry troops debark from a transport ship. Other soldiers wait near the transport as they debark. 9th Cavalry troops walk along wharves near the water. (Edison Company, 1898)
A man work chopping wood in a yard near a street in residential neighborhood. Another man arrives with a basket in hand. A woman thanks the man chopping wood. Two other men arrive and start a fight . All the men engage in the fight. The woman returns with children and dogs who scamper about. The woman tries to break up the fight by striking the participants with a piece of wood. (Edison Company, 1898)
Near the end of 2nd World War in Germany, American troops are seen in the Salt Mines at Merkers, Germany. They examine gold bars. Another American soldier opens up a suitcase filled with silver articles. Many suitcases filled with seized and stolen silver articles such as silverware cutlery and silver boxes, confiscated by German Schutzstaffel (SS) troops.
U.S. 6th Field Artillery troops in a column of horse-drawn wagons entering Menil La Tour, France, during World War I. Troops wash mud from their boots and themselves in a small canal along a road. A soldier eats bread and drinks from a cup. Another soldier feeds a horse with hay.
A U.S. Army officer is accompanied by a soldier as he leaves a dugout in a trench. They walk along a boardwalk path in the trench to another dugout. Soldiers,in the trench, are adjusting their leggings. A manual gas alarm is seen nearby. Views of an Army field mess set up in an abandoned building in France.
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