United States Army artillerymen arrive with a caisson and field piece, at a training observation post in a field at Fort Crook, Nebraska. They separate the gun from the caisson and begin to set it up. The next scene shows an artillery unit with teams of horses pulling caissons and field pieces. Scene reverts back to artillery observation post, where soldiers erect an observation ladder from their caisson,stabilized by guy wires. A soldier climbs it to observe from the top, with binoculars. More artillery is seen being pulled across the training fields. A horseman gallops across the field past the camera. He meets and officer standing by a flag and salutes after receiving an order, and gallops off.
U.S. Army cavalrymen arrive at a very steep embankment and ride their mounts down, one at a time. The slope is so steep that the horses must slide down. The riders must lean back to an extreme degree as they descend. Every horse and rider successfully accomplishes the test. The next scene shows cavalry riding rapidly toward a fence. They stop short and the cavalrymen make their horses lie down as they dismount.
Officials in the United States. Two officials in hats converse with each other. Group of officials pose for a photograph.
Miss Helen Keller's development of the sense of touch to understand what is being said to her. Helen Adams Keller (first deaf blind person to graduate from college) feels the lips of Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan. Miss Keller's teacher Miss Anne Sullivan Macy in the background.
Emperor Francis Joseph I and entourage in Austria. A procession on a road. Austrian emperor Francis Joseph I and his entourage come down the steps of a palace. Several soldiers on horses. A band plays while marching on a road. The Emperor gets into a royal carriage.
Russian Imperial Cossack cavalrymen water their horses at two wells in winter (snow on ground) during World War 1. They use ropes on large wheels to raise buckets of water from the wells. Soldiers huddle around a fire , each using his own spoon, to eat from a common pot.