Clip opens showing Russian Navy exercises in the Black Sea during World War 1. Two battleships underway billowing smoke. Battleships fire heavy guns. Russian sailors on ship deck disperse, running to battle stations. A First World War Russian naval officer on a ship deck looks through binoculars as a Russian Navy sailor stands beside him. Crew striking the colors as ship sinks. Turkish Cruiser Mecidiye sinks off Odessa in shallow waters after hitting a Russian mine on 3 April, 1915. The Ottoman cruiser Mecidiye, also sometimes spelled Medjidiye, is seen partially submerged off the coast of Vorokoskiy-Mayak, near Odessa.
Russian warship with crew lined up on deck. Black smoke coming from funnels. Sun is setting over nearby hills Line of Russian warships steaming with black smoke streaming from their funnels. Sailors on fantail of Russian warship. Bugler sounds general quarters. Sailors scurry to battle stations. Russian warships firing heavy guns. Captain on deck with binoculars, standing next to helmsman. Turkish Cruiser, "Medidiye" sunk in shallow water in Black Sea, April, 1915, after being mined. She strikes her colors and raises them again, with white flag, above. Crew members stand on exposed deck of the sunken ship. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Russian warships, destroyers, and submarines maneuver and fire heavy guns in the Black Sea,during World War I. Heavy black smoke rises from ship funnels and from gun firing. Mountains seen in the background. Captain, standing next to helmsman, bends down and speaks on intercom. Several destroyers maneuver and partially visible submerged submarines are seen. Signalman on deck uses semaphore flags.