Scenes of Berlin, Germany before World War I. View of the Berlin skyline and surrounding areas. Smoke arises from the chimney. Pedestrians in Friedrichstrasse. Soldiers march with rifles on the road. Outer view of a building. Two women walk on the Unter den Linden and two men walk past them. People walk in the Lustgarten. The equestrian statue of Friedrich Wilhelm III is seen in Lustgarten (Am Lustgarten 1 10178 Berlin)
Victory column Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. People walk at a passage around Victory column. People walk near Brandenburg Gate.
Fountains and statues in Berlin, Germany. People stand and view fountain Begasbrunnen in front of Stadtschloss (also called the City Palace, Berlin). People walk around Memorial of Otto von Bismarck in front of Reichstag. People watch and walk by fountain in garden. Women sit and talk on platforms in the garden.
Red Cross women present food to engineer and firemen of a steam locomotive parked at a station in Potsdam, Germany, during World War 1. Next, they are seen giving food to new soldier recruits in the box cars of a train behind the locomotive. The train is then seen moving with the men inside the box cars waving as they proceed to begin military service for World War I.
German Landsturm military recruits, wearing civilian clothing, train and drill with rifles in a field of Berlin, Germany in World War I. Buildings beside the field. Former military officers give training to the militia reserve force replacements as they group and fire in formation, one line kneeling and one standing behind. They fire rifles in the field. Officer gives instructions about how to fire. Other men watch the training. They practice firing rifles from different positions. They fire at targets. Officers demonstrate how to fire the rifle. Women cook food for the home guard militia men. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia mobilizes ten million men on the Eastern border during the early stages of World War 1. The Tsar inspects Russian troops and consults with his uncle the Grand Duke Nicholas. Russian troops and the military band march. German Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the king of Wurttenberg step from a car in Germany. Officers and civilians gathered around. The Kaiser reviews soldiers in Germany. The Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany readies to command an army. Field Marshall August Von Mackensen, readies to fight the Romanian Army.