Troops being reviewed in Germany. A German officer reviews an honor troops in a snow covered field. Soldiers goosestep past the officer as he reviews the parade. The officer salutes.
General Semenoff stands out of a building. General Stresemann comes out of the building. Men stand at stairs in Germany.
French occupation of Ruhr in Germany, seeking reparations for World War 1. German civilian women gather to get food. Food relief line with French soldiers serving hot food from kettles in an outdoor setting. Women carry baskets, kettle and buckets to get food. Men serve food to women.
A public meeting in Berlin, Germany. German policemen make a human chain to control a large crowd at the public meeting. People gather outside the Reichstag building. The Bismarck Memorial and the Berlin Victory Column or the Siegessäule (Großer Stern 1 10557 Berlin) in the background. A dignitary is seated at the podium.
A public meeting in Berlin, Germany. Many people gathered outside the Reichstag building. People wave their hats and Dr. Walther Adrian Schücking on the podium also waves his. A man holds a sign reading:' Dr Schücking'. People gather in large numbers. The Bismarck Memorial in front of the Reichstag in the background. Policemen on horseback control the masses.
America and Europe during post World War 1 period of 1920s Sketches: American workers in factories. The U.S. President Warren Gamaliel Harding converses with a friend. President with other officials signs a paper. President Harding dies and the Nation mourns. Pallbearers carry coffin of the President. Sketches depict the various scandals under the Harding administration, including the Tea Pot Dome scandal. Vice President John Calvin Coolidge becomes President. Several sketches of the President . Sketches of rich people in America. People in a car. Automobiles driven out of a Ford factory. Sketch of the workers building a road. Various labor saving electrical devices. Sketches depict a housewife relaxing and people becoming better off economically. Ordinary people gamble on the stock market. Various pictures of American farmers suffering, as demand for food falls in the wake of World War 1. Economic and financial crises affect Germany. Hyperinflation and riots occur in Germany. The unrest gives rise to future leaders like Adolf Hitler in Germany and Benito Mussolini, in Italy.