American troops in Italy during World War I. American troops walk past a building. Medical jeeps being driven off. A ambulance parked. Officer directs the jeeps. Soldiers on jeeps.
French Brigadier General Giuseppe Garibaldi II (serving France, but of Italian descent), is presented with the red pavilion of the City of Trieste, Italy, during World War 1. Dignitaries gather at the steps of a building.
Italian cavalry enter Fiume, after Austro-Hungarian troops abandon it during World War 1. Mounted cavalry sound bugles as they proceed into the city. Local people seem excited. Kingdom of Italy flags are displayed. Many women carry flowers, and the scene is celebratory. Still images of Italian General Armando Diaz and King Vittorio Emanuele III, of Italy, are shown at end of film.
A man hammers a limestone piece to crush it to manufacture glass for military purpose in World War 1. Men work on circular glass sheets. Glass undergoes processing with the help of machines. Lenses inspected. Glass sheets grinded and polished. Glass used to manufacture products like mirror, searchlight and window glass. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Steel plates fabricated for use in ships and submarines. Submarines are seen at dockside. A large ship is launched, not yet outfitted. Observers watch from small boat. A destroyer cruises by at high speed, smoke billowing from its stack. A heavy cruiser fires guns. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Italian troops marching 8 abreast in formation, along a road in Italy. They wear field uniforms, including Lippmann helmets (copy of the Ardrian helmet), but no visible weapons or bedrolls. A partially collapsed steel bridge being examined by Italian officials. Contingent of armed Italian troops in battle gear, make their way up a steep slope in woods with snow on the ground. Scene shifts to Italian soldiers escorting large number of German prisoners of war out of a town (in background).