Intertitle saying “1914”. Soldiers marching to battle in Europe during World War I. Newly mobilized German soldiers marching. Soldier blows trumpet. Soldiers march in a German city during WWI. In a German train station, likely Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof, a sign says “Bahnsteig 1” (“Platform 1” in German) and a train with new German soldier recruits departs station. Railway gun in battlefield. Soldier climbs to hide in trench. Bomb explosions in battlefield. A Preparedness Parade in America, advocating for American entry into World War I. Men holding American flags march in parade. Crowds cheer on the Preparedness Parade by the Preparedness Movement. A huge Preparedness Parade in Manhattan, New York City.
New Yorkers crowd the beach at Brighton Beach in Brooklyn NY. USA. Sunbathers in front of a building written with “Brighton Baths”. Two women, wearing black “Bathing dresses”, lying on the beach. People diving from a springboard and sliding from a water slide to a pool. Beachgoers taking a swim on the beach. Beachgoers swimming on choppy water. Two beachgoers securely hold on to a rope fence while waves crashing on the beach. A man waves his arms while sitting on another man’s shoulders before falling as waves crash on them and other rowdy beachgoers.