Admiral Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak, Leader of the White Russian (anti-Bolshevik) forces during the Russian Civil War that followed the Russian Revolution. He descends steps from palace at Omsk, Russia. He salutes an honor guard and enters an open car accompanied by his aides. Scene shifts to peasant recruits drilling in a field. They stand in formation and practice shouldering arms. Final scenes show White Russian troops assembled and on parade in Barnaul, Altai Krai (Russia). A group of soldiers stand by artillery field pieces. Others parade and include contingents of infantry, mounted cavalry, and horse-drawn artillery units. Troops seated on ground beside heavy machine guns. Troops bringing supplies ashore from a small ship on the Ob River.
A military tracked vehicle pulls heavy guns in the desert. Indian mounted machine gun troops walk alongside their horses. Goods loaded on horses. British General Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby and his officers are formally greeted as they return to Cairo, Egypt to prepare for a desert campaign. British troops interrogate Sultan's spy in Mesopotamia. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Camels caravan in the deserts of Jerusalem. General Allenby's fighters walk along with the caravans to repel the Sultan's forces. Well destroyed by retreating enemy. Mosque and minarets in Jerusalem old city (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British warships near Palestine. Overflights by dirigible. Aerial views from dirigible. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British General Allenby preparing to enter Jerusalem during World War 1. The commander-in-chief talking to commanders of Allied detachments and attaches before the ceremonies. British army officer and diplomat T. E. Lawrence is seen talking to a colleague. Other soldiers stand nearby them holding guns in their hands. Officers stand on the platform. Soldiers gather in the field. Officer addressing the soldiers. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British officers watch as American Expeditionary Forces soldiers move single file across a field to occupy bombed out trenches in Flanders, during World War 1. Brief glimpse of British Army chief, Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haig, along with other British high-ranking officers. Troops struggle to free a British 127mm (60 pounder) heavy field artillery piece, from mud. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)