British troops of the The 11th (Service) Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) seen taking a meal at their camp in Zeitenlik, Salonika, Greece, during World War 1. A Mess Sergeant, leaning over a campfire, passes portions of food to soldiers as they hold out their mess kits.
British troops of the The 11th (Service) Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) remove sacks of flour from canvas-covered stack, and take them to a field bakery at Salonika, Greece, during World War 1. Soldiers carry loaves of bread from a building to outdoor stone ovens for baking. Bakers use long poles to pull baking pans from the ovens and soldiers collect them. Loaves of bread being taken from a steel oven. (Some clothes seen drying atop the oven.) Soldiers carry a large wooden board filled with bread loaves, into a mess tent. Sacks of bread being taken from a tent and loaded into a wagon for transport to other parts of the camp.
Opening slate, in English, identifies location. Views from window of a railroad train moving quickly past countryside in Galicia during World War 1. Orchards and country cottages are seen. A small stream runs beside the railroad. A seemingly abandoned and overgrown castle on small hill close to the railroad, is seen as the train passes. There is little evidence of war. Change of scene shows Russian soldier walking through ruins of what was once a stately building, in Galicz (aka Halicz; Halych;or Galich). Remains of a destroyed steel bridge over the Dniester River. A narrow pontoon bridge has been erected next to it. A Russian river gunboat is stationary in the river, near the pontoon bridge. View from underneath of the destroyed steel bridge. A Russian officer on horseback seen after crossing the pontoon bridge.
Equestrians riding in Sibbon Park,near Folkestone, East Kent, England,during World War 1. A group gathering along a path in the background. In the foreground, several horse riders in traditional foxhunting attire, proceed along a park path behind a large group of fox hounds. Following behind them is a youth on a pony, and behind him the rest of the riders, including: a mix of military officers in uniform, men in traditional attire and women riding habit. Scene shifts to dirt roadway near farm fields, where riders and hounds assemble.
Belgian infantry charge down a steep sandy hillside at Nieuport (Nieuwpoort) Belgium, in three columns, during World War 1. The nearest column is led by an officer brandishing a sword. They ascend another hill, opposite, where they fan out and continue their advance, side by side, across the crest of the hill.
Old fishermen at Sidmouth, Devon, South West England, during World War 1. The elderly fishermen work without help from young men (all of whom have left to fight in the war). Young boys stand by and watch as the men shake fish from their nets, on the shore. Two pick fish up from the shore where they have emptied them from their dory, seen behind them. The elderly fishermen seen earlier, emptying their nets, are now placing their catch into baskets, crouched over a large pile of fish on shore, with the fishing boat behind them. Change of scene, to buyers inspecting the barrels of newly caught fish. Fishermen standing by barrels of fish at market near sea shore.
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