Post-World War I life in Germany. German women on street selling food or wares as American soldiers walk by. German boy children gathered on street near American soldiers as they buy a Christmas tree from a vendor. The boys look at the camera with curiosity. An alley way is seen and several German girls pass by, one holding a milk jug.
Scene opens showing large ocean liner at a pier with some American soldiers on board at the end of World War 1. . A dozen people stand on the dock, some holding umbrellas. Scene shifts to soldiers crowded on the upper deck, outdoors. Next, boys are seen on a cobblestone wharf beside the ship looking expectantly up towards the soldiers who occasionally toss things down to them. Some of the boys tussle over over these items as they attempt to catch them as they fall. A black dog mingles with the boys. Suddenly, a contingent of American soldiers marches past on their way to board the ship. View from a high vantage point on the ship shows the top deck completely filled with soldiers crammed together, waving happily. A tug boat moves close to maneuver the ship from the dock. Camera captures soldiers gathered around as two of their group take turns tap dancing on the wooden deck, while those watching clap in time to the dancers and express their approval of their performances. Next, two women are seen standing on the balcony of a building. They wave white scarfs in farewell. The ship makes its way slowly away from the port.
Refugees in railroad cars guarded by White Russian soldiers during Russian Civil War. An American soldier takes a loaf of bread from vendor and gives it to refugees. He gives cigarettes and other things to refugees in railroad car. Russian family with possessions. Women and children seen in railroad car. White Russian troops march and inspect folded tents on carts beside railroad car. View from inside moving railroad car. Siberian snow and smoke from locomotive seen from car. View of long train from rear, as it goes around curve. (Timeframe is both Russian Civil War and World War I)
German troops march after Armistice of World War I. German troops surrender war material and get on to trucks. French troops search some of the Germans. French troops carry material out of the building. German troops march with their belongings.
French troops march with military band on way to railroad train station. French tricolor flag displayed on building as the French troops pass. The troops board rail trains at Dortmund station and wave out the windows as the train pulls out of the station.
Ruins and rubble in an unidentified European town near end of World War I. Industrial plants destroyed, only smoke stacks left standing. Civilian people dig among rubble in the bomb damaged ruins of the area. An injured woman with a bandage over her head and part of her face is seen pulling a chair from the rubble of a building. A man climbs up a ladder to access a partially destroyed house. The exterior brick wall is largely collapsed revealing one intact elevated floor inside. A young man with a bandaged head, and a young girl and two boys near some mattresses. One of the young boys also has a bandage on his head.
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