U.S. Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher arrives in Laredo Mexico to assume his post as American Ambassador. Contingent of Carranza's Mexican Soldiers stand at attention at a railroad station, present to guard the ambassador's arrival. A steam train arrives. Ambassador Fletcher is greeted by officers. The officers meet and shake hands. Latter third of clip is unrelated and shows Ottoman Empire Turkish soldiers marching at a sea port during World War 1.
Greek cavalry in Athens, Greece during World War I. Soldiers mounted on horseback move across a field. They demonstrate various maneuvers on the horses. Soldiers standing on the horses. Mountains in the background. The soldiers practice and ride their horses on the field.
French General Maurice Sarrail who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces in Greece in Salonica, Greece during World War I. A ship at a port. Soldiers standing nearby. Albanian politician Essad Pasha arrives to take command of an Albanian contingent. Officers greet him. The officers walk through a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. The officers enter a building. Cavalry units on the street. The soldiers march.
Allied troops in Serbia during World War I. Soldier seated in an area. Sandbags stacked on a field. Some of the soldiers load and fire artillery. Captured Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war, some standing and some seated, are seen eating food while under guard.
Imperial Russian officers and troops, in full dress uniform, including white gloves, line both sides of a street, in a city, during World War 1. Troops are presenting arms. Senior officers perform formal parade functions, saluting, reporting, and preparing for inspection. Black pennants hang from lines strung betwee tall lamp posts. A trio of senior officers walk briskly and stop before the camera, where one gives orders to another, who saluted with his sword. Scene shifts to different troops on parade, led by an officer on horseback, and accompanied by a military band. Local spectators line the sides of the street. A single tall minaret is visible in the background.
Greek troops gathered at a town in Macedonia during World War 1. Some are near a compound gate by a bulletin board. Several who wear white armbands, are also on bicycles,or horseback. One waves a homemade Greek flag. A considerable number stand behind them. All are in Army uniforms. The French tricolor flies from a large building behind them. Next, those with white armbands (and means of transportation) move forward from the group.Scene shifts to An officer standing in front of a building, with white armband soldiers around him. The makeshift Greek flag hangs from a porch behind them. Scene shifts to Greek officers in peaked caps, speaking with two in side caps (garrison caps) and field uniforms.
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