German artillerymen firing a 7.7 cm Feldkanone 16 (7.7 cm FK 16) field piece to cover advancing infantry during World War 1.
An audience of well-dressed people at railroad construction site watch as an old man drives the final spike to complete a section of railroad in a rugged part of the Western United States. The scene shifts to views from a train inaugurating travel over the new rail line. It passes between rocky walls and through a short tunnel. View from locomotive as it proceeds around a curve, revealing a long line of passenger cars comprising the train.
People at a German train station examine railroad torn up and twisted, apparently by an explosion (possibly sabotage?), during World War 1. Damage is confined to the railroad, itself, and a train that has been blown over,on its side, nearby . (The station and buildings are undamaged.) Curious onlookers stand around the damaged tracks and many stand on an embankment overlooking the overturned train. Workmen examine the damage to the train. Several policemen appear busy at the road entrance to the train station. One has a bicycle.
Two Truckloads of Prussian soldiers drive into the Rhineland city of Koblenz to reinforce it during World War 1. They park near a shuttered Merchant hall and climb down to the street. They assemble and pose for the camera standing around a machine gun set up on the pavement. Scene shifts to view of an old fort partially destroyed.
Workmen dig with pickaxes to prepare holes for explosive charges to demolish a concrete embankment, during World War 1. Scene changes to the moment when demolition charges explode and the embankment collapses. View from under a steel bridge to the demolished structure across the river to where work is in progress to excavate the river embankment.
Several barges up on blocks at a boatyard near a river. Viewed from downhill, openings are visible between ribs in their lower hulls. Scene shifts to viewpoint above the barges. A river; a church; smoke stacks; and steel bridges are seen in background. The prow of one barge contains letters "USS." The American flag flies from mast of a boat docked in the river.
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