Soldiers of Russian Infantry and artillery advance during World War I in Russia. Teams of horses pulling artillery caissons hurry by infantry troops. Supplies are moved in horse drawn wagons. Large numbers of troops move across a deep trench or ditch, and some set up positions in a bomb crater, which they surround with barbed wire. Soldiers bring barbed wire rolls. The wires are unrolled around their positions.
British Military Band plays in concert at Windsor Great Park, England, to entertain wounded soldiers in World War I. Caption says many titled ladies waited on the wounded guests.
French Military Authorities train dogs to catch rats which they find as pests in trenches during World War I. Two dog trainers with dogs in a ground. Dogs catch rats from a bundle of grass and hay. A trainer calls dogs to one side. The dogs follow his instruction. Another trainer hides rats in grass and hay. The other releases dogs to catch the rats.
Social life of wealthy in Germany, Hungary, and Austria before World War 1. Kaiser Whilhelm II of Germany and his wife, Empress Augusta, in Berlin. The Empress The enters their open back limousine, followed by the Kaiser, who is dressed in military uniform with Prussian style helmet. They drive off while German Officer salutes. Complete change of scene shows well-dressed crowd of spectators gathered in Budapest, Hungary, to watch a horse race. Some spectators use binoculars. View of horses in final stretch and crossing finish line. Next scene shows "Flower Day" in Vienna Austria. Wealthy citizens crowd shopping area and contribute to help the poor. Finely dressed pedestrians walking in shopping and commerical areas. They receive flowers as token of contribution. Some men wear flowers in their lapels. Little girls with baskets of flowers participate in the activities, standing in front of the Cafe Scheidl and "Zum Fenstergucker" house near corner of Kaerntner Strasse and Walfischgasse next to the Opera House. A street car decorated with garlands of flowers is a center of the activity. Women on the top deck of the street car reach down with small nets on long poles to retrieve contributions from passersby.
Ground crews struggle to control an amphibian blimp being threatened by winds near the water at St. Malo, France. Aviator Barra Sturzt is visible above the cabin of the blimp, waving his arms and trying to direct the efforts of ground crews. Members of the French Auto Club, which organized the seaplane competition, are seen talking together. (At end, a few frames show several club members standing with a military officer in dress uniform with sword. To their left (right in photo) an aviator in flight gear, including helmet, walks toward a biplane aircraft parked on rails at edge of water.)
Albert I, King of Belgium and other people come down the steps of a church in Brussels, following the funeral service for Paul Janson, "the father of universal suffrage" in Belgium. Women wearing black dresses descend down the steps. Albert I and others follow them.
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