View of a tree growing in the forest. Forest fire destroys baby trees that are planted to replenish deforestation in forest.
The boy scouts of America parade on streets. Boy scouts camp in forest. They put out camp fires and practice other forest fire prevention methods.
American boy scouts take fire prevention methods. A boy scout puts a sign on tree. Sign reads 'Prevent Forest Fires-It Pays'. Boy scouts teach others to be careful with fire. Boy Scouts put out a burning camp fire.
Boy Scouts of America organize a fire prevention parade in Washington DC. View of the U.S. Capitol building. Boy scouts parade on street of Washington DC. They carry United States flag and banners. Banners read, 'I Was Careless With My Camp Fire', 'Don't Take Any Chance With Fire', 'Our Forests Give Health Prosperity Recreation, Don't Burn Them', 'Our Forest Protect Game Prevent Floods Equalize Climate Protect Them'. Navy band leads the marchers. United States President John Calvin Coolidge Jr reviews the parade. View of Washington monument. Secretary of Agriculture Henry C Wallace and National leader of American Boy Scouts address people.
American Boy Scouts stage a skit to educate fellow Boy Scouts of America about prevention of forest fires. Irresponsible activity leading to forest fire is shown in the dramatized skit, staged on a field with a large group of Boy Scouts seated and watching (possibly some kind of Jamboree). The scouts demonstrate the hazard of a carelessly tossed cigarette. They also show an unattended fire spreading and consuming a tree completely. Sign boards read 'The Trial', and 'Guilty', as the offenders are "Sentenced to Be Educated' (sentencing done by Walter Irving McCoy, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). Scouts take part in a Tug of War game. Sign reads 'Forest Demon Burned' and the "demon" figure in fabric is set on fire and hoisted into the air. Boy Scouts are seen on the Washington Monument grounds as they take an oath together. Boy Scout plays a trumpet. Sign board on the trumpet reads 'Fight Forest Fire'.
American forces moving by railroad in France during World war 1. A steam locomotive pulls a long train over tracks in a rail marshalling yard. The train includes troop passenger cars followed by flat cars carrying war materiel, such as wagons and artillery pieces, along with accompanying troops in the open. These are followed by more closed troop carrying cars. Next, U.S. soldiers and some sailors are seen walking on an outdoor rail platform as a train filled with sailors pull slowly into the station. Passengers and those on the ground wave to one another. View from front of a steam locomotive pulling a train headed toward the camera. A French woman moves a wheeled mobile gate beside a train track in France. French civilian men stand between nearby train tracks as a train carrying American soldiers passes them. Soldiers sit with their feet dangling out of the cars. An American flag is displayed on the last car.
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