German Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria walking with uniformed military staff officers behind them in World War 1.
Adolf Hitler and key members of his government at a railroad station, as a steam train arrives. As they step from the train, Tsar Boris III, of Bulgaria, and a professor, accompanying him, are greeted by Adolf Hitler, who then introduces the Tsar to German Foreign Minister, Rudolph von Ribbentrop, The Tsar greets other German officers and officials.
General Pascual Orozco, Federal General in Mexico stands in front of a building and poses for camera. Next view shows Mexican federal soldiers firing from trenches. Men in the background. Opening slate indicates there is a price on Orozco's head (possibly indicating film is from mid 1915 following Orozco's escape in the United States from arrest on charges of conspiracy to violate U.S. neutrality laws, preceding his capture and death in 1915)
Anachronistic mixture of scenes from Germany, circa 1935, Italy, circa 1915, and World War 2. Opening sequence shows Waffen SS troops goosestepping on parade in Nuremberg,Bavaria, circa 1935. Then a scene is inserted of Italian Generalissimo Luigi Cadorna, Chief of Staff, Italian Army, in World War 1, who salutes while reviewing troops. This is followed by scenes of grim-faced civilians watching German forces occupy their countries in World War II. Finally a radio tower and antenna are shown.
Bulgarians cheer and hold Communist posters in Russian during May Day Parade in Sofia. Prime Minister and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party Valko Chervenkov raises his hand and smiles at audience. Cheering Bulgarian youth during May Day Parade. Bulgarian Communist official waves small bouquet of flowers from review stand.
British soldiers walking amongst enemy trenches in a no-man's land in the Balkans, during World War 1. They are reconnoitering after an allied artillery barrage that destroyed Central Powers defenses in the area and left many dead. British Highlanders are among the Allied troops seen walking through the totally destroyed defenses. Surviving Central Powers soldiers are taken as prisoners of war. Austro-Hungarian Hussars carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher. A group of ambulatory wounded POWs, headed toward a field medical facility. British medical corpsmen treating a wounded soldier. View of field medical station where British medics are treating wounded. A soldier writes something on the bare back of another as they prepare to move toward the rear. Wounded lying on the ground in litters, as British medical Corpsmen attend to them. British soldiers carry wounded to truck for evacuation. German officers walking at the head of a group of German, Turkish, Austro-Hungarian, and some possibly some Bulgarian, prisoners of war. View from above of British officers on horseback leading the disarmed prisoners along the street of a town, where British soldiers stand along the curbside watching as they pass. Mounted British soldiers move along the sides of the walking POWs.