View from deck of a sailing vessel barely visible through the fog. A sail is visible, but not much else..
German prisoners of war on board a Russian destroyer in the Balkans. They walk on the ship deck. The crew of the merchantman are given packets of cigarettes by a Russian officer. A gun in the background.
A group of Cossacks march in the Balkans. A snow covered area. Houses and trees covered with snow in the background. Turkish prisoners of war march. The wounded prisoners are carried on horse-carts. Other prisoners walk in the snow covered area. They wear warm clothes.
Russian Emperor Nicholas arrives to inspect troops in Caucasus during World War 1. He wears a Cossack uniform. The troops stand in formation. Nicholas reviews the marching Cossack troops. He talks to an officer. The officers salute him. He stands on a platform with the officials. Slate indicates that the Tsar (Czar) was known by the Russian troops as "Little White Father." Emperor Nicholas II is seen mixing with the Russian soldiers, and leading a column of soldiers in descending a steep hill. (WWI; WW1)
A contingent of Russian Cossacks and Siberian troops are seen, in World War 1, after a 26-day march through mud and snow, and under fire. They trudge along in formation, 6 abreast, on a snowy mountain road, in the Caucasus. Houses are perched on the mountainside. Tall mountains are seen in background. (WWI; WW1)
Russian artillerymen shell a Turkish battery across a valley in the Caucasus during World War 1. View of gun crew loading a 155mm wheeled long gun, set up over a valley in the Caucasus. The principal gunner aims the gun and then the crew fires it. (WWI; WW1)