Events during World War I. Tugboat and barge on river in Russia. Sidewheeler tugboat pulling a wooden barge fulled with construction equipment and materials. Two men stand in elevated stern deck holding a huge wooden boom attached to barge's rudder. Construction workers building a railroad bridge. They are working at edge of the river. View of destroyed building and large white building behind it.
Events during World War I. Russian troops aboard a troop train in the snow. Supplies and baggage is loaded on roofs of train cars. Several ot the soldiers wave as the train passes slowly past. smoke and steam rises from the rail cars. A stove pipe seen emerging from the side of a train car. Soldiers on the ground watch as the train moves past. A black dog walks along beside the train track.
Events during World War I. A group of Russian officers leaving a building. They return salutes as they reach area where troops are drawn up in an honor guard, holding rifles with fixed bayonets, in salute. The officers enter an open motorcar.
Events during World War I. New Russian Army recruits, holding rifles,are lined up by an officer, who then reports with a salute. In response to commands, the recruits face right; left shoulder arms; and present arms. Military parade shows officers giving salute to troops,on parade, as spectators watch. Field artillery is drawn up in formation in front of log buildings, where people walk on sidewalk. Artillery unit on horseback pulling caissons and field pieces, as spectators watch. Russian machine gunners pose, sitting on ground by their weapons on tripods. Other troops stand around them.
Russian troops unload war materiel from a boat on a river during World War I. They transfer large wooden boxes from the boat to a pier and thence to the shore. Two of the soldiers roll a 55-gallon fuel drum. An officer, standing on the pier, observes the activity.
A French pre-dreadnought Liberté class battleship is seen underway in the Piraeus harbor of Athens, Greece during World War 1. She passes another Liberté class ship. Next, both are seen from astern as they head away from the camera. They are accompanied by two small boats. The French Bouclier-class destroyer, Casque, steaming close by at high speed (the only one in that class with only 3 funnels). She appears to have "CO" stenciled on her bow. French admirals and other senior officers pose for a photograph. The Admiral with crossed legs is Vice-Admiral Louis René Charles Dartige du Fournet, Commandant of the French and British Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. The crowded port of Piraeus. A sailor raises the tricolor flag on a French warship. A docked ship with "Seripho, Hamburg" written on her stern. She appears to be flying the French tricolor flag.