Commodore George Dewey onboard his flagship United States cruiser USS Olympia (C-6) during a trip back to the United States. Dewey is with other U.S. Navy officers on deck. Commodore Dewey also puts on his hat. Dewey walks back and forth deck before a group of men board the ship. The group of men take off their hats and greet Dewey. Commodore Dewey and some crew sail on a boat and land in Gibraltar. Officials in Gibraltar welcome Commodore Dewey. Dewey shakes hands with the officials. More Gibraltar officials board the ship to meet Dewey on deck. Commodore Dewey receives the Washington and New York committees of the Committee of Arrangements onboard the Olympia. Commodore Dewey takes his leave of the Washington Committee onboard.
Men pull a long wooden boat upstream against a strong current in a narrow rocky river in Japan. Several similar boats come rapidly downstream through rapids and dodging rocks in the water. Some of the men use oars to steer while another sits in the front quickly pivoting the bow using a long pole. Some of the men hold parasol umbrellas over head to shield from the sun.
Scenes from Japan during the 19th century. Japanese pedestrians walking, in a light rain, on a town bridge in Japan. Pedestrians in kimonos hold wagasa umbrellas. Rickshaws cross the bridge. Japanese women play shamisen, and two girls use a hand fan and an uchiwa fan.
Film by Thomas Alva Edison of Red Cross Ambulance in battlefield during the Spanish-American War. Officers giving direction. Injured soldiers carried to horse driven ambulance. People working wear gloves while carrying wounded soldiers.
Opening scene shows view from a siding, of an empty railroad track in the countryside. Suddenly a steam locomotive of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad appears on the main track, heading toward the camera. It is pulling a number of passenger cars, and passes the camera, at high speed.
The Spanish-American War in Cuba. Cuban refugees and United States soldiers gather at a camp for food. Cuban refugees wait for food in the camp. They gather with U.S. soldiers outside a small house. They all stand in a row at a place where the food is prepared.
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