Decorated elephants moving on the street. Men walk along with them. View of tents. Trees in the background. Men carry a decorated palanquin.
Turkish peasants (refugees) en-route to Greece during World War 1. Destroyed homes in Germany. Devastated plains of Poland. Pre war scenes of Poland showing farm fields in snow. Polish peasant civilians flee an area due to war. They walk across a snow covered field towing a sled with a woman on the sledge. A group of Polish children stand together with English children outside a simple hut in the snow. The boys and girls smile. Pre-war scenes of France: View of a French village from high on a hill side overlooking the valley, town, and farmland. Scene from French village streets in the 1910s with busy food markets and market square area. A woman selling grapes at a stand holds up the grape bunches and smiles for the camera. French children and adults seen shopping in the market. Buyers inspect wares being held in wicker baskets by French women. Constrasting view of war torn France shows barren land with all trees destroyed, wrecked and destroyed towns and villages.
Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I in Austria during World War I. The Emperor and his entourage comes down the steps of a palace. Austrian officials and men on horseback parade along a street. The Emperor and the royal family in a garden. Officials and family members pose for pictures in the garden.
Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A pro Southern dramatization on the effect of the Civil War shows the first flag of the confederacy celebrated after the first Battle of Bull Run. Men and women gather on the street holding the flag. They cheer. A man with his child in house. He hugs his child. Other family members arrive and meet each other. They hug each other.
British Army personnel in carefree pose under a tarpaulin. A soldier shouldering rifle walks past. British officers and men at a refreshment stand set up by Belgian ladies. They enjoy snacks and drinks. A baguette of bread and drinks on the table. One soldier pays for several items that he takes away. Behind them is a substantial stone building with doric columns.
French troops establishing positions in Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. Troops unloading and stacking artillery shells. They move supplies in trucks and horse-drawn wagons, along paved road in countryside. Stacks of supplies seen at side of road.