American officers and soldiers at a U.S. Army encampment during World War I. Officers greet soldiers entering the camp. Donkeys tied up. American soldiers work in the background building what appears to be a barn for the animals. Brief scene at end of clip of a car arriving at destination on a city street with a small crowd of American soldiers and some curious children gathered to meet it.
Refugees in railroad cars guarded by White Russian soldiers during Russian Civil War. An American soldier takes a loaf of bread from vendor and gives it to refugees. He gives cigarettes and other things to refugees in railroad car. Russian family with possessions. Women and children seen in railroad car. White Russian troops march and inspect folded tents on carts beside railroad car. View from inside moving railroad car. Siberian snow and smoke from locomotive seen from car. View of long train from rear, as it goes around curve. (Timeframe is both Russian Civil War and World War I)
German troops march after Armistice of World War I. German troops surrender war material and get on to trucks. French troops search some of the Germans. French troops carry material out of the building. German troops march with their belongings.
French troops march with military band on way to railroad train station. French tricolor flag displayed on building as the French troops pass. The troops board rail trains at Dortmund station and wave out the windows as the train pulls out of the station.
Ruins and rubble in an unidentified European town near end of World War I. Industrial plants destroyed, only smoke stacks left standing. Civilian people dig among rubble in the bomb damaged ruins of the area. An injured woman with a bandage over her head and part of her face is seen pulling a chair from the rubble of a building. A man climbs up a ladder to access a partially destroyed house. The exterior brick wall is largely collapsed revealing one intact elevated floor inside. A young man with a bandaged head, and a young girl and two boys near some mattresses. One of the young boys also has a bandage on his head.
The German Imperial family, Kaiser Wilhelm II takes a walk in the snow with female members of his family and a small dog. A large dog later joins them. Scenes of large building on country estate.