Soon after World War 1, a tugboat leads two ships through narrow open water channel in frozen Russian bay. Buildings and trees in the far background. View of area covered with snow. Children wearing warm clothes stand in front of ship on which is written: 'Margus Newark USA'. An American flag flutters on the flag pole of the ship. The children pose for photograph. A cinematographer hand cranks his movie camera on a city street. Other men stand with him. Buildings along the sides of snow covered street.
Russian people going about their routine activities in Petrograd, Russia, immediately following World War One. People walk on the snow covered sidewalks. The city looks metropolitan, with offices and shops. A horse-drawn sled moves on the street. Women perform heavy labor shoveling snow.
Soviet prisoners of war march along the street of a town in the Ukraine during the short war between Poland and Soviet Russia following World War 1. Trees in the background. Two Polish officers are seen, outside a hut, giving instructions to two prisoners, who are then led away by an armed guard. An area filled with potatoes, on the ground. Prisoners take some of the potatoes away in cartons. Prisoners are seen eating bread.
Polish infantry moving toward the battle front in the Ukraine during war with Soviet soviet forces. They carry weapons and shovels. They display the Polish Army badges on their caps. Supplies are carried in horse-drawn wagons. An officer on a white horse rides toward the rear of the column. Closeup of a local farmer holding his horse's bridle. A woman and children behind him. Women are seen with shovels digging earth in a field (possibly preparing trenches).
Soldiers and their families board railroad box cars marked with Polish Imperial seal, at a rail yard, during the Polish-Soviet war. A soldier sits with his wife and four children, plus their dog. All of them (including the dog) are eating bread. A man, wearing Lapti footwear, poses for the camera.
German Emperor Wilhelm II in Doorn, Netherlands. A sign reads: 'Doorn'. Exterior of the Emperor's manor house Huis Doorn (Huis Doorn, Langbroekerweg 10, 3941 MT Doorn, Netherlands) where he will live in exile following World War 1. A flag flies at the top of the building. A crowd gathers and greets the Kaiser along the sides of a road. The emperor walks followed by other dignitaries.