Shows Mexican Federal Army troops walking along railway tracks outside the city of Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution. Many soldiers are on foot, some guide horsecarts and wagons. Last few frames show troops and some non-uniformed civilians raising rifles and apparently engaged in combat, possibly shooting from a bridge.
A group of Mexican women and children smile and wave from the back of a parked railroad car. Mexican women and children on foot, walking along a railroad track leaving Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution. They are families following behind their men who are serving as Federal Mexican troops.
Mexican Federal Army cavalry and troops seen marching through the "burning plains" of Veracruz during the Mexican Revolution. Some of the forces are on horseback wearing wide sombreros. Others are in Army uniforms. The armed troops and cavalry seen marching.
Sweeping camera pan view of the war ridden city of Veracruz in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. Shows the shoreline and distant town settlements and buildings, as seen from sand dunes.
Shows General Francisco Beltran and his cavalry troops at a hill side near Veracruz in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. They view the city through binoculars from a distant hill side before an attack. Scene changes to shattered glass windows of a building. Two men ascend a latter and camera view widens to show hole from shelling in side of building, and blown out windows.
Shows Mexican revolutionary forces under protection of medical cross white flag, bringing sick and wounded to the Hospital San Sebastian in Veracruz (prior Bethlemite Hospital / later Bethlemite Convent) during the Mexican Revolution. Federal Army troops are seen monitoring them from the sides and keeping them under guard. The revolutionaries carry the wounded on stretchers through the streets. A few other citizens and children watch and follow the procession with interest.