Two Truckloads of Prussian soldiers drive into the Rhineland city of Koblenz to reinforce it during World War 1. They park near a shuttered Merchant hall and climb down to the street. They assemble and pose for the camera standing around a machine gun set up on the pavement. Scene shifts to view of an old fort partially destroyed.
Workmen dig with pickaxes to prepare holes for explosive charges to demolish a concrete embankment, during World War 1. Scene changes to the moment when demolition charges explode and the embankment collapses. View from under a steel bridge to the demolished structure across the river to where work is in progress to excavate the river embankment.
Russian children gather around an American Army YMCA worker who throws candy to them, during World War 1. He wears a YMCA symbol on the right sleeve of his uniform. He sits with a small child and gives him a candy to eat. Rural wooden houses are seen in the background. Several boys sit in a row posing for the camera. They are dressed in clothing indigenous to the area. Two wear Cossack-style hats.
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.
Turkish prisoners of war being repatriated in Europe. They board a ship and some receive cigarettes from well-dressed civilian men who reach from the dock to the former prisoners, on board. Several former prisoners pose in the tatters and rags of their former uniforms. Many of the former prisoners wear garrison caps. All have had recent hair cuts and appear clean. Many prisoners are seen gathered in an open yard in the port of embarkation, which also contains a shelter and a fenced area filled with baggage, in the background.
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