Refugees in Belgium near end of World War 1. Belgian people rebuild and repair houses. Two men on roof of the house. Women climb a ladder and assist in handing supplies back and forth. Men lay roof of a house. American soldier supervises as German soldiers (prisoners) carry sewing machine tables and other equipment and supplies out of a building. Civilian men and women carry supplies out of a different building. Two women assist girls and boys in sitting down to a meal at a long table in a school or orphanage. Belgian children eating food in the dining area. A United States Army soldier holding a dog and a mug. He smiles as he lets the dog drink from his cup. Two American soldiers talk to Roman Catholic Cardinal Mercier (Desire-Joseph Mercier) in a garden area. Close up view of Cardinal Mercier. (WWI; WW1)
Road repair and construction in Alsace, France during World War I, ensuring supply lines open to advancing Allied forces. Tractor with pulley assembly powers a spinning rock crusher. Men sort rocks and put some into crusher to create gravel for road surface. Men dig and transport earth and rubble on hand pushed rail carts. Men including French soldiers push a trolley on tracks. A cement trolley stationed in the background. A trolley loaded with stones is emptied down the side of a hill. Cattle pull heavy rotating drum along road to level the surface.
American field service volunteers in France during World War I. Officers come out of a building. They get into a military truck. American field service volunteers readying for service. A man shaves and another man wipes his face. Volunteers eat. Volunteers stand in a line. Officer reviews volunteers. Officers come out of a building including American, French, and British Allied officers. Officers stand and talk in a courtyard, including United States Army General John Pershing. Officers followed by volunteers march. An American Red Cross ambulance being driven away. Line of American Red Cross ambulances parked in a line. Volunteers emerge from truck and divide up to drive away the Ambulances. Volunteers carry an injured soldier on stretcher into the ambulance. Ambulance being driven over a rough road and discharging wounded at a field hospital.
British soldiers capture Jerusalem in Palestine during World War 1. British soldiers march through the streets of captured Jerusalem. Two officers talk to each other. Horses in the background. Soldiers march in formation. British soldiers march over an uneven sandy terrain.
Scenes of pre-World-War-1 Berlin, Germany. Brief film opens showing a German man singing onstage. The background is a painted depiction of an artistic interior in a home. Next, two Vaudevillians (Varietemitglied) are seen onstage, exchanging quips. The backdrop is a painted cityscape. Next, a small boy and small girl are seen on a city street, near an organ grinder. They dance to his music. View of the ancient Jungfernbruecke bascule bridge (drawbridge) in Mitte district, Berlin. This is a manually operated drawbridge, It spans the Spreekanal and connects the streets Friedrichsgracht and Oberwasserstraße. It was built during the time of Frederick I , of the Hohenzollern dynasty. A man walking across the bridge, and views of buildings and several local residents, in the vicinity.of the bridge. Glimpse of a woman and man conversing in a cafe.
A woman and a man singing a duet on stage, as they pretend to be in a german warplane,flying over parts of Europe during World War 1. Below their staged airplane the set includes paintings of the Eiffel Tower, a Dutch windmill and other features of European countries. The programs for various musical theater presentations are shown, including one entitled "Die Gulasch Kanone" (The Field Kitchen), a play with music in three acts. A scene from another production is seen, with A newly wedded couple walking to a horse drawn carriage. Women standing near the carriage serenade the couple and spread flower petals at their feet. They enter the carriage.
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