A contingent of Russian Cossacks and Siberian troops are seen, in World War 1, after a 26-day march through mud and snow, and under fire. They trudge along in formation, 6 abreast, on a snowy mountain road, in the Caucasus. Houses are perched on the mountainside. Tall mountains are seen in background. (WWI; WW1)
Russian artillerymen shell a Turkish battery across a valley in the Caucasus during World War 1. View of gun crew loading a 155mm wheeled long gun, set up over a valley in the Caucasus. The principal gunner aims the gun and then the crew fires it. (WWI; WW1)
French armament men display a torpedo suspended by a sling from a hoist on a dock in World War 1. They rotate it around for the camera. A submarine is seen tied up to an adjacent dock in the background. The next scene shows the bubble wake of a compressed air driven torpedo seen from a boat tracking it as it moves through the water. Next sequence is taken from aboard a French submarine underway on the surface. A structure and point of land is seen. Then, officers and sailors are seen on the boat's deck. Scene then reverts to the torpedo on the dock, where closeup of its counter-rotating propellers are shown while being tested with a compressed air motor. Men show how the horizontal and vertical fins can be adjusted to control the path of the torpedo. An exploding cutter is shown, designed to penetrate defensive nets. A man screws the cutter into the nose of the torpedo. (WWI; WW1)
Passenger liner S.S. Chicago, of the French line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique CGT, leaves New York harbor. Men aboard the ship. The ship getting underway toward the ocean. Other ships in the background.
A ship underway at sea in the United States. A man watches from the deck of another ship. American mine sweepers in operation. Tuscania leaves a port. Mine sweepers work on the deck of the ship.
mperor Nicholas II, inspects Army officers, drivers and open staff cars, (including one with two civlilian drivers) during an inspection in World War 1. He is accompanied by military officers. The Czar wears a black band on his left uniform sleeve (sign of mourning). The parking area is muddy and mud is seen on tires and undercarriages of the military cars. (WWI; WW1)