People celebrate in Great Britain. A large crowd gathers and cheers British soldiers returning home following the armistice ending World War One. Flags flutter on decorated flag poles. Buildings along a side of the street. A sign on the building reads: 'Victoria Cafe'. In Germany, soldiers march along the street. Decorated carriages pass. Soldiers on horses pass on the street with flags. A statue on the street.
Former United States Secretary of Treasury, William Gibbs MacAdoo, opens the postwar 5th (Victory) Liberty Loan drive in New York City. A large crowd gathers, on Wall Street in the financial district, to watch the event. Decoration in the area for the purpose of celebration. MacAdoo addresses the crowd from a decorated podium. The scene is embellished by a large pyramid of German military helmets topped by a statue of Nike, the Greek Goddess of victory. An Army officer (not wearing headgear) addresses the crowd. A U.S. Army band, in uniform,is seated on steps, playing music. An Army bugler blows his horn from the balcony of a building. The Met Life Tower landmark skyscraper, located at One Madison Avenue, is visible behind him. U.S. Navy Admiral William Sims speaks to the crowd.
New York Harbor in New York City, United States. Steamers and boats underway in New York Harbor and the skyline of Manhattan in the background. Tall skyscrapers along the coast. A sailing ship with 2 masts underway by sail in the harbor. The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island.
Film begins showing allegorical statue of woman named "Brooklyn" by sculptor Daniel Chester French, on granite pedestal at Brooklyn side entrance to the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Scene shifts to Police directing traffic of motor vehicles and horse-drawn wagons on the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Barges and ships seen below the Manhattan bridge on which electrified train is running. Burns Brothers Coal loading facility on the river's edge. Point of view shot from first car of electrified railroad train traveling over the Manhattan bridge with dual tracks. Another train is approaching on the other track. A roadway is seen rising up parallel to the railway, on the right of the screen. Several cars on it are heading through the Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade. Side view of the Manhattan Bridge over the East River in New York City. Docks are seen at river edge, below. The Brooklyn Bridge is seen dimly in the background. Commercial traffic of horses and wagons, cars, and trucks along road beside East River piers. Many appear to be food purveyors. The Manhattan Bridge crosses the entire area in the background. Several pedestrians are seen strolling near the Manhattan bridge Arch and Colonnade. Top of Manhattan Bridge seen in closeup.
Buffalo Bill Cody in the United States. American soldier and showman Buffalo Bill Cody and Native American Indian Oglala Lakota chief, Iron Tail, (whose profile is featured on the buffalo nickel) seated in chairs outside a tent as they interact with each other using sign language. Frontal and profile closeups of Chief Iron Tail. Closeup of Buffalo Bill.
Elephants are seen drinking water trough fed by a large water tank, at the start of the film. They are in the vacant lot of a town in the United States. A circus worker is seated on a wagon in their midst. A circus worker tends to a pack of dogs inside a fenced enclosure. A circus wagon is seen behind him. Teams of horses are being watered from a large tank, with Barnum & Bailey Shows painted on the side of the water tank. A circus worker watches over them. Two men and a boy walk past during the scene. Circus attendants parade a herd of elephants into a town, followed by others escorting camels. Local people watch from the sidelines. View from the rear of the parade of animals along a street in the town. A zebra and two horned animals also take up the end of the procession. Another view of the parade with circus hands riding along with teams of horses and others riding atop elephants.