A unit of German horse cavalry (lancers) equipped with M1893 lances, moving along a dirt road in France, during World War 1. (WWI; WW1)
People at a German train station examine railroad torn up and twisted, apparently by an explosion (possibly sabotage?), during World War 1. Damage is confined to the railroad, itself, and a train that has been blown over,on its side, nearby . (The station and buildings are undamaged.) Curious onlookers stand around the damaged tracks and many stand on an embankment overlooking the overturned train. Workmen examine the damage to the train. Several policemen appear busy at the road entrance to the train station. One has a bicycle.
Opening slate says "How the Russian troops are turning the Turkish flank." World War 1 footage shows Russian forces on a snowy plain in the Caucasus Mountains region between Europe and Asia. The Russian troops march in the snow and mud in a column and through snow covered areas. Turkish prisoners of war are seen in a town town and marching along a path in the snow. Armed Russian soldiers are seen near the prisoners. Russian troops place supplies in a snow sled. They are seen transporting soldiers and supplies in ox carts and sledge drawn by cattle. Bactrian camels that are able to withstand the extreme cold are seen transporting gear. The Russian forces move a herd of camels through a village and up a steep mountain road.
Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A pro Southern dramatization on the effect of the Civil War shows the first flag of the confederacy celebrated after the first Battle of Bull Run. Men and women gather on the street holding the flag. They cheer. A man with his child in house. He hugs his child. Other family members arrive and meet each other. They hug each other.
Rice cultivation in the Philippines. A farmer plows a rice field with the onset of the rainy season. A carabao or water buffalo pulls a plow to till the land. Carabao plowing rice paddy. Farmers plant rice seedlings in rice paddy.
Rice cultivation in the Philippines. Farmers harvest rice in a field. Crude implements being used to harvest rice. A Filipino man and woman wearing conical Salakot hats harvest the grain. The Filipino couple use sickles to harvest rice. Filipino women depress rice plants to facilitate harvest. A man cuts rice while a pair of women gather grains.