German Navy officers, including Admirals Nipper and Scheer, stand on deck of a German warship, docked in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, during World War 1. Other German warships in background. Spectators standing some distance back, on the pier.
Film opens showing Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, seated in a carriage outside a building covered with scaffolding. He is wearing a fur-collared great coat and a plumed hat. Several flags are decorated poles behind the carriage. His uncle, King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, steps into the carriage. British King Edward VI is wearing an overcoat and top hat. As Edward VI settles into his seat, an attendant cover both men with a carriage robe. As the carriage pulls away, an honor guard in formation at attention is seen in the background. The carriage carrying the Kaiser and the King is seen ahead of another one in which a woman is riding, accompanied by a man in top hat and a military officer in uniform. Local spectators stand at the side of road and on hills overlooking the roadway. A third carriage, drawn by a pair of white horses, carries a woman accompanied by a man in a top hat and a military officer in an elaborate plumed hat. A fourth carriage follows with a military officer and two statesmen in top hats. Film ends as horses pulling another carriage.
Red Cross women present food to engineer and firemen of a steam locomotive parked at a station in Potsdam, Germany, during World War 1. Next, they are seen giving food to new soldier recruits in the box cars of a train behind the locomotive. The train is then seen moving with the men inside the box cars waving as they proceed to begin military service for World War I.
German Landsturm military recruits, wearing civilian clothing, train and drill with rifles in a field of Berlin, Germany in World War I. Buildings beside the field. Former military officers give training to the militia reserve force replacements as they group and fire in formation, one line kneeling and one standing behind. They fire rifles in the field. Officer gives instructions about how to fire. Other men watch the training. They practice firing rifles from different positions. They fire at targets. Officers demonstrate how to fire the rifle. Women cook food for the home guard militia men. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A Do X flying boat in water in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Aerial view of the giant sea plane parked in water. Pasengers on the airplane. They board the aircraft and take their seats. The plane takes off. Flight of the plane. High altitude view of the city. Interior views of the aircraft as passengers look outside the plane at buildings of Friedrichshafen below.
Engineers of 153rd Engineer combat battalion enter small concrete blockhouse in Lauterback, Germany. They place TNT charges in position for its destruction. Rear of two engineers as detonation charge is fired and blockhouse blows up. Smoke arises from the explosion in the background. One engineer runs for cover as soon as the charge is fired. Officers examine wrecked blockhouse and measure thickness of the wall. (World War II period).
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