German troops overrun Belgium and Northern France. Massive column of German soldiers advancing. Battle scenes with trench warfare, explosions, and heavy railway artillery being fired. A French soldier is killed by an exploding shell. A French 320mm Railway Gun fires. A soldier climbs up trench wall as an explosion occurs. Soldiers leap into trench as the exploded earth showers, one of them injured or killed. German soldiers in trench fire a rifle and another throws a grenade. Tanks maneuver in the battlefield. Trenches are fenced with barbed wire. Belgian soldier lifts his head from a trench and throws a hand grenade, then quickly ducks back down. An explosion occurs over a trench. German soldiers firing machine gun from trench; machine gun operator is hit and collapses. Soldiers crossing battlefield amidst barbed wire. Line of soldiers atop vehicles firing howitzers during battle. A French Spad airplane is shot down in flames and smoke and dives toward the ground, out of control.
The King and Queen of Romania arrive to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bucharest University, which was founded in 1864. Guards stand at the doors. A car arrives. Queen Elisabeth sits with another lady in the car. They step down from the car. The guards salute them. Queen Elisabeth stands on the steps with Crown Princess Marie as Carol I, King of Romania followed by Crown Prince Ferdinand I come up the steps. The Queen and Royal Consort, Princess Marie, turn to follow the King and Crown Prince.
French troops marching. Convoy of French Army vehicles. Formation of aircraft bombing ground targets. Explosions on ground. The Eiffel Tower.
Belgian cavalry, including Chasseurs à Cheval, riding through streets of town in Flanders, Belgium, in First World War. The sidewalks are filled with spectators watching them.
British troops boarding train in United Kingdom, during World War I. Other soldiers walk along the platform of a railroad station, where a railroad train sits with its doors open. The doors identify the coaches as third class. Two officers converse. One smokes a cigar. A sign reads: "Cross The Line By The Bridge". Officers and soldiers board the railway train.
Russian troops on the Southwestern front in World War One. Soldiers riding horses and seated in horse carts cross a major bridge. Officers arrive and soldiers stand at attention. Commander of Russian Forces, General Mikhail Vasiliyevich Alekseyev, and his staff, review the troops. The General stops to greet Russian Orthodox Priest. Russian Army on the march in background.