Excerpt from the fictional silent film "The Birth of a Nation" shows Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant meeting at Appomattox Courthouse in the United States. The Generals and officials in the court. Both the Generals seated in chairs. An official reads a paper. He hands it over to General Grant and then takes it back. Another official hands a paper to General Lee in the background. Both of them sign. General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant. Both the Generals shake hands.
Excerpt from the fictional silent film "The Birth of a Nation" shows Colonel Ben Cameron going back to his home in the United States. A guard stands holding a gun. The Colonel gets discharged from a hospital. Nurse Elise walks with him. The Colonel shakes hand with the nurse. Guards exchange their duty in the background. Elise and Ben talk. The Colonel kisses the back of her hand. The Colonel leaves. Elise in a sad mood and a guard tells her something. Ben's sister Flora Cameron holds a plate. Food in the plate. A man puts a shawl on her. Ben's sister sticks cotton pieces on her dress. She sits in a chair. Flora looks at her dress. Colonel Ben's house. He looks at his house. Flora shows her dress to her mother. They run towards the door as Ben arrives. Ben enters the house. Ben's mother and sister are happy. Colonel's mother, father and sister stand together. Ben's sister meet him and both of them talk. She hugs him. They both enter the house.
World War One British Tank crew wearing protective leather helmets enter Mark I Male Tank through access door adjacent to sponson. Officer, carrying his black cat mascot on his shoulder, follows. Tank's sponson (also called barbette) is seen rotating with its 6 pounder gun changing elevation.
Wartime activities of German soldiers in Europe during World War I. Horse carts, and a building seen in the background. A convoy of horse carts pass on a road. Several German soldiers ride the carts and several soldiers walk alongside the convoy of horse carts.
Trains with driver-less locomotives collide in Belgium during World War I. The trains burn. The collided trains in view. Men inspect the collided trains. The German troops build the railroad. Germany's Railroad Engineers Corps restore a bomb damaged tunnel.
Wartime activities of German soldiers in Europe during World War I. German soldiers prepare for life in the trenches: The soldiers shovel mud and make trenches. The soldiers work on plumbing. The troops make candles to light the trenches. Candles lying in boxes.