Boy poses behind automobile on bank of the Volga River in Russia. Some men inspect the deck of a cable ferry. A boy sits on logs floating in the river. Woman fills her pot with water from the river. A man cuts wood. Buffalo carts and cows near the river. Women sit in a boat. A man washes his horse by the river while some boys swim. One man demonstrates traditional Russian folk dancing. A man eats fruit. and some take naps. Two automobiles are driven onto the ferry. Passengers and crew pull together on cables and a winch to propel ferry. One passenger offers ferryman a cigarette.
Passengers relaxing on board a steamship on the Volga River in Russia. First class passengers dining . Passengers on deck smile and watch as the ship pulls close to buildings on a pier. Women and children on deck chairs. A boy in a sailor suit. Sights along the river as the ship proceeds. Passengers conversing on deck. A boy kneeling with a box, sells something to a passenger.
Czar Nicholas ll or Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia with his wife Maria Alexandrovna, and their daughters, meeting Russian military Generals. Russian royalty at a royal ceremony. British royal ceremony making Edward (son of King George V and Queen Mary) Prince of Wales, on his 16th Birthday, June 23, 1910. Next scene shows Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist and steel tycoon, with wealthy oil baron John D Rockefeller.
German artillerymen fire railway gun on front in Russia. Barrel of gun. A man looks through periscope. Artillerymen load gun and push the shell inwards. They fire the gun. Man picks up and puts a shell in gun. They adjust the barrel up wards and fire. Artillerymen cover their ear with hands. A soldier carries out empty shell from gun. (World War II period).
German troops in a flooded area of Russia. Infantry units arrive through train. They sit in motor barge to travel through water. Supplies transported on boat, wrapped in hay. Troops unload supplies and provisions on shore. They unwrap supplies and bring out bottles. Drink ladeled from barrel and given to other troops. Horses pull rubber rafts in water. Fodder for horses is carried on rubber rafts. Field officer travel in a motor launch. Troops bail water from their barracks. Troops climb up on tree platform and sit in observation post.
The German Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber in Russia. Swastika sign on bomber. Bomber drops bomb on Russian positions in the Kuban front. It hits a Russian ship in the sea of Azov. German soldiers look up in sky. They hide in trenches. Russian bomber drop shells, it explode on land. Antiaircraft guns are fired. It hits Russian bomber. Wrecked tanks are salvaged by German troops. (World War II period).