Russian warships, destroyers, and submarines maneuver and fire heavy guns in the Black Sea,during World War I. Heavy black smoke rises from ship funnels and from gun firing. Mountains seen in the background. Captain, standing next to helmsman, bends down and speaks on intercom. Several destroyers maneuver and partially visible submerged submarines are seen. Signalman on deck uses semaphore flags.
Automobile and pedestrian traffic on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. Heavy northbound traffic on 5th Avenue, stops periodically to allow pedestrians to cross and 42nd Street traffic to enter. The New York Public Library Building in Midtown Manhattan is seen clearly, with lion statues on its steps and large American flag flying in front. Traffic includes horse-drawn as well as motorized vehicles. On Upper West Side, view of Columbus Circle, 8th Avenue, Broadway and 59th Street, with statue of Columbus visible. Street car seen .
City trains in New York, United States. A couple, both dressed in white, walks on a railway platform. A sign on the platform reads ' Lackawanna railroad'. A steam locomotive pulls a passenger train into the station. A conductor assists as the couple boards the train. They wave from the train. The conductor helps passengers, including the woman in white and her escort, to get off the train. The man in white tips the conductor.
A Detroit,Toledo,and Ironton railroad train arrives and interchanges with the Chesapeake and Ohio at Greggs. The steam locomotive is pulling a passenger train. It continues northbound,crossing the Scioto River (out of its banks) and the film ends just before crossing the N&W at Glen Jean.
A steam locomotive, pulling a passenger train of the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad arrives at a railway station in Michigan. Passengers get off the train. Curved railroad tracks in the foreground. Parked cars. A train pulls out of the railway station. People on a railway platform. Buildings and a water storage tank near the railway station.
A woman and a man singing a duet on stage, as they pretend to be in a german warplane,flying over parts of Europe during World War 1. Below their staged airplane the set includes paintings of the Eiffel Tower, a Dutch windmill and other features of European countries. The programs for various musical theater presentations are shown, including one entitled "Die Gulasch Kanone" (The Field Kitchen), a play with music in three acts. A scene from another production is seen, with A newly wedded couple walking to a horse drawn carriage. Women standing near the carriage serenade the couple and spread flower petals at their feet. They enter the carriage.