Title slate notes that ferrets are being sent to the World War I front lines to clear the trenches of rats. A man holds two white ferrets in Serbia. He puts a ferret on top of a shipping crate and plays with it using his hat. He then gathers several white ferrets and begins putting them into their shipping container. End of clip shows very brief scene of canoes in water and a game or contest with a large floating ball in the background, at a fair or competition. American flag bunting strung across water and large wooden roller coaster in background.
A Serbian colonel receives dispatch from soldier on horseback in Serbia during the Second Balkan War. Soldiers install heliograph signal tower. Soldiers employ heliography to send and receive messages.
Armed Cossacks mounted on horses make their way along a muddy stream in Serbia during World War 1. They are on a scouting expedition. They pass under a bridge and roadway. Trees in the background. (WWI; WW1)
A Slav festival in Serbia. People climb stairs to enter a Greek Catholic Church, where a priest is seen waving a container of incense, as part of the ritual. (Narrator notes that the theme is protection of native cultures, including protection of religion.) The Priest slices a large piece of bread for the Mass. Next an accordion is seen and dancers assemble for the "Kolo" (a Serbian national dance). View of dancing, that marks end of the festival. Scene shifts abruptly to a sailboat race in Malaga, Spain. Narrator says it "suggests the idea of normal living with a prosperous new Europe." Film shifts to mountains of the high Tatras, in Czechoslovakia, where Ski troops of the Czech army demonstrate their abilities.
Various Balkan League leaders. King Peter I of Serbia talks to another man. They sit on chairs in an elaborately decorated tent. They sit in a horse carriage. Men stand in the background. The Tsar of Bulgaria, Ferdinand I, in view. He sits in a carriage. Men riding horses. Troops lined on a street. Men stand on the balcony of a building. King Carol I of Romania walks with the Queen. They walk through a garden and stand near a bench.
World War I Allies Conference meeting in Paris. Mr Baron Sonnino and Signor Salandra, representatives of Italy arrive in Paris. Photographers stand with a camera. Crowd waves to them. Mr Aristide Briand the French Prime Minister, General Joffre and Admiral Lagaze. Mr Briand comes out of a building and sits in a car. Dignitaries come out of the building. General Cadorna Italian Commander in Chief walks on the sideway. Mr M Denny Cochin gets off a car. M Pashitch, the Serbian Prime Minister and Lord Bertie, the British ambassador to France come out of a Building. Lord Kitchener comes out of building and stands. Crowd on the street.