Slate notes heavy reliance on turnips for use in many foods while potatoes and other crops were in short supply in Germany during World War I. "Kohl-Ruben Zeit" (Epoch of Turnips): a German soldier eats bread with turnip marmalade. Two German officers standing beside a tree as the other soldier eats behind them, seated.
Scenes from a British World War I movie, released after the war, in the 1920's. British soldiers on a battlefield in Europe during World War I. Soldiers climb a wall and jump to the other side. The troops advance in an open field and then charge a German enemy bunker. The soldiers fire artillery. Smoke in the background. The soldiers in position in a trench. The soldiers run in the field and cross barbed wire entanglement. Explosions happen and smoke rises from the explosions. A wounded soldier lying on the ground. Bodies of dead soldiers lying on the ground.
War casualties in Europe during World War I. A British soldier looks at a dead comrade. British soldiers in trench. Location shifts to a smaller dug-in trench. A handful of British soldiers during battle. They are wearing gas masks. Scene shows one soldier shaking violently after he is overcome by gas. (Note: This is an excerpt from a British World War I movie, released after the war, in the 1920's.)
A large American flag is formed by school children dressed in Red, White and Blue in Hawaiian Islands. Children in colored costumes form flag in grandstand. Children include Hawaiians, Americans, Japanese, Filipinos and Chinese. Children parade in the foreground. Mass dancing exhibition of Japanese boys and girls in native costumes and others in white dresses.
A swimming race in Hawaiian Islands. View of the swimming pool as swimming race (100Yard Swim) starts. People standing beside the pool in the background. Participants of the race swim in the pool.
Pineapple crops in Hawaiian Islands. Natives seated around pile of pineapples. One man cuts up and distributes pineapples to the group. They eat pineapples. Workers clear ground between pineapple plants. Pineapples are picked by workers. The full grown pineapples. The plant interior with workers slicing as pineapples move along a conveyor belt. Workers grade, pack and seal pineapples. Views of the pineapple field, awaiting harvest.
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