Wounded German soldier on a stretcher, is lifted from hospital set up behind the lines near Catigny, France, during World War 1. He is carefully placed in a military ambulance by U.S. Army soldiers. Closer to the front, medical corpsmen attend to a wounded soldier lying on a litter on the ground. They treat his wounds and apply a splint to his left leg. Troops in battle gear surround the corpsmen. The wounded man is placed in an ambulance.
A group of British officers on an inspection tour is seen standing on a field in France, during World War 1. They include Field Marshal Sir John French the British commander-in-chief.They observe soldiers riding past on tractors, two of which are Titan models built by the US company International Harvester. The officers step back as the tractors pass through the mud. Next, they are seen loosely assembled near two staff cars. (A small dog walks about amongst them.) One senior officer walks to the second car and an aide helps him to don a coat. Field Marshal Sir John French then climbs aboard the lead car. Scene shifts showing British soldiers standing by as a Mark IV tank, with heavy mud on its tracks, passes them pulling a heavy towed howitzer field gun. The tank has writing on its front reading: "HMLS, Intimidator" (His Majesty's Land Ship, Intimidator) and it shows the number "154" on its side.
A British 60 pounder artillery piece mired in mud in Flanders during World War 1. British soldiers try to pull it out unsuccessfully. They then use planks and a jack to lift the sunken wheel. Once freed, they maneuver the gun into position.
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.
British troops of the The 11th (Service) Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) unload stores from a supply wagon, in their camp at Zeitenlik, Salonika, Greece, in World War 1. Two soldiers use a long pole with hooks, to offload large containers. Other troops watch in the background.
British troops of the The 11th (Service) Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) remove sacks of flour from canvas-covered stack, and take them to a field bakery at Salonika, Greece, during World War 1. Soldiers carry loaves of bread from a building to outdoor stone ovens for baking. Bakers use long poles to pull baking pans from the ovens and soldiers collect them. Loaves of bread being taken from a steel oven. (Some clothes seen drying atop the oven.) Soldiers carry a large wooden board filled with bread loaves, into a mess tent. Sacks of bread being taken from a tent and loaded into a wagon for transport to other parts of the camp.
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