A public meeting in Berlin, Germany. Many people gathered outside the Reichstag building. People wave their hats and Dr. Walther Adrian Schücking on the podium also waves his. A man holds a sign reading:' Dr Schücking'. People gather in large numbers. The Bismarck Memorial in front of the Reichstag in the background. Policemen on horseback control the masses.
The activities and policies of the National Socialist Party in Germany. Newspaper headlines about Ludendorff (General Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff ) and Hitler being captured after their attempted putsch . Nazi Sturmabteilung (SA) stormtroopers on street. Adolf Hitler fills out and signs a registration form. A flag of the Nazi party. Stormtroopers march on the street. Joseph Goebbels speaks on a phone. Nazi party member steps from a car. People on either side wave to a party member and he waves back. A tram in the background.
Views of Russian during famine following World War 1. Journalist Arthur Ransome (smoking a pipe) and cameraman George Ercole (smoking a cigar) pose at a railroad yard on the Latvian-Russian border. They talk with Latvian and Russian guards and then board a train and depart to record observations in famine-stricken Russia. Views of near-deserted village abandoned by inhabitants seeking food elsewhere. Refugees camping outdoors, on the banks of the Volga River. They share their meager food supplies. Refugee encampments near towns. A cemetery full of white crosses set up near a refugee camp. Refugee peasants housed in railroad freight cars. Large group of starving Russian children.
A large crowd gathered at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany to celebrate. Large contingents of Freikorps march through the crowds. Many mingle with the crowds. Aerial views of the cheerful people gathered in large numbers. View of Statue of Goddess of Peace, driving a four-horse triumphal chariot atop of the Brandenburg Gate and of Freikorps up on the Gate, setting up banners.
A mature couple poses for a photograph in front of a stone cottage. They smile and speak a few words, as they pose. Behind them a flowering vine covers part of the cottage wall. Through a window, can be seen a drape with simple geometric design.
Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks disembarks from the United States passenger ship "President Grant" in San Francisco, California. Weeks and others salute, he pins up medals onto men at Presidio. Soldiers parade as men look at the marching soldiers. Weeks along with General Morton and Haynes review the parade.