British tanks knocked-out by German artillery, near Fontaine, Notre Dame, Cambrai, during World War 1. A large group of German infantry march around a knocked-out snow-covered British Mark IV heavy tank. Closer to a village, several German soldiers are seen on and aroung another British tank from which they appear to be removing arms and equipment. One German soldier, atop the tank, wields a hammer.
English tanks captured at Cambrai, France during World War I. German motor troops stand and talk near a captured British Mark IV heavy tank in Cambrai. Troops get into tank and tank is being driven on field. British tank crosses a trench. Tank advances. German soldier gets out of tank.
British tanks captured at Cambrai, France by German forces during World War I. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany arrives and inspects a British Mark IV heavy tank. Tank is driven and a French lamp post is destroyed.
Opening scene shows Russian Medical Corpsmen, dressed in white, at an outdoor rail yard where many trains are parked on many tracks. they remove a wounded soldier from a train on a stretcher. the roll him onto a waist-high table, where regular soldiers pose near him. Another wounded soldier on a litter, on the ground, is attended by two medical corpsmen, who bend down to speak to him. View of one Corpsman squatting down next to him and speaking to him. The wounded man moves his arms while conversing with the Corpsmen. Brief view of workmen at a construction site near a railroad line. Using wheel barrows, The workmen off load building materials from a rail car parked in the background, pushing the wheel barrows over planks laid on the ground. A mixed group of Russian military officers posing on a pier. Heavy timbers crossed by steel railroad rails separate the camera from the group.
View from a wooden fishing boat with a mast (but not showing any sail) on a river in Russia. Camera focuses on a power driven tugboat pulling a barge at speed, in the middle of the river. The tugboat emits black smoke from its single funnel. It is a sidewheeler with a structure covering the upper part of the wheel. It also has several living quarter structures on its deck. It uses a long line to pull the barge, which contains several crewmen and is loaded with a mix of cargo. Momentary glimpse of men building a railroad bridge extended out over the water. A large building with a tall chimney and what appears to be a light house tower. Russian soldiers on a military railroad train.
World War I views of Russia including both pre Russian Revolution scenes and post-revolution scenes. Opening scene shows workmen and soldiers at a construction (or rebuilding site) in Russia. Ordinary shops seen, closed with metal barriers across their fronts, on a commercial district street. Russian troops marching in review before Tsar Nicholas II, and other mounted officers, in a square in Russia. A military band marching across the square, watched by Russian troops in formation and by spectators. In post revolution Russia, An open phaeton car drives into the midst of a crowd of Russian soldiers and civilians. Three principal occupants step from the car including an officer carrying a bouquet of flowers. (Some enthusiastic bystanders show great interest in the car. At least one climbs into it.) The car's occupants next appear on the balcony of the Hotel National in Moscow, where they are greeted by a large crowd assembled below them. Abrupt change of scene shows Russian Tsar Nicholas II, on horseback, reviewing troops, who hold aloft a banner reading "Warrier," among other things. He continues past civilians assembled, holding various banners.
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