Compilation of stock footage as follows: [CZARIST RUSSIA]: man in military great coat shown in profile, inspecting troops [possibly Czar Nicholas]; troops marching in snow; troops running along dark urban street; troops pulling artillery; civilians and soldiers walking up steps; man in suit and tie; close-up of troops marching in a large square [possibly Red Square]; soldiers on parade, marching in formation; officer [Joseph Stalin?] saluting; gun carriages; Vladimir Lenin seated at desk and then in close-up; Trotksy standing on a rocky cliff with three other people and another shot of Trotsky with another man, indoors. ~(Antique Cars]: This begins with a lengthy, dramatized sequence of a group of men and women getting ready to travel by automobile. It shows: men and women in long coats, getting into cars while others are on bicycles; people in the first car motion to the others behind them to get out and push their car; cyclists ride by, including a man on a penny farthing bicycle; more shots of people pushing car; cars and bicycles drive off through a large, elaborate iron gate, with a large building in chateau-style in the background; women on tandem bicycle and other cyclists exit gate; close-up of an engine in operation (car engine?); back to the sequence on the cars and cyclists going through the gate; a car stopped just outside the gate; cyclists pass the stopped car; the man gets out of the car, takes his cap off and throws it into the car in disgust, and gets under the car to see what is wrong; women passenger sits in car; various parts being tossed from underneath the car; close-up of the female passenger who puts both hands to the side of her face in dismay and wags her finger toward the man underneath the car; more junk being flung from underneath the car, including a muffler; the man gets up, kicks some of the junk and turns the crank at the front of the car; he gets in, she puts his cap on his head and they drive off; a group of cars sitting in an unpaved yard with some small wooden buildings in the background; men and women are sitting in some of the cars, including a woman holding a parasol over her head; two men and a woman put up a car's roof; other people get into another car, using a small door at the rear of the car; woman in long plaid dress gets into a car as two men look on; they get into the car also; close-up of the back tire of the car, showing the fender shaking; the car drives off; woman with parasol is seating in car with a male driver, and they drive off; procession of cars along a dirt road in a rural setting; woman push a car in which a man is seated; a man guides a team of horses which is pulling a car full of passengers; close-up of chain-driven drive train and spoked tires on a primitive car; man working on the car; man driving the car on brick streets in the dark; exhaust seen puffing from the car; close-up of a more elaborate engine; mechanics at work on a racing car; the number 999 painted on the bucket seat of the racing car; close-up of the racing car; men working on a racing car at a track; car racing along the track, shot from several angles; man in a passenger car along a driveway stops to chat with a man and woman; workers on an automobile factory assembly line circa the late teens or early 1920s; workers assembly various components of cars, such as radiator grill; the word Ford is visible on radiator grill; more assembly line scenes; engines on conveyor belt; workers putting car bodies on chassis. ~Men (First World War veterans?) piling sandbags on a snowy street; group of soldiers wearing helmets sitting, with one holding a wooden cross and another holding an effigy of a soldier; some soldiers are wearing helmets with $2000 DIV written on them; man holds sign "we want our $2,000"; crowd of men stand behind a man who is seated at a table, writing on a pad of paper (possibly a petition); men drink from cups, with a pile of crates and sandbags in the background; another shot of men in a crowd, with a sign "we want our $2,000" held up by one of them; men in the crowd waving to camera.~Man with a moustache, wearing a dark jacket and light slacks, standing near a man wearing plus fours, knee socks and light shoes, stands on a golf green as a crowd of men and women look on (one of the men in the crowd is wearing a sweater with the letter M on it); the man in light slacks swings a golf club as the people in the crowd look on; close-up of the golfer standing next to a man in a bowtie, with other men standing behind. ~The Duke of Devonshire, Governor General of Canada, his wife, Lady Devonshire, and members of their family and staff, walking along a red carpet (possibly Union Station in Ottawa) as an honour guard of soldiers stands to the side. Lady Devonshire wears a dark coat with large fur muff and collar. The Duke doffs his hat to the camera just as he walks out of the frame. The Devonshires in an open carriage as a crowd looks on. An officer in the crowd salutes. The crowd includes a police officer and military officers. An intertitle flashes quickly, which reads "The Duke and his family and staff". Next, a row of people pose for the camera, outdoors, including men in military uniform, some women in fur-trimmed coats, the Duke of Devonshire and his wife, another woman and two more men in military uniform. The Duke and his wife are shown in close-up, as light snow falls. He doffs his hat to the camera a few more times. There are more close-ups of the couple and also of them with two women.~[Shipyard] This consists of the following: a small group of men posing for the camera, with a shipyard in the distance behind them; they way to the camera; four of the men walk toward the shipyard and then walk towards the camera.~[British Soldiers on Parade]: This shows soldiers marching through city streets as large crowds look on; the marching soldiers split into two columns; crowd waves flags; the parade shown from different angles; one soldier carrying a Union Jack; building in the background, with a curved façade, has a sign which reads "Mappin and Well . . ." and other views of the parade, including an overhead view.
