Montage pre World War 1 (aka The Great War) European parades. German soldiers in orchestra playing instruments while riding horses; German parades with soldiers marching, onlookers. Narrator unseen talking about the peace time in Imperial Germany, however, European neighbors were skeptical.

King George V with the Kaiser getting into waiting royal carriage

Boat, circa early 1900's, coming through harbor area, sailors seen saluting as they go by. European dignitaries, (probably Wilhelm II ) wearing uniforms with lots of medals, getting off small boat climbing up onto dock area.

Narrator unseen explains how the Kaiser and Czar are related, with the Czar from the triple Entente (Russia, France, Great Britain) and Kaiser from the triple alliance (Germany Austria Hungary Italy) but they are on opposite sides

Various shots of the pomp and circumstance around the arrival of the Kaiser and Czar. Man with weird fringy hat (the Kaiser or Czar), soldiers lined up at attention, train rolling into station and another official gets off and is greeted by man in tall white fringy hat.

Newspaper boy selling newspapers in a crowd of people

Austrian-Hungary air force flag flying, blowing in the wind
Narrator unseen asks, Is an ArchDuke worth a war?

Foreign dignitaries walking together through gardens, walking up stairs of building.

Cannons on warship pointed out to sea. Sailor on board ship waving directional flags.

Huge cannons on board ships. Sailors loading artilary into cannons getting ready for warfare. Cannons firing, lots of smoke.

Var. Newspaper headlines from around the world, "Austria Declares War on Serbia", "Czar Back Servia", "Kaiser Decrees a State pf War"

Footage of large armies of soldiers marching on foot, on horseback and in carriages through cities and countryside, from various countries everywhere.
Huge crowds of onlookers on sidelines and on balconies waving

Beautiful shot of a young woman standing amidst a cloud of smoke at the train station.

More soldiers marching toward war, cu's on horses hooves and wheels of carriages. Partial cannon poised in corner of frame against cloudy sky. The war begins.

Soldiers huddled in a trench behind sandbags , soldiers in ditches. More shots of cannons going off, explosions. Unseen narrator states the Belgians delay the Germans but cannot stop them.

Scenes of bombed out buildings and villages. German soldier kicking little dog, forlorn woman sitting in the rubble of bombed out building. Unseen narrator talking about the German Army is like a force of nature, calling them an Avalanche. Footage of terrible destruction .

Marching feet, shadows of marching soldier's feet, wheels of carriages turning

Fleet of British warships, tilt down on British Army troops marching as onlookers wave them on.

The French head to war. Fade open to scene in Paris where a fleet of small French taxi cabs and every means of transportation is used to take soldiers to the front lines., soldiers riding on the roofs of the vehicles. Women onlookers crying and waving them off on the sidelines.

Montage of cu's on the lined faces of serious and concerned elderly folk (worries and distressed for their boys going to war)

Meanwhile, life in America early 1900's. In suburbia USA, a nicely dressed woman in long dark skirt and hat mailing a letter, man sitting in a rocking chair on his porch and reading the newspaper - American flag hanging down, vintage convertible automobile (early 1900's) filled with folk coming out of driveway of suburban home.

Little boy holding the hand of mom and eating an ice cream cone, walking past retail shops in town.

Newspapers on news stand racks - z'in on headline of the Daily Eagle reads, "American Remains Neutral...Germany Resents United States' Aid to Allies..."

Historic footage of the passenger ship, the Lusitania. "Lusitania" written across side of ship, crowd of passengers on balconies of ship waving white handkerchiefs as it pulls away from harbor, steam blowing from ship, workers letting loose the giant ropes, onlookers waving as ship pulls away.
Narrator unseen states that despite the war, the passenger ships are sailing as much as usual.

Sailor looking through a periscope on a (German) submarine, the view of the ocean from the periscope, the site of the Lusitania through the periscope

Explosion of smoke fills the frame.

Person jumping off small dinghy, flying through the air

Remnants of the Lusitania floating in the ocean.

Elderly woman sitting reading the newspaper, headlines read: "Sub Sinks Lusitania"

American protestors, marching the streets at night carrying American flags and posters.

Group of organized passive folk, the American Peace Society, marching down city street carrying posters, ie "Peace at Any Price", "No Arms for War!", peace float with 'angels' blowing horns, men looking down from window.

Ext shots the Capitol Building in Washington DC

Pan large gathering, many folk jammed in and fanning themselves, American flags hanging all around. President Wilson talking to crowd from podium

Fashionable women of the era walking in parade carrying large banner "Wake up America - T.R." Onlookers on sidewalk waving.

graphic still - The Presidential Seal.

Edward M. House (aka Colonel House), American Diplomat and Advisor to President Wilson

Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker at his desk and talking on the phone and signing paperwork

Vintage automobiles in the streets of Washington DC, headed toward the Capitol building in the bkgd.

President Woodrow Wilson signing papers.
According to unseen narrator, "...the world must be made safe for Democracy"

Slow pan up tall building with gigantic American flag hanging at least five stories high. People hanging out of high rise windows waving American flags.

President Wilson being blindfolded then places his hand in a large jar filled with thousands of tiny piece of paper and pulls one out. (could be the first name picked out for the Army draft)

Unseen narration states 10 million people registered for the draft.

Men wearing business suits file out of building and line up on the street many holding American flags and suitcases, women looking on and shaking hands with the men. Huge parade of gentlemen, all wearing business suits, marching down city streets on their way to war and happily!!

American soldiers preparing for war, marching in formation, learning how to fight using their fists and their weapons, training exercises out in the field

Aerial pan a literal sea of people, waving flags

Charlie Chaplin dancing around crazily outdoors with with Marie Dressler to a live orchestra. Shots of the orchestra playing the popular tune, "Pretty Baby".

Billowing steam blowing out of smokestacks on ship. Var shots of the thousands of soldiers crowded onboard, waving from the top of the ship including from the top of the smokestacks and out the windows. Incredible amount of soldiers on one ship.

Young sailors wearing white sailor hats, sign on deck for "C Deck".
Great footage of soldiers on deck passing time playing dice games, gunny sack races, boxing, and dancing with each other

French sign "Hommes 36-40 Chevaux (Enlong)8

Tilt down on American soldier parade, thousands of onlookers - marching to "Over There"

Soldiers marching in France carrying rifles.

Man playing piano at outdoor cafe, women and soldiers gathered 'round, couples dancing outside, enjoying themselves...

Silhouettes of soldiers hanging the hats and rifles of dead soldiers on the bare branches of trees, soldiers carrying man on stretcher through the bombed out fields, soldier carrying dead soldier on his back through the trenches, field of injured men on stretchers.

Soldiers, single file, walking through narrow trenches, carrying supplies in, sand bags stacked up, walking through mud and rain.

German high command outdoors. Shots of Field Marshall Paul Von Hindenburg speaking to other dignitaries, getting into waiting carriage.

Von Hindenburg and his Chief of Staff Ludendorff looking at maps, strategizing on how to defeat the allies.

Tilt down on German soldiers standing in trenches, guns pointed out and ready for battle

Continuing footage of battle, brave soldiers fighting, huge explosions as soldiers running bravely through the fields, jumping into the trenches for cover, cu's of the artillary including the machine guns and weaponry they used.

Americans arriving in Europe. Army vehicles, motorcycles with side cars, horse drawn wagons and soldiers marching through small European village. Group of wWomen standing in doorway as they drive by

WS bi-planes flying in formation. Great footage CU's of planes flying pov from airplane. CU new rapid fire machine guns on the airplanes. CU's pilots and planes flying upside down. Warfare from the sky.

Silhouettes of soldiers against the night, on horseback and marching toward battle, walking along in the narrow trenches headed toward the next battle.

Montage of var shots, soldiers loading and shooting cannon, huge explosions of black smoke, rock and dirt interspersed with shots of pensive looking soldiers, hands clinging tightly to leather strap, in trenches looking scared

Shots of the aftermath of war, graphic shots of soldiers lying dead - wrapped within barbed wire, in trenches, face down on fields. Soldiers carrying the dead on stretchers.

Montage of shots of soldiers heading home walking through the small villages, large groups of them gathered waiting to leave, the faces of the men, some bandaged, looking beat and tired.

Happy soldiers smiling, laughting, dancing together, waving their hats as American flag blows in the wind.

Montage of the crowds of celebratory people, parades, people waving flags and their hats as soldiers come home riding on double decker buses and large ships.

Montage of footage as American soldiers arrive home. Ship moving into harbor with literally thousands of soldiers on board waving their hats, crowds of folk waving American flags, soldiers coming off gangplanks including men on stretchers, huge parades, heroes welcome! etc.