Plot

Headed by band composed of their own members, New York White Wings parade and are reviewed by mayor and city officials. London's Lord Mayor is escorted to Guildhall in annual pageant. Troops garrisoned in city march in parade giving it unusual military aspect. Andrew Carnegie, steel king, walks in Central Park, New York, on his 79th birthday and anniversary, poses for the Hearst-Selig News Pictorial and tells cameraman, "I'm getting younger." Wireless boat, operated from a shore station, navigates Gloucester Harbor, under direction of its inventor, John Hays Hammond; Jr. Its demonstration startles navy experts. Hammond, his boat and his electric dog that follows a light are included in interesting scenes. East Indian troops, called to aid the Allies, drive a flock of goats to furnish milk and fresh meat, as they march to the trenches at the French frontier. First Pictures from East Prussia: Show the terrible effect of the Russian campaigns there. German soldiers returning after Russians evacuate the territory, find the villages of Underwangen, Abschwangen and Domnau wrecked by shot and fire. The burned church in Allenburg is photographed. Scenes in Berlin show the populace watching war maps, loading presents for troops at the front and Prince August Wilhelm visiting the hospital where the German wounded are being cared for.