Germany before the outbreak of World War I (1914)

Members of the German imperial family get into a carriage.

Men in military uniform and civilian clothes sit at tables in a summer cafe, drinking wine.

Men chat while sitting at a table on the terrace of a house.

German army veterans with their wives.

General Paul von Hindenburg leaves the building.

Hindenburg, standing by the car, talks to the driver, gets into the car.

Mobilized reservists, having received equipment and uniforms, march in formation along the road.

Troops parade at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin a few days before the start of World War I. Horse-drawn artillery passes.

Cavalry units move across the square.

Army horse-drawn convoys move across the square.

German infantry on the march.

Motorcyclists, on command, take their places near the cars and mount their motorcycles.

Officers of the motorcycle unit discuss the details of the upcoming march.

The motorcycle unit begins to move.

The motorcyclists ride off along the road, raising clouds of dust.