The Retreat from Mons: Nice, antique-looking black and white academy leader countdown. HAS of 1st British Division marching down the road, TRAVELLING SHOT of same showing soldiers singing in unison, "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". CU of newspaper headline announcing advance of German troops through Belgium, wipe to CU of German troops marching. Various staged shots recreating the Battle of Mons - August 23rd, 1914 showing British soldiers firing, German soldiers falling. Shots of British soldiers retreating from Mons, of two horse artillery units racing around a curve. Shot from behind of Highlanders firing at the enemy, falling in front of the camera and Germans overrunning their position. HASs of British soldiers moving wearily through the streets of a wrecked town. Staged shot of British soldiers firing from behind a low rise, LAS of British cavalry racing past the camera.