Allied Expeditionary Forces in Siberia, Russia during Russian Civil War and World War I. Several dozen ambulatory wounded White Russian troops walk along a train station platform. They move out of the station. They are dressed in winter overcoats and woolen hats. Many have bandaged limbs. Some are on crutches. American Red Cross (A.R.C) supplies being unloaded. A red cross sign on the wooden boxes.
Activities of American Red Cross, Russia during Russian Civil War and World War I. American Red Cross (A.R.C) agents visit refugee's huts. Refugee huts covered with snow. Refugees stand in a group. They speak to the agents. A view of refugee huts covered in the snow.
A substantial building in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, during period of Russian Civil War. The ground is covered in snow. An occasional pedestrian is seen and a car rarely drives past. An American flag flies over the entrance to offices of the U.S.Consulate. Inside, Ernest Lloyd Harris, U.S. Consul General in Siberia, poses, at a desk, with an American flag on the wall behind him. He speaks with a staff member. Next scene shows Harris posing with Consulate staff, all in warm fur collar coats and wool hats. With them stands a White Russian officer.
Wounded Czech soldiers in Red Cross hospital at Tyumen, Siberia, (halfway between Ekateringburg and Omsk) during Russian Civil War intervention, and World War I. Patients lying in their beds. Red Cross staff start distributing packages to the patients. Uniformed personnel of the American Red Cross, pass out packages to the patients. Recovering ambulatory patients walk about posing for the camera. One playfully removes a pipe from mouth of another. Recovering soldiers from Czechoslovakia are seen playing chess. Doctors examining patients with severe cases of frostbite. (Note: The hospital was originally a private school and one of the most well built and equipped in Siberia. When asked about turning it into a hospital, the builder-owner, a Mr. Kolekolnickof, graciously consented. Physicians who served during startup of the hospital, included: Team head, Dr. Charles Lewis; Dr. J. H. Ingram; Dr. George Hayden; and Dr. R. V. Taylor)
Damaged buildings and installations in Siberia, Russia during Russian Civil War (and World War I). A railway train bridge. Two small boats underway at river. A damaged tower. Men stand in front of the tower. A wrecked vehicle.
Graves of soldiers in Siberia, Russia during Russian Civil War (and World War I). The Russian cemetery. Crosses on the graves of the Russians. The tombs of the dead Russians. Flowers on the tomb.