The Russian Revolution of 1917. Scenes of trench warfare on the Western Front during World War I. German soldiers firing at enemy positions. Ill-equipped Russian troops in the field, and suffering from pestilence and disease. A Russian soldier wearing no shirt and with no equipment is seen scratching at itches on his own body. Starving, sad Russian children are shown back in Russia. Scenes of St Petersburg, Russia in March 1917, during demonstrations for increased bread rations. Responding Russian troops defect and join demands for the transfer of power from the Czar to an elected parliament. A military vehicle loaded with troops is seen rallying and celebrating with Russian people. Minister of Justice in the Provisional Government Alexander Kerensky speaks to a large crowd. Czar Nicholas II, who has abdicated, sitting on a stump, with a few guards behind him. Political prisoners are freed from prisons. Leon Trotsky, speaking from a train platform, upon his return from exile in Canada. Summer, 1917, and Alexander Kerensky becomes Head of the Russian Provisional Government. Kerensky, standing in the balcony of a building, proclaims Russia a republic. A large crowd gathered outside the building. Vladimir Lenin speaking to a large crowd on the Kerensky Republic. View of Farmer workers with shovels in a field. Lenin and Trotsky call for the members of the Farmer Worker Army Union Soviet to work against the Kerensky Republic. View of Lenin speaking against the Republic and for class warfare. Lenin's Bolsheviks riot and seize the railroad stations, telegraph lines, and government offices. A tower column of the Russian monarchy is seen falling to the ground. Events on November 25 after the Russian Revolution: A number of people on a street during elections called for by Kerensky. View of Lenin talking to people in the streets. Lenin's Bolshevik group loses to the SR party. People in the streets near the time of the election. The elected assembly of the Socialist Revolutionary Party is seen meeting under the protection of Trotsky's Red Army which is seen marching near a crowd. Catherine Breshkovsky is seen standing and speaking at the assembly meeting. The elected assembly in session. The assembly refuses to turn power over to the Lenin Soviet. The members of the elected assembly are seen finally giving in to the Bolsheviks and the factions of the SR that have split to support the Bolsheviks. The leaders of the defeated faction of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (SR) are seen leaving the grounds of the assembly. In the next scene, a crowd protests against the dismissal of the elected assembly, to no avail.. Lenin speaking to a large crowd. He speaks about the power won and maintained by violence. Views of the demonstrating crowd.
Vintage scenes from Adjar, just north of Turkey, in the Adjar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Batumi section, showing an ethnic subgroup of Georgians. Veiled Muslim women ("of the Mohammedan faith" says the narrator), with their faces covered, attend an ancient unveiling ceremony. Adjarian people (Ajars), mostly of Turkish descent, gather in a rural town to watch the ceremony and celebration. Soviet Commissar of the People's Council addresses the gathering. Elderly men talk and share ancient traditional stories with the women. Women after being unveiled. Men of Adjara in traditional clothing dance after the unveiling ceremony. A circle of villagers surrounds the dancers and claps.
The Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in Washington, DC. Views from front of the building on 16th Street. A sign at curb of the building reads: 'No Parking, Embassy Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'. The entrance of the building. An American military officer, in uniform, walks past and glances at the Embassy.
Achievements of Lithuania since the Soviet liberation in 1939. Exteriors of various buildings and a church. A family at home. Woman opens windows of house from outside. Soviet-sponsored reconstruction of building show workers at work. Past events show a man with a gun in wooded area. German supply train is bombarded. (World War II period).
Achievements of Lithuania since the Soviet liberation in 1939. Soviet engineers examine blue-prints of building. Soviet officials confer. Interiors of a factory shows work operating various machines. Gauges on a machine. Stakhanovites work in factory and operate various machines. Young stakhanovites work on machines.
Achievements of Lithuania since the Soviet liberation in 1939 and during World War II. Stakhanovites work in factory and operate various machines. Stakhanovites work to industrialize Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic under first 5-year plan. Young stakhanovites work on machines. Exteriors of a building. Interiors of a textile plant shows women worker operating weaving machines.
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