Contingent of Soviet Army soldiers walking informally, before a crowd in Red Square. The Kremlin walls are seen in background. Two of the soldiers pull very small wheeled guns behind them. Closeup of a uniformed military band playing. A prize banner for a military unit is displayed. Leon Trotsky, head of the Red Army, speaks following the presentation of the banner (presentation not seen). The commander of the awardee unit speaks in turn. A politician speaks to a crowd of mostly civilians. Alexandra Kollontai, Soviet champion of women's causes, speaks from a wooden stand erected beneath the Kremlin wall.
A huge crowded open-air market in Moscow, Soviet Union, seen in wintertime. Merchants' stalls are partly covered against the weather. Throngs of customers patronize the merchants. Crowds fill a space between large buildings and a river. View of fence at the river, with snow and ice below. Scene shifts to outdoor market is a more rural area. Sign above one booth advertises lighters. Back at the city market, several smiling children and two older men converse at a booth containing papers and pencils. A small girl, wearing mittens, holds a piece of bread. Adults and children stand near a hand-cranked spring driven phonograph machine playing a record. The machine uses a needle and external horn to transmit the sound. Scene shifts to a structural sign identifying the Gubrosta (Government news telegraph agency) where people read information posted there. Finally, film focuses on a monolithic memorial with a figure, near its base, that appears to by holding a globe.
Large crowd of civilians and military mingle in red Square, Moscow, Russia. Several men stand under an umbrella. Troops talk to each other. People carry banners and a large effigy representing Capitalism. St. Basil's Cathedral in background. Men in black caps converse ernestly. Hall of Columns in background.
Troops hastily assemble in an honor guard as delegates arive for the 5th Communist International Congress at the Hall of Columns, Moscow, Russia. Among those seen presiding are: Lev Kamenev and Leon Trotsky. Trotsky rises to address the gathering. Views of attendees inside the hall. At one point, Communist Russian woman leader, Alexandra Kollantai, is seen briefly, leaning on a railing.
Vladimir Lenin dies at Lenin's villa in Gorki, Russia. Immense crowd gathered at the internment of Vladimir Lenin at the Red Square in Moscow. Russian soldiers lead the procession. Half raised flags in the procession. Soviet leaders Nicholas Bukharin, Stalin, General Klement E Voroshilov, Mikhail Kalinin, General Mikhail V Frunze and others walk with the casket of Lenin. People assemble to pray at the prayer organized at a church. Three Russian naval vessel fire a three minute salute. Cannons of ship fired one after the other.
Russian city street scene. Coffin of Vladimir Illich Lenin being carried from his funeral train,at Paveletskiy Rail Terminal, Moscow. A large crowd of mourners, lined up on a snow covered hill, watch as soldiers and officials carry coffin and others carry wreaths, in procession. Soldiers with rifles accompany the cortege. Some spectators hold aloft banners and posters as they stand on hillside. Soldiers setting demolition explosives to commence building mausoleum to house Lenin's body at Red Square, Moscow. They are seen in hollow, below ground, in front of Kremlin wall. They lower something into hole and shovel some earth on it. Outside smoke rises and then an explosion raises cloud of earth and dust. A statue of Lenin, holding holding right hand aloft, stands next to the excavation site.