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Leon Trotsky arrives at a railroad station in a train and large crowd surrounds him, during Russian Revolution in Russia.
Leon Trotsky speaking from platform of a railroad train. Paper information notices are thrown to the crowd around the train. People in the crowd reach for the notices.
Staged scenes of a peasant uprising in Russia
Staged scenes, showing peasants armed with farm implements moving against a town, and Russian Cossacks of Imperial guards responding on horseback to stop them and restore order.
Lines of marchers in a peaceful demonstration at Red Square, Moscow, Russia, in World War I
View from a high point overlooking a peaceful demonstration at Red Square in Moscow during World War 1. The State Museum in the background. The square filled with several parallel lines of marching people. Others sit in grandstands watching. Some marchers carry banners.
Russian Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin reviews marching Russian troops in Moscow, near time of Russian Revolution.
Clip features multiple views of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin near time of Russian Revolution. However, opening scene is from 1923, showing cars parked near the Kremlin in Moscow during time of the XII Congress of the Russian Communist Party which Lenin did not attend due to illness. Views of office and desk area. Russian Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin in his office. Lenin reviews an honor guard after the October Revolution by the Bolsheviks in Russia. Soldiers salute Lenin during a ceremony at the Red Square in Moscow. Soviet workers at a ship port, working to load goods onto ships at harbor. More scenes of Lenin viewing soldiers including some who appear to be new recruits marching and undergoing drills in training. Lenin leans out of train car or truck and talks with his secretary sitting in his wagon. Soviet Russian soldiers assembling near Kremlin in Soviet Union.
Russian infantry drill on a rough field during World I. A formation of British Royal Guards in full dress uniforms with fur hats, slow marches on parade.
Russian infantry are assembled in an open field, during World War 1. They maneuver their rifles from sling arms to parade rest and then to weapons at the ready position, in response to commands from officers (unseen). Next, they march in loose formation over rough ground, with their field gear and rifles. Russian General Grand Duke Nicholas and Emperor of Russia Nicholas II are seen conversing on a parade field. Russian cavalry unit cross a bridge, on horseback. At this point, the scene changes completely to the United Kingdom, showing a formation of British Royal Guards in formal dress uniform, including fur hats. They carry their rifles, with fixed bayonets, at left shoulder arms, and "slow march" across the parade grounds.
Several scenes of public demonstrations by Russian citizens in Petrograd during World War I
Scenes of unrest in Russia during World War 1. Crowds of Russians, disappointed with the war, their government and the general state of affairs, demonstrate in Petrograd, during the so-called February Revolution immediately preceding the beginning of the Russian Revolution. Some carry banners reading "Freedom and Equality, and similar slogans. (This event triggered the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and formation of a Provisional Government.) In another sequence, a huge mass of Russians, mostly women, move through a street in Petrograd on International Women's Day, May 8th, during a period of labor strife and unrest. In final sequence, Russians are seen packed together on a warm day, possibly listening to a speaker. (These may be brief scenes from the July Days uprising, in Petrograd, When a peaceful demonstration by half a million people, was put down by armed troops resulting in some 700 deaths.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)