Allied intervention in Siberia, Russia during Russian Civil War and World War I. Artillery unit of the Czechoslovak Legion assembles and departs in a line of Horse-drawn wagons carrying field artillery pieces. Area is covered in snow.
Russian Imperial Navy personnel dressed in arctic parkas, step from a boat at a dock in Siberia, during Russian Civil War. The White Russian Navy forces stand by horses and supplies on the wharf.
White Russian troops on parade in the cold in Siberia during Russian Civil War. Large numbers of troops, shouldering rifles with fixed bayonets, parade in formations on a snow covered field. A military band plays. A very large unit flag is seen containing the St. Andrew Cross and some type of Imperial insignia. A small contingent demonstrates bayonet use, as other troops stand back and observe.
U.S. Army soldiers guard various supply material in a harbor in Siberia, Soviet Union Russia during World War I (and Russian Civil War time frame). Copper, wool, tin, rubber and wire supply crates are guarded by the soldiers. Wide panning view of a cargo ship that is docked. Buildings in the harbor area. Wrecked Russian ships at the Pacific port, including many aground and in disrepair. A diverse crowd of Russian soldiers and civilians at the pier.
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)