Activities of the Red Cross in Siberia, Russia during Russian Civil War intervention, and World War I. Dr. Charles Lewis, sits, flanked by nurses, on a bench at the Red Cross hospital in Tymen, Siberia, as other doctors and staff pose behing them. Dr. Lewis started operations at this hospital in November, 1918, with a staff of ten American nurses, mostly from mission hospitals, and three other physicians: J. H. Ingram, George Hayden, and R. V. Taylor. At this hospital, they care for wounded Czech soldiers. Later the Red Cross nurses are seen conversing with doctors and staff.
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.
American soldiers guarding commodities stored at the Golden Horn harbor port in Vladivostok, Siberia, Russia, during the Allied Intervention there in World War 1 and the Russian Civil War. Camera pans over the port. Various commodities are seen, including copper, wool, tin, rubber and wire. Cranes operate at dock. A freighter flying the American flag is docked at the port. U.S. soldiers are seen overlooking the port activities.
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.
Mr. John K. Caldwell, American consul in Vladivostok, Slberia, Russia, poses outside the Consulate offices. Next, his staff are seen descending the steps and posing with him. Time frame is during both Russian Civil War and World War 1.
Czech Legions in Siberia, Russia during Russian Civil War (and World War I). Czechoslovakian General Stefanik, General Gadia and Jan Syrovy step from railroad car of the Trans Siberian Railway and are greeted by officers and assembled Legion troops.The flag of the 2nd Czechoslovak Fighting Regiment is displayed by the troops. The Czech Legion Generals drive in a motorcade from the railroad train station, past cavalry on horseback, who then follow them, along with horse-drawn artillery pieces.