Russia. Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin addresses Soviet World Congress in Moscow. Delegates gathered to hear him. The delegates stand organized in rows. Women delegates also present to hear the speech. Delegates clap during his speech. Brief view of Russian Army and Navy Honor Guard.
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.
View of Christ Episcopal Church (now Christ and Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, 560 W Olney Rd, Norfolk, VA 23507, United States) at 560 West Olney Road, Norfolk, Virginia. (The church is notable because, the Very Reverend Harold Dobson-Peacock, Dean of this church was an innocent participant in a hoax perpetrated by Norfolk boat builder, John Hughes Curtis, during the search for Charles Lindbergh's kidnapped son. Curtis fabricated a story about being contacted by kidnappers who held the child on a yacht. His hoax put officials and Lindbergh, himself, in a fruitless search for the phantom boat.)
Waterfront near facilities of Norfolk boat builder, John H. Curtis, who perpetrated a hoax during the search for Charles Lindbergh's kidnapped son. (Curtis falsely claimed he was contacted by kidnappers who held the child on a yacht.) A wooden motor cabin boat is seen docked. The camera pans along the river past boats and a Security Storage building in the background. it focuses on the Curtis building and boatyard. A sign identifies it as "J.H. Curtis Boat & Engine Corp."
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.
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