Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin comes to power in Russia after the October Revolution during Russian Revolution. Close-up view of Vladimir Lenin sitting in a room with his cat in his lap. Lenin sitting at his desk speaks.
Russia during the Civil War fought between the White Russian Guards and the Bolsheviks, on the heels of the Russian Revolution. A train arrives at a railroad station fully loaded with passengers. Refugees loaded on the roof of railroad cars to its maximum capacity. Brief view of Russian Revolution leader Vladimir Lenin speaking. A hungry child stooped over hunting for bits of food on the ground near a fence. A starving boy lying on a wooden surface and picking up tiny bits of food to eat. Lenin speaking again. View of a snow covered rural village and dead bodies of men, women, and children on ground in cold. A pile of dead bodies of civilians in the frozen cold. Vladimir Lenin in a winter hat giving speech to a large crowd outdoors.
Russian Revolution timeframe: Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin comes to power in Russia after the October Revolution. Vladimir Lenin sitting in his office in Moscow, smiles and speaks to others. Files and records in Lenin's office. Lenin before sitting in his wagon talks to his secretary.
Women gather children together as a man from the local Soviet oversees distribution of milk to them in a rural area of Russia, following Russian Revolution and overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government, in World War 1. The man holds a book and annotates it during the process. Closeup of the children receiving milk in their cups.
Opening slate cites year 1917. First scene shows Russian people removing a banner from a store front, that identifies it as a provider of goods to the Russian Imperial Court. People at entrance of a building crowd around Red Army soldiers handing out paper fliers. Russian Army Cossacks gather with other soldiers in a city park square where some hold red flags. Soldiers and citizens parading in a city square carrying banners and flags. A vast city square filled with people elbow-to-elbow. Some people stand on a monument in the square. Several banners are seen. Bankers and investers at entrance and steps of a stock exchange (possibly the Brongniart's Stock Exchange building, Paris) representing Western financing of the Russian Revolution. More scenes of people marching in Russia, including a large contingent of Army soldiers in greatcoats, at the end of the film.
Conflict between Imperial Russian forces and Bolsheviks in time frame of Russian Civil War and World War 1. Map shows area around Samara (Camapa) Russia, on the East bank of the Volga River. Imperial Russian soldiers run ashore from a Russian Navy boat on the river bank. An Imperial Navy Jack (flag) is seen on a docked long boat manned by Russian sailors. Next scene shows Imperial Russian soldiers aboard two open rail cars, pushed by a locomotive. They have armed the cars with a 76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902 field artillery piece and other smaller arms. They have a shelter built on one of the cars.