White Russian refugees making their way through heavy snows in Siberia during Russian Civil War period. They are escorted by several White Russian Guards on horseback. Change of scene shows some Bolshevik prisoners walking through snow, on a snowy day. Wooden sleds and gear towed by horses accompany the prisoners. Anachronistic brief glimpse of the giant Soviet Tupolev ANT-20 airplane in flight overhead, circa 1934. The name Maxim Gorky is written (in Russian) on the wings of the plane. (Russian Civil War and World War I time frame.)
Vladimir Lenin addressing delegates at meeting of the Second Congress of the Communist International ("Comintern"), held in the Tauride (Tavrichesky) Palace, in Moscow, on July 19, 1920. Some illuminated candles on tables behind the speaker. (The sign on the speaker's stand, in Russian and French, simply asks attendees to refrain from smoking.) Next, Lenin is seen outdoors on a cold day, on March 18, 1919, in Red Square, Moscow. He is speaking at the funeral of Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov, his close associate, and Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR). (Sverdlov died on March 16th at age 33.)
U.S. President Richard Nixon in a meeting with Bipartisan Congressional leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington DC. President Richard Nixon in the Cabinet Room with Bipartisan leaders a day after his return from China. Nixon and other leaders at a meeting table. The President talks to the leaders. Other Bipartisan leaders talk to each other and smile.
U.S. President Richard Nixon in a meeting with Bipartisan Congressional leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington DC. Nixon and other leaders sitting at a meeting table. President Richard Nixon in the Cabinet Room with Bipartisan leaders a day after his return from People's Republic of China. The President talks and the Bipartisan leaders listen. Secretary of Treasury John Connally sits near the President.
U.S. President Richard Nixon in a meeting with Bipartisan Congressional leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington DC. President Nixon in the Cabinet Room with Bipartisan leaders a day after his return from People's Republic of China. The President arrives and takes his seat. Other Bipartisan leaders sit on their chairs after President sits. Bipartisan leaders and secretaries talk to each other.
News analysis following Richard Nixon's speech on economy crisis from Washington DC, United States. Reporter discusses the speech with journalists Irving R. Levine and Paul Duke. Group reviews the proposal of President Nixon to end unemployment and economy crisis. The proposals to end unemployment by Nixon are 90 day wage-price freeze, additional action on wages and prices, temporary suspension of full convertibility of dollar into gold (later called the "Nixon shock"), investment of tax credit, temporary surcharge of 10% imports, repeal of excise tax on automobiles, speeding of personal tax exemption to get more money in pocket and reduction of federal expenditure. Journalists Irving and Paul Duke also question why the President made the proposal now when the graph of dollar and unemployment begins to fall after sitting on President's seat for two years.
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