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Russian Revolution occurring during World War I. Scenes from first world war and from protests in streets of Russia.

The Russian Revolution of 1917. Scenes of trench warfare on the Western Front during World War I. German soldiers firing at enemy positions. Ill-equipped Russian troops in the field, and suffering from pestilence and disease. A Russian soldier wearing no shirt and with no equipment is seen scratching at itches on his own body. Starving, sad Russian children are shown back in Russia. Scenes of St Petersburg, Russia in March 1917, during demonstrations for increased bread rations. Responding Russian troops defect and join demands for the transfer of power from the Czar to an elected parliament. A military vehicle loaded with troops is seen rallying and celebrating with Russian people. Minister of Justice in the Provisional Government Alexander Kerensky speaks to a large crowd. Czar Nicholas II, who has abdicated, sitting on a stump, with a few guards behind him. Political prisoners are freed from prisons. Leon Trotsky, speaking from a train platform, upon his return from exile in Canada. Summer, 1917, and Alexander Kerensky becomes Head of the Russian Provisional Government. Kerensky, standing in the balcony of a building, proclaims Russia a republic. A large crowd gathered outside the building. Vladimir Lenin speaking to a large crowd on the Kerensky Republic. View of Farmer workers with shovels in a field. Lenin and Trotsky call for the members of the Farmer Worker Army Union Soviet to work against the Kerensky Republic. View of Lenin speaking against the Republic and for class warfare. Lenin's Bolsheviks riot and seize the railroad stations, telegraph lines, and government offices. A tower column of the Russian monarchy is seen falling to the ground. Events on November 25 after the Russian Revolution: A number of people on a street during elections called for by Kerensky. View of Lenin talking to people in the streets. Lenin's Bolshevik group loses to the SR party. People in the streets near the time of the election. The elected assembly of the Socialist Revolutionary Party is seen meeting under the protection of Trotsky's Red Army which is seen marching near a crowd. Catherine Breshkovsky is seen standing and speaking at the assembly meeting. The elected assembly in session. The assembly refuses to turn power over to the Lenin Soviet. The members of the elected assembly are seen finally giving in to the Bolsheviks and the factions of the SR that have split to support the Bolsheviks. The leaders of the defeated faction of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (SR) are seen leaving the grounds of the assembly. In the next scene, a crowd protests against the dismissal of the elected assembly, to no avail.. Lenin speaking to a large crowd. He speaks about the power won and maintained by violence. Views of the demonstrating crowd.

Date: 1917
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066488
Traces the route of lend lease activities of American goods bound for Russia via Iran and Iraq

Lend lease activities at American outposts in Iran. Traces routes of American shipments from United States to Iran. Cargo unloaded from ships at ports in Basra, Iraq and Khoremshar, Iran. Officer checks the shipments. Piles of supplies like tires, bags and wooden boxes received from America.

Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038764
Lend-Lease material to Russian seen in Iran and Iraq; and view of General Motors plant in Khoremshar, Iran (WW2)

World War II Lend-Lease activities to Russia via American outposts in Iran and Iraq. Traces routes of American shipments from Basra to other positions in Middle East. A convoy of trucks takes war material under lend lease activities from Basra. An officer checks the papers of the shipment. Freight trains carry shipment. A map traces route of war material shipment from Basra to Tehran. Workers at General Motors assembly plant in Khoremshar, Iran.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038765
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran leaves Rome by plane en route to Iran via Baghdad, Iraq.

Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran departing Rome Ciampino Airport (Via Appia Nuova, 1651, 00040 Ciampino RM, Italy) for Iran, during the week of the coup in Iran toppling Mohammad Mosaddegh. The Shah boards a KLM Lockheed Constellation Flying Dutchman aircraft for the first leg of his journey, to Baghdad, Iraq. The Shah boards the plane and waves goodbye. Italian police in white uniforms (Polizia Municipale) and gendarmes (Carabinieri) control sightseers. The plane taxis and takes off. Isolated view of Lockheed Constellation aircraft being refueled over the wing.

Date: 1953, August 21
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041190
Persian Gulf War. U.S.Soldiers firing weapons and dropping bombs from airplanes in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm

During Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War), coalition airplanes fly over Kuwait and Iraq. They drop bombs on targets. Includes views from aircraft cameras. Fire and smoke from targets. Tanks in the desert. Soldiers in the cockpit of the airplanes. Missiles being fired from U.S. ships.

Date: 1991
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028318
King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah of Iraq, visit the Aircraft Carrier USS Oriskany in San Diego, California

King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah, of Iraq visiting the USS Oriskany (CV-34) in the United States. The King and Vice Admiral Harold M. Martin, Commander Air Forces, Pacific Fleet, look at U.S. Navy carrier-based F9F Panther, jet fighter aircraft, on the deck of the Oriskany. (Prince Abdul-Ilah is briefly seen, as well.) The King talks to a pilot. F9F aircraft of VF-103, and sailors in the background. Pilot climbs into cockpit of an F9F. The King looks at the pilot in the cockpit. The pilot wearing a helmet looks out of the cockpit. Iraqi National Flag displayed on the ship's island. Sailors and three pilots on the deck. Prince Abdul-Ilah conversing with Admiral Martin in background. King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah on the bridge of the Oriskany. The King looks through a telescope, while, below, on the flight deck, an F9F Panther of Fighter Squadron VF-781, taxis past. Several U.S. Marines in dress uniform stand on deck as a helicopter lands. A sailor with a motion picture camera joins them. King Faisal II walks, with Admiral Martin and another Admiral, across the deck. He carries a small motion picture camera, and wears a white covering on his head. King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah, on the bridge, officers crowd around, obscuring the King, as they observe a demonstration. Explosion and bullet splashes are seen in water behind the ship.

Date: 1952, August 29
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068899