Street scenes in a city in Russia. A car on the street. A large crowd of pedestrians in the streets. People boarding streetcar or trolley. Circa 1920.
A very large crowd gathers and cheers at the sight of Lenin. Close-ups of Lenin. He waves at and addresses the crowd on 1 March, 1920. In second half of clip, a large crowd is gathered on 19 July, 1920, at Uritsky Square in Petrograd (later Palace Square in St Petersburg) to hear Lenin speak at the opening of the Second Congress of the Communist International (Comintern). Wide elevated views of the crowd on the square between the General Staff Building and the Winter Palace. Closer view of the podium area.
Post Russian Revolution events in Russia. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the Bolsheviks, silhouetted and speaking. Commander of the Red Army Leon Trotsky seated at a table. Workers and Peasants Inspection Group is formed and its chief is Joseph Stalin. Stalin, walking with Molotov, and others, on a street. Stalin's supporters Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev. People at a rail road station. Harvesting grain with machinery. Workers engaged in some private enterprises. Canned food arriving from the United States. American Relief Administration workers handling food items. Scenes of American Relief Administration feeding Russians. Children in Russia eating food. Picture of Herbert Hoover, head ot the American Relief Administration, seen onboard a ship in a harbor. March 14, 1923, newspaper headline reads 'Lenin Suffers a stroke, Condition is Serious; Announcement Causes a Sensation in Moscow'.
A Russian cinematographer cranking his movie camera as he records street scene in commercial district of Moscow, Russia. Sidewalks are relatively clear and many pedestrians are walking on them. But snow is piled high at the curbs. Shops in the street. Horse drawn sleighs pass on the street, some with goods and some with passengers. Women shovel snow with large flat shovels. Men and women clear snow from the roads using shovels. Bakery window filled with sweets. Food items display in another shop.
Snow covered Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Hermitage Museum in the background. The Alexander Column is seen in front of the Hermitage Museum. A very large horse drawn sleigh in view. A man sits on the horse drawn sleigh. Several women and girls come out of the Hermitage Museum and climb on the sleigh. Two sleighs filled with girls accompany a large group of girls walking through the snow. They all wave and smile. .
Civilians meet in rally at Trafalgar Square, London, to advocate British recognition of the Soviet government in Russia..