After Lenin makes peace with Germany, civil war breaks out in Russia. White Russian troops are seen fighting against Bolshevik troops in the snow. American soldiers, supporting the White Russians, are seen in Archangel (Arkhangelsk). Cossacks on horseback carry the Tsarist flag. The Romanovs, Tsar Nicholas II and his family are photographed outdoors seated on a wooden bench by barricade fence at Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg. Bolsheviks arresting other revolutionaries who were opposed to them, and executing them by firing squad. Vladimir Lenin with cat in his lap. View of Fanny Yefimovna Kaplan (AKA "Dora") who attempted to assassinate Lenin on August 30, 1918. View of Lenin speaking to Soviet workers. Newspaper of September 1, 1918 reports on the assassination attempt, with dateline London, August 31st: "Lenin wounded twice by assassin. Attempt on Red Premier's life at Moscow. Commissary Uritzky murdered at Petrograd." Crowd in turmoil in Moscow. Newspaper reports capture of would-be assassin, noting that "official Bolshevist paper says, "She is girl of intellectual class." Narrator states that some 500 anti-Bolsheviks are executed in Moscow.
A monkey nursery in Russia. Women look after monkeys in a cage. Monkeys play with babies on their backs in the cage. A female monkey washes clothes with a tumbler placed in front of her. A doctor inspects a little baby monkey.
German soldiers battle against Russian troops at Lake Ladoga Front in Russia during World War II. German soldiers throw hand grenades at enemy positions. Fire and explosions on the ground. Captured Russian soldiers come out of trenches. Dead Russian soldiers. Soldiers stand around artillery on an open ground. A large group of Russian prisoners walk in a line.
German soldiers battle against Russian troops in Russia during World War II. Damaged war material at abandoned fortifications. Piles and heaps of Russian war material. A German officer looks at a map and speaks to the soldiers. German soldiers load and fire artillery. Fire and explosions at a hillside. Troops walk with mine detectors in hand. They find and remove a mine from the ground. German soldiers pass a small Russian village. They advance uphill. Dead Russians in a trench. Wrecked artillery. The soldiers fire machine guns.
Training of Russian students in Russia. A man works on a pole line. Individual training to the students is given. Boys in a yard at a machine. Students seated in a field. A man instructs them. Buildings in the background. School boys and girls march. A band leads the parade.
Improvement and increase in manufacturing section in Russia. Factories and buildings in an area. Interior of a factory. Women work in the factory. The Russians prefer American machines. Men work on textile machines. Men and women work in the factories.